Owner-reported complaints naming the seat belt system, filed with NHTSA
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Seat belts reportsComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
8
Latest Mar 3, 2004
Share of all reportsThis category as a share of every owner report on file for this model year. One report can name more than one component, so the categories overlap.
6%
of 138 total
Crash or fire reportedReports in this category whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. The reporter's own answer on the NHTSA form, not a verified finding.
1
Injuries or deaths reportedTotals the submitters entered on their own reports in this category. Not verified by NHTSA and not a casualty statistic.
1
What this page shows
Reports naming seat belts, buckles, retractors and pretensioners. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1993 Pontiac Bonneville submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Owner reports naming seat belt
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
Seat belts
Filed Mar 3, 2004
Crash reported1 injury reported
INVOLVED IN HEAD-ON COLLISION, MVA. THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED BEING A DISABLED FIREFIGHTER/PARAMEDIC I AM AN ADVID WEARER OF SEATBELT'S. POST ACCIDENT AS I ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE MYSELF FROM FRONT OF VEHICLE, I REACHED DOWN TO FIND THE SEATBELT HAD NOT HELD DURING THE ACCIDENT. I AM GOING TO INSPECT THE CAR ON 03/05, THEN RELEASE IT TO MY INSURANCE COMPANY. HOW DO I PROCEED IF IT IS FOUND TO BE FAULTY? *AK
NHTSA ID
10060293
Incident
Feb 25, 2004
Mileage
79,800 mi
Seat belts
Filed Jun 22, 2001
WHEN ATTEMPTING TO RELEASE BUCKLE FOR DRIVER'S RESTRAINT BUCKLE WOULD NOT RELEASE. CONSUMER HAD TO CUT BELT IN ORDER TO EXIT VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP EXAMINED VEHICLE, AND DETERMINED THAT BUCKLE ASSEMBLY LOCKED UP. *AK *SLC
NHTSA ID
890978
Incident
Jul 20, 2000
Seat belts
Filed Nov 6, 1997
THE DEFECTIVE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBELT ANCHORAGE GETS STUCK, CAUSING THE SEATBELT TO BE INOPERATIVE WHICH WONT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. DEALER REPLACED SEATBELT ANCHORAGE TWICE. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. *AK
NHTSA ID
818480
Incident
Sep 20, 1993
Seat belts
Filed Jul 9, 1997
CHILD WAS IN THE BACK SEAT, THE SEAT BELT JAMMED, FORCING THE PARENTS TO CUT THE SEAT BELT TO RELEASE THE CHILD. *AK
NHTSA ID
812049
Incident
May 5, 1997
Seat belts
Filed May 14, 1997
OWNER STATES THAT REAR SEAT BELTS WILL NOT PULL OUT. OWNER ALSO NOTES THAT SEAT BELTS HAVE BEEN USED BEFORE. DEALERS TOLD OWNER THAT REAR BELTS MUST BE REPLACED. *AK
NHTSA ID
812260
Seat belts
Filed Jan 21, 1997
REAR SEAT BELT BEHIND PASSENGER WILL NOT RETRACT. DEALER REPLACED THE REAR SEAT BELT BEHIND THE DRIVER BECAUSE THAT SEAT BELT WOULD NOT RETRACT. *AK
NHTSA ID
807868
Incident
Mar 12, 1996
Seat belts
Filed Feb 7, 1996
REAR SEAT BELT BEHIND DRIVER'S SIDE WILL NOT COME OUT OF RETRACTED POSITION. TT
NHTSA ID
978853
Incident
Feb 7, 1996
Seat belts
Filed Jul 6, 1995
THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT WHEN LOCKED CAN'T GET OUT OF SEAT, IT RELEASES BUCKLE. *AK
NHTSA ID
968276
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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