Owner-reported complaints naming the seat belt system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming seat belts, buckles, retractors and pretensioners. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1994 Pontiac Grand Am submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 12 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.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
WAS TRAVELING BETWEEN 30-35MPH WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLED OUT IN FRONT, AND "T"-BONED VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE SEAT BELT ALSO FAILED TO RESTRAIN THE DRIVER. *AK.THE DRIVERS SUSTAINED HEAD INJURIES WHEN HEAD WENT INTO WINDSHIELD. *ET
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, AND THE SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK UP. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
WHEN BUCKLED UP, THE SEATBELT IS SUPPOSED TO BE TIGHT. IN MY CAR, WHEN I SIT AT THE DRIVER SEAT WITH SEAT BELT ON, IT IS VERY LOOSE. IN PARTICULAR, THE SEAT BELT CAN FREELY MOVE THROUGH THE LOWER-LEFT BUCKLE. I CAN EASILY MOVE MY BODY AS IF THERE IS NO SEAT BELT ON.
SEAT BELT UNABLE TO RESTRAIN THE DRIVER DURING ACCIDENT, RESULTING IN INJURY. YH
THE SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY THAT I'M REFERRING TO IS THE PART THAT ATTACHES TO THE WINDOW FRAME. THE PART WHERE THE SEAT PASSES THROUGH HAS CRACKED AND I'M AFRAID THAT IF I HAVE AN ACCIDENT THAT THE CRACKED PART WILL NOT HOLD THE SEAT BELT; THAT THE BELT WILL COME LOOSE AT THE SHOULDER. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THIS CONSIDERED NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR OR IF IT IS A DEFECT.
THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SEATBELTS MALFUNCTIONED WHEN PRESSING THE BRAKES. THE SEATBELTS WILL NOT RETRACT, WHICH WILL NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK
DURING COLLISION SEAT BACKS COLLAPSED.
ENGINE MOTOR FAILED DUE TO THE HEAD GASKET CRACKING.
THE DEFECTIVE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT BUCKLE AND THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE PLASTIC BROKE OFF UNEXPECTEDLY, CAUSING THE BUCKLE TO DISLODGE WHICH WONT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. *AK
SHOULDER BELT WILL RETRACT AND OVER TIGHTEN, CAUSING TOO MUCH PRESSURE ON THE CHEST AREA. *AK
VEHICLE WAS HIT BROADSIDE, SEATBELTS DID NOT RESTRAIN. TT
WHEN DRIVING AND TURN A CORNER THE REAR SEAT BELT CHILD SEAT COME LOOSE FROM THE SEAT BELT DEALER CAN'T FIND PROBLEM. TT
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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