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 1995 Pontiac Grand Am submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 10 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
I WAS REAR-ENDED BY FOUR CARS ON 410E IN SAN ANTONIO. MY SEAT BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN ME IN MY 1995 PONTIAC GRAND-AM AND I WAS INJURED. I AM NOW OUT OF WORK FOR A WEEK DUE TO A HEAD TRAUMA AND MY CAR WAS TOTALLED!. *AK
PARENT WAS PLACING CHILD IN VEHICLE AND WHEN EXITING VEHICLE, CONSUMER'S KEYS SOMEHOW FELL DOWN INSIDE VEHICLE. CONSUMER CLOSED THE DOOR AND ALL THE DOORS AUTOMATICALLY LOCKED, TRAPPING THE CHILD INSIDE VEHICLE. CONSUMER WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL CRASH AT 15-20 MPH IN WHICH DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY AND SEAT BELTS DID NOT LOCK IN PLACE, CAUSING DRIVER TO BE FORCED FORWARD. 2 PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN ACCIDENT. *SLC
WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH AND APPLIED THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE WENT INTO A DITCH TO AVOID HITTING A HORSE, AND THE AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. ALSO, SHOULDER STRAP DIDN'T HOLD THE CONSUMER , CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO HIT HIS FACE. *AK
SEAT BELT DOES NOT FASTEN PROPERLY.
REAR SEAT BELTS DO NOT SAFELY SECURE CHILD SAFETY SEAT.
CHILD SEAT RESTRAINT BELT DETACHED FROM THE ANCHOR.
AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT WAS VIOLENT, CAUSING UNCONSCIOUSNESS/BURNS/BRUISES/SWELLING INJURY TO DRIVER, ALSO KEPT SEAT BELT FROM WORKING.
GLOVE COMPARTMENT REPLACED 3 TIMES DUE TO UNFASTENING. *SD
WHEN APPLY THE SEAT BELT DOESN'T LOCK UP . TT CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTIN WHICH SHE HIT THE BACK END OF ANOTHER VEHICLE WITH THE LEFT FRONT PANEL OF HER VEHICLE, THEN CLIMBED AN EMBANKMENT AND THROUGH A FENCE, CONSUMER STATEED VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY DEALER AND THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM WITHT THE SEAT BELT, THE SEAT BELTS WERE REPLACED BUT THEY STILL DO NOT LOCK WHEN YOU COME TO AN ABRUPT STOP CONSUMER SUFFERED INJURIES. *JB
VEHICLE'S LAP BELT DOES NOT HOLD CHILD SAFETY SEAT IN PLACE; COMES LOOSE, EVEN AFTER CHECKING; SEAT TILTED OVER TO SIDE DOOR WITH CHILD. 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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