Seat belts
Filed Jun 14, 2000
SEAT BELT BUCKLE FELL APART
- NHTSA ID
- 9000925
1989 Pontiac Grand Prix Seat belts Problems
Owner-reported complaints naming the seat belt system, filed with NHTSA
Data refreshed
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.
9
Latest Jun 14, 2000
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 139 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.
2
What this page shows
Reports naming seat belts, buckles, retractors and pretensioners. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1989 Pontiac Grand Prix submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 9 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 Dec 10, 1998
NO SUMMARY PROVIDED BY CONSUMER. *MJS
- NHTSA ID
- 701269
- Incident
- Dec 9, 1998
Seat belts
Filed Aug 24, 1997
RECEIVED NOTICE (#90V05400). CALLED AND TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, DRIVERS SIDE SHOULDER BELT PARTIALLY REPAIRED, DEALER INFORMED OWNER WOULD HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE PASSENGERS SIDE BELT REPAIRED, IT HAS TO DO WITH GUIDE COVER. *AK CONSUMER STATED THE PASSENGER SIDE BELT GUIDE IN WHICH THE SEAT BELT IS GUIDED THROUGH ON THE DOOR IS SPLIT.*JB
- NHTSA ID
- 816797
- Incident
- Jul 27, 1997
Body & structureBrakesDriver assistance+8 more
Filed Oct 2, 1996
IGNITION MODULE FAILED, MAKING VEHICLE IMPOSSIBLE TO START.
- NHTSA ID
- 509450
- Incident
- Oct 2, 1996
Interior & seatsSeat belts
Filed Dec 5, 1995
Crash reported1 death reported
DRIVER SIDE DOOR MOUNTED SEAT BELTS FAILED, LAP BELT ALSO FAILED, DOOR CAME OPEN AND PASSENGER WAS EJECTED AND KILLED. TT
- NHTSA ID
- 976113
- Incident
- Nov 28, 1995
Seat belts
Filed Jun 5, 1995
SEAT BELT STICKS IN THE LOCKED POSITION ON BOTH FRONT SEAT SELTS. TT
- NHTSA ID
- 966308
- Incident
- Aug 5, 1992
Seat belts
Filed Feb 21, 1995
SEAT BELT DOES NOT BUCKLE, WHEN IT DOES IT WILL NOT RELEASE. TT
- NHTSA ID
- 960260
- Incident
- Jan 1, 1994
Interior & seatsSeat belts
Filed Feb 3, 1995
1 injury reported
SEAT BELT FAILED DURING COLLISION FROM REAR, CAUSING INJURY. *TW
- NHTSA ID
- 478164
- Incident
- Oct 27, 1994
Seat belts
Filed Jan 31, 1995
REAR SEAT BELTS DESIGNED W/EMERGENCY LOCK DEVICE WHICH IS UNSAFE FOR CHILD SAFETY SEATS, SEAT BELTS CANNOT BE REPLACED DUE TO LACK OF REPLACEMENT PARTS. *TT
- NHTSA ID
- 487745
- Incident
- Jan 31, 1995
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.
Other components reported on this vehicle
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Elsewhere on this vehicle
Data sources
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — owner-reported complaints and the components recorded on them
Data on this page last refreshed .