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 Prix 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.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
THE SEAT BELT LATCH ON THE FRONT AND REAR PASSENGER SIDE BROKE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE IS NO RECALL ON THEM AND A CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL STATED THAT THIS IS A NUISANCE. *LA *SC
THE LEFT REAR PASSENGER SEAT BELT AND THE CENTER SEAT BELT DO NOT LOCK SECURELY, BOTH SEAT BELTS ARE INOPERABLE. *SLC
WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35MP, WHEN AT 3 CAR LENGTHS BETWEEN VEHICLES CONSUMER SLAMMED ON BRAKES SWERVED OFF ROAD AN CURB, DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SEATBACKS CAME FORWARD, SLAMMING PASSENGER INTO THE DASH. SEATBACK NOR SEAT SHOULDER BELT PROVIDED SAFETY FOR CONSUMERS. *AK
DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30MPH DOWN THE ROAD, WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE COMING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION CROSSED THE CENTER LINE AN HIT THE VEHICLE HEAD-ON. THE AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. *AK
AUTOMATIC SEAT BELTS ARE INOPERATIVE DUE TO POOR DESIGN. *AK
FAILURE OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR SEAT BELT RETRACTOR, THE BELT WAS IN THE RETRACTING POSITION, CAUSING THE OCCUPANT TO BE TRAPPED IN THE SEAT BELT, ALSO CAUSING INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANT'S NECK.*AK
EMERGENCY BRAKE STUCK.
THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT IS JAMMING, CAUSING IT TO WORK ON OCCASIION. 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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