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 1992 Pontiac Trans Sport submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 26 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.
The 25 most recent of 26, in the owner's own words
I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE 4 OF THE 6 SEAT BELT RETRACTORS SINCE JULY OF 2000. THE FAILURE MODE IS THE RETRACTOR SPRING BREAKING OR PULLING OUT OF SEATBELT MOUNTING SHAFT. EACH REPLACEMENT RETRACTOR COSTS $130. REPLACEMENT PARTS LOOK LIKE THEY WILL FAIL IN THE SAME MANNER, VERY POOR DESIGN.
THE MIDDLE ROW PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELTS DO NOT RETRACT AND ARE LOOSE. DEALER HAS REPAIRED THEM BEFORE, AND PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED. *AK
SHOULDER BELT IS BROKEN ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. PLASTIC PART FROM WHERE SEAT BELT IS PULLED, ISN'T SUPPORTING THE CONSUMER. *AK
SEAT BELTS FAILED.
SEAT BELTS IN SECOND ROW IN REAR OF VEHICLE ARE DEFECTIVE. SEAT BELTS WILL NOT RETRACT OR RESTRAIN OCCUPANT. OWNER CONCERNED FOR SAFETY. *AK
VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER A RECALL ON THE REAR LAP RESTRAINT SYSTEM. TWO YEARS AFTER REPAIRS WERE MADE. THE REAR LAP BELTS WILL NOT LOCK WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. (94V-027). *AK
REAR/LEFT SIDE SEAT BELT LOCKED AT FULL EXTENSION AND WOULD NOT RETRACT.
FRONT RIGHT SIDE SEAT BELT IS DEFECTIVE; IT WILL NOT RETRACT.
SEAT BELTS: FRONT PASSENGER'S AND DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELTS WERE EXTENDED AND WOULD NOT RETRACT. CAUSE OF DEFECT UNKNOWN ,HAD VEHICLE REPAIRED. *AK
SEAT BELTS: SEAT BELTS IN THE SECOND AND THIRD ROW OF VEHICLE WILL NOT RETRACT. THERE WAS A RECALL ON SEAT BELTS BUT HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT IN THE REACLL , BUT DRIVER IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK
SEAT BELTS IN THE REAR OF VAN WILL NOT RETRACT.
FRONT SEAT BELTS DO NOT RETRACT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE. OWNER IS CONCERNED FOR HIS SAFETY. HAS NOT TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERS YET TO HAVE IT REPAIRED. *AK
BOTH FRONT AUTOMATIC SEAT BELTS ARE TWISTED AND THE PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT. *AK
THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR STOPPED WORKING , ALSO THE FUEL LINE IS RUBBING NEAR THE FIREWALL . PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK
SEAT BELT RETRACTOR FAILED.
PURCHASED TRUCK NEW, THE FRONT DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE HEAD RESTRAINTS DON'T HOLD ( FELL DOWN) . PLEASE DESCRIBE .*AK
GENERAL TIRE DEVELOPED BUBBLE. *DSH
MIDDLE LEFT SEAT BELT RETRACTOR FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL. (94V027000) *DH
PASSENGER RIGHT FRONT SEATBELT WILL NOT RETRACT, LEAVING IT IN AN EXTENTEND POSITION. TT
DRIVERS SEAT BELT FAILS TO RETRACT. *DSH
OIL LEAK. *SD
THE SEAT BELT ON THE DRIVER SIDE DON'T RETRACT . TT
PASSENGER RIGHT FRONT SHOULDER/LAP SEAT BELT, WON'T FULLY RETRACT BACK INTO ASSEMBLY, ONCE PULLED OUT, TO PROVIDE SECURE FIT. TT
VEHICLES REAR CENTER RIGHT SIDE SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT. TT
FRONT PASSENGER/TWO MIDDLE SEAT BELT RETRACTORS FAILED.
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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