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 Trans Sport submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 14 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
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE FRONT DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELTS WILL NOT RETRACT. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, # 93V212000, 94V10000 AND 94V015000, REGARDING THE SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH ROW SEAT BELT. THE VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL; HOWEVER THE RECALL DOES NOT INCLUDE THE FRONT SEAT BELTS. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN ALERTED.
FRONT DRIVERS SEAT BELTS ON ALL YEAR (93,94,95,96) CHEVY LUMINA,PONTIAC TRANSPORT, OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE. I HAVE OWNED THEM ALL
TRANSMISSION - WHEN YOU START THE VAN, AND PUT INTO GEAR, IT TAKES AT LEAST 10-20 SECONDS BEFORE IT WILL ENGAGE INTO FORWARD AND REVERSE. DRIVERS SIDE SEATBELT- WOULD NOT RETRACT, HAD TO REPLACE, IT COST $100.00 REPLACED 2 ALTINATORS, 1 STARTER AND 4 BATTERIES. HAD TO RE-SEAL INTAKE TWICE. LIFTER TICK, DONUT SEAL REPLACED. VACUMM LEAK REPAIRED. COOLANT LEAK, HAD TO REPLACE HEAD GASKET TWICE. COOLANT IS LEAKING AGAIN. DOOR HANDLE, DRIVERS SIDE BROKE TODAY.
ABOUT 80 % OF THE TIME THE SEAT BELTS IN BOTH FRONT SEATS WILL LOCK UP AND/OR BELT TWISTS CAUSING ONE TO NOT BE ABLE TO USE THE SEATBELT UNTIL THERE
THE SEATBELTS IN THE VEHICLE, TWIST AND FAIL TO RETRACT AND OPERATE PROPERLY. THIS WAS NOTED BY CONSUMER REPORTS AS WELL. *AK
TRANSMISSION SYSTEM DOESN'T WORK, DEALER SAID THE MODULE HAS FAILED BUT THEY SEE AS GM PROBLEM. THE CONTROLS BETWEEN THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE DASH ARE SHORTING OUT CHANGING EVERYTHING WHEN YOU DRIVE. SEAT BELTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOOR HANDLES HAVE BOTH BEEN REPLACED AS THEY BROKE RIGHT OFF. JUST SPENT $560.00 TO DEALER AND ALL I GOT WAS THE SEAT BELT FIXED. *AK
DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBELT WILL NOT RETRACT BACK INTO POSITION, CAUSING LOSS OF PROTECTION. NO PARTS IN STOCK. *AK
BOTH DOOR HANDLES HAVE BROKEN, KNOW OF OTHERS WITH SAME STYLE OF HANDLE MECHANISM THAT HAVE FAILED SAME WAY, LOOKS LIKE DEFECT OF DESIGN, NO RECALLS OR TSB'S FOUND, BROKE WITHIN THREE WEEKS OF ONE ANOTHER; SEATBELTS ARE SLOW TO RETRACT IF AT ALL, RESULTED IN SLACK GETTING CAUGHT IN DOOR JAM, SO CONSEQUENTLY WHEN PULLED IT BROKE AND NOW WILL NO LONGER RETRACT; IT IS VERY FRUSTRATING AND WE PAID GOOD MONEY FOR A GOOD VEHICLE SO WE DIDN'T EXPECT THIS STUFF TO BE HAPPENING. *AK
CHILD SAFETY BUILT-IN SEAT PLASTIC RETAINER CLIP WILL NOT STAY FASTENED. *AK
(5) OUT OF (7) SHOULDER BELTS ARE BACKWARDS. YOU HAVE TO TWIST BELT TO BUCKLE CORECTLY. *AK DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT WAS REPLACED AND WORKS FINE, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO ANOTHER DEALER TO EXAMINE THE OTHER FOUR TWISTING BELTS, THIS DEALER FOUND THE SEAT BELTS WERE THREAD THROUGH BACKWARDS AND REPAIRED THEM. *SLC
INTEGRATED CSS SITS TOO ERECT ALLOWING CHILD TO FALL FORWARD WITH EASE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
SEAT BELTS WILL NOT RECOIL IN OR OUT BECAUSE IT BINDS UP IN GUIDE SYSTEM. TT CONSUMER STATES AT THIS POINT, SHOULDER BELT THROUGH THE GUIDE AS IT IS ALWAYS TWISTED AND STUCK. *SLC
SHOULDER BELT TWISTS WHEN TRYING TO FASTEN, CAUSING BELT TO BECOME LOOSE/UNSECURE. *SKD
THE DRIVERS SEAT BELT TWISTS AT POINT NEXT TO/BEHIND DRIVERS LEFT SHOULDER AND DOES NOT RESTRAIN PROPERLY. 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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