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 1998 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
SEAT BELTS "STICKING", STEERING MAKING LOUD "POP" NOISES WHEN TURNING WHEEL, TRANSMISSION SHIFTING VERY HARD FROM PARK TO REVERSE ON A ANGLE. NOW MY ENGINE LOCKED UP, WAS HESITATING WHEN ACCELERATING. *JB
CONSUMER STATED SEAT BELTS BEHIND PASSENGER AND MIDDLE BACK SEATS LOCKED UP. THEY DID NOT WORK. ALSO, AIR BAG LIGHT KEPT COMING ON. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT, BUT AIR BAG LIGHT STILL CAME ON.*AK
CONSUMER STATES THE INTEGRATED CHILD SEAT TOP LATCH CAN BE UNDONE IF TUGGED ON. DEALER CONTACTED.*JB THE REPLACEMENT ORDERED HAD THE SAME DEFECT AS THE ORIGINAL. PONTIAC STATED THE LATCH IS FOR POSITIONING AND IS NOT REQUIRED TO LATCH SECURELY. *JG
SEAT BELT BUCKLE FELL APART WHEN ONE OF THE PASSENGERS SLIDE ACROSS THE SEAT AND BUCKLE GOT CAUGHT IN HIS GARMENTS. CONSUMER CALLED GMC, AND WAS TOLD THAT SEAT BELT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THEY WOULD NOT COVER THAT.*AK
WHEN TRYING TO BUCKLE UP BY PULLING SEAT BELT OUT, IT WILL NOT COME OUT, AND WILL NOT WORK. TAKEN IT TO DEALER TO BE REPLACED.*AK THE REAR MIDDLE SEAT BELT WOULD NOT PUSH IN TO THE PART IT IS SUPPOSED TO BUCKLE INTO, DEALER REPLACED. *SLC
RETAINER CLIP ON INTEGRATED SEAT IS VERY LOOSE AND CAN BE MOVED BY CHILD, WHO ABLE TO GET OUT OF SEAT. DEALER / MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND UNABLE TO ASSIST IN THIS MATTER. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER . *AK
WHILE VEHICLE WAS AT A STOP IT WAS REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. WHEN CHILD WAS RESTRAINED IN INTEGRATED CHILD SEAT, CHILD WAS OUT OF CAR SEAT BECAUSE SEAT BELT UNLATCHED, NOT HOLDING CHILD. *AK
WE HAVE TWO BUILT IN CHILD SAFETY SEATS AND BOTH OF THEM SHOW THE SAME PROBLEM. THE BUCKLE THAT GOES ACROSS THE CHILD'S CHEST CAN EASILY BE PULLED OPEN WITHOUT USING THE PROPER BUTTONS TO OPEN IT. MY ONE YEAR OLD CAN OPEN THE BUCKLE AND GET OUT OF HER SEAT. I HAVE SPOKEN TO 7 OTHERS WITH THE SAME VEHICLE AND THEY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM OUR CHILDREN WOULD BE UNPROTECTED IN AN ACCIDENT.
THE RESTRAINTS ON THE REMOVABLE SEATS SPONTANEOUSLY UNBUCKLE. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEN NOTIFIED. *AK
SEAT BELTS UNBUCKLE ON THEIR OWN. REMOVABLE 2ND AND 3RD ROW SEATS AFFECTED. TWO DEALERSHIPS CONTACTED WITHOUT RESOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM
THE SEATBELT ADJUSTER CAME OFF IN AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH THE SHOULDER BELT BRUISED THE NECK OF THE RESTRAINED CHILD. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
PASSENGER SEAT BELT BUCKLE BROKE. YH
DESIGN OF VEHICLE RESULTED IN THERE BEING NO SPLASH GUARD TO PROTECT THE STEERING BELT FROM ROAD SPRAY RESULTING IN TEMPORARY LOSS OF POWER STEERING WHEN BELT SLIPS OFF.
THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH SEAT BELT BUCKLES. WHEN SHE SNAPS THE SEAT BELT IN THE BUCKLE THE SEAT BELT CONTINUES TO SLIDE OUT. THE MANUFACTUER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
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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