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1988 Suzuki Samurai 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.
11
Latest Sep 3, 1997
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.
55%
of 20 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.
1

What this page shows

Reports naming seat belts, buckles, retractors and pretensioners. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1988 Suzuki Samurai submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 11 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 Sep 3, 1997

THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBELT RETRACTOR WILL NOT RETRACT THE BELT, AND WILL NOT RESTRAIN THE DRIVER IN CASE OF A VEHICLE COLLISION. *AK

NHTSA ID
815017
Incident
Aug 4, 1997
Seat belts
Filed Mar 26, 1997

RECALL #95V103 SEAT BELT BUCKLE: RECEIVED NOTICE IN OCT. OF 96 CALLED TO TAKE VEHICLE IN AND WAS TOLD THEY WERE TOO BUSY. MADE AN APPOINTMENT IN NOVEMBER 1996 AND WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE THREE TO FOUR DAYS BEFORE THEY COULD GET TO IT. VEHICLE STILL HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. *AK

NHTSA ID
810409
Incident
Oct 23, 1996
Seat belts
Filed Apr 23, 1996

FAILURE OF THE REAR SEAT BELT RETRACTOR, SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT. *AK

NHTSA ID
983358
Incident
Aug 20, 1989
Seat belts
Filed Mar 26, 1996
Crash reported1 injury reported

DURING IMPACT DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

NHTSA ID
981257
Incident
Mar 13, 1993
Seat belts
Filed Mar 26, 1996

SEAT BELT RETRACTORS HAVE FAILED, REAR SEAT BELTS DO NOT COME OUT OF HOUSING, *AK

NHTSA ID
981254
Incident
Mar 26, 1996
Seat belts
Filed Jan 28, 1996

PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE WILL NOT RELEASE. *DSH

NHTSA ID
501073
Incident
Nov 1, 1995
Seat belts
Filed Dec 15, 1995

FRONT SEAT BELT LATCH BROKE. *DSH

NHTSA ID
490542
Incident
Oct 1, 1995
Seat belts
Filed Aug 14, 1995

THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE BROKE AND WAS REPLACED. TT

NHTSA ID
970518
Seat belts
Filed Aug 8, 1995

THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT BUCKLE IS BROKE . TT

NHTSA ID
969946
Seat belts
Filed Apr 13, 1995

FRONT COMBINATION SHOULDER/LAP BELTS DO NOT RETRACT AS INTENDED; DIFFICULTY PULLING BELT OUT; SOMETIMES WILL NOT RETRACT; HOLDS TIGHTER THAN NORMAL; HANGS LOOSE

NHTSA ID
963705
Incident
Dec 25, 1994
Seat belts
Filed Feb 28, 1995

FRONT SEAT BELTS MALFUNCTION, TAKATA SEAT BELTS. TT

NHTSA ID
960767
Incident
Nov 1, 1994

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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