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 1988 Toyota Camry submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 10 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
BOTH FRONT AUTOMATIC SHOULDER AND SEAT BELTS DO NOT CATCH OR HOLD OR GET RESTRAINED WHEN PULLED IN A JERKY FASHION. THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO CATCH/HOLD WHEN PULLED IN A JERKY FASHION SIMILAR TO A FRONTAL IMPACT. *AK
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION, IMPACT LEFT FRONTAL BUMPER AT 10-15 MPH. DRIVER'S SIDE SHOULDER BELT DID NOT LOCK, THROWING OCCUPANT HIT THE WINDSHIELD, AND CAUSING MINOR INJURIES. CONSUMER HAS NOT CONTACTED DEALER. *AK
PASENGER'S SIZE MOTORIZED SHOULDER BELT OPERATES INTERMITTENTLY.
DRIVER'S LAP/SHOULDER BELT WILL NOT RETRACT/STUCK IN TRACK, ALSO SPEEDOMETER READS 10 MPH ABOVE ACTUAL SPEED. *AK
THE DRIVERS SIDE AUTOMATIC RESTRAINT SYSTEM WILL NOT ENGAGE IN ITS PROPER WORKING CONDITION AND WILL NOT PROTECT THE DRIVER IN A VEHICLE COLLSION.*AK
SEAT BELT FAILED TO RESTRAIN DRIVER IN ACCIDENT, CAUSING DRIVER TO FALL FORWARD INTO STEERING WHEEL/INJURY. *AW
DRIVER'S SHOULDER HARNESS DID NOT GRAB DURING REAR END ACCIDENT; DRIVER'S CHEST HIT STEERING WHEEL. *AK
MOTORBELT RELEASED UPON IMPACT, RESULTING IN SEVERE INJURY. *DSH
DRIVER SIDE SELF RETRACTING SEAT BELT DOES NOT WORK. TT
AUTOMATIC SHOULDER HARNESS FAILED DURNG ACCIDENT, CAUSING CHEST TO FALL FORWARD/INJURY. *AW
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.
Categories with enough reports to have a page of their own
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