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 1995 Toyota Camry submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 16 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 WHILE TRAVELING 55 MPH THERE WAS A LOUD SNAPPING NOISE HEARD FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. UPON INSPECTION THE REAR LEFT SEAT BELT RETRACTOR ASSEMBLY HAD FAILED TO KEEP TENSION WHILE IN USE. THE SERVICE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE BOTH NOTIFIED. UPDATED 9/20/2006 - THE REAR SEAT BELT FAILED/SNAPPED WHILE AN OCCUPANT WAS STRAPPED IN IT. *NM
THE STRAPS ON CAR SEAT WERE NOT ADJUSTABLE FOR SMALLER BABIES (EVENFLO ON MY WAY 207106P2, MANUFACTURED MAY 15, 1997). *MR *PH *NLM
SHOULDER HARNESS CROSSES NECK OF 5'0" DRIVER OR PASSENGER, EVEN AT EXTREME SETTINGS OF SEAT AND HARNESS ANCHOR POINTS. HARNESS SHOULD CROSS SHOULDER OVER BONE, RATHER THAN SOFT TISSUE. SEAT BELT EXTENDERS HAVE BEEN USED BY THIS OCCUPANT IN OTHER BRAND VEHICLES WITH SUCCESS. THESE EXTENDERS WERE FURNISHED BY THE AUTO MANUFACTURERS. ALTHOUGH TOYOTA MANUFACTURES AND OFFERS THIS DEVICE, THEY WILL ONLY PROVIDE IT ON THE BASIS OF OBESITY SUFFICIENT TO PREVENT BUCKLING THE HARNESS; THERE IS NO PROVISION IN THEIR WRITTEN GUIDELINES FOR SHORT STATURE USERS OF NORMAL GIRTH. TOYOTA FURTHER STATES THAT THEIR ENGINEERING DATA INDICATES THAT PASSING THE BELT ACROSS THE NECK IS AN ACCEPTABLE CONDITION. AS AN ENGINEER I TAKE EXCEPTION TO THIS STATEMENT AND BELIEVE THAT ALL SIMILAR TOYOTA SHOULDER HARNESS ASSEMBLIES ARE EQUALLY DEFECTIVE. I REQUEST A FORMAL REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. ---- THANK YOU, [XXX]. *AK PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
PURCHASED USED VEHICLE FROM DEALER AND AIRBAG AND SEATBELT INDICATOR LIGHTS ALWAYS ON. *AK
SEAT BELT JAMMED AT TIME OF PURCHASE. *MJS
CONSUMER RECEIVED A SEATBELT RECALL ON HER 1987 CAMRY, BUT THE PROBLEM EXISTS ON HER 1995 CAMRY. SHE NEVER TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR ANY SEATBELT PROBLEMS. THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SHOULDER BELTS ARE TOO LOOSE, ARE NOT CLOSE TO THE BODY. SHOULDER BELT MAY NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN AN ACCIDENT. NEVER TOOK TO A DEALER. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
THE PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT LOCKS TIGHTLY AND PASSENGER CANNOT MOVE. *AK
THE PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR SOMETIMES HAS TO BE RESET IN ORDER FOR IT TO WORK . *AK
DRIVER'S SHOULDER BELT FAILED TO RESTRAIN UPPER PORTION FROM MAKING CONTACT WITH STEERING CONSOLE. *AK *JB
THE FRONT SHOULDER BELT RETRACTORS RETRACT SO TIGHTLY THAT THEY CHOKE THE OCCUPANT. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT SEAT BELT WAS REPLACED IT GOT STUCK . TT
HEAD REST BROKE. *SKD
REAR CENTER SEAT BELTS ARE CRISS-CROSSED WITH OUTER BELTS. *AK
SEAT BELTS IN FOLD DOWN THIRD SEAT TOO SMALL FOR ADULTS/GO OVER CHILDRENS FACES. *DSH
REAR PASSENGER SEAT BELT DOES NOT LATCH. TT
PASSENGER SIDE MECHANISM WILL LOCK AND NOT RELEASE. 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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