1999 Toyota Camry Seat belts Problems

Front passenger seatbelt does not latch.

NHTSA ID

11444625

Incident

Dec 21, 2021

I TURNED ON REAR DEFROST AND WITHIN FEW SECONDS BACK SEAT WAS ON FIRE. WINDOW BURNT SEAT AND SEAT BELT ALSO BURNED HAND. IT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN A POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL CAUSE. I FIGURED A FUSE WOULD BLOW PRIOR TO A FIRE INSIDE CAR. HAD I BEEN ON FWY I WOULD HAVE NOT BEEN LUCKY GAS TANK IS INCHES BELOW FIRE .

NHTSA ID

11182504

Incident

Feb 14, 2019

Mileage

205,000 mi

REAR DRIVER-SIDE PASSENGER SEAT-BELT HAS FAILED. AUTOMOTIVE: TOYOTA CAMRY CE, 4 DR, 1999 MODEL, BLACK. AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. *TR

NHTSA ID

10273689

Incident

Aug 10, 2005

Mileage

120,000 mi

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT WOULD NOT PROPERLY LATCH INTO THE BUCKLE. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT IT WOULD COST $200 TO REPAIR THE SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. SHE IS IN THE PROCESS OF NOTIFYING THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 90,000.

NHTSA ID

10246613

Incident

Oct 20, 2008

Mileage

90,000 mi

SEAT BELT BROKE WHEN INSTALLING CHILD CAR SEAT. *TR

NHTSA ID

10246005

Incident

Sep 1, 2008

Mileage

190,000 mi

REAR PASSENGER SEAT BELT ON THE LEFT SIDE FAILED TO RETRACT. I CAN NOT ANSWER A QUESTION ABOUT OEM, BECAUSE I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT IS. COULD YOU BE MORE CLEAR ON YOUR OFFICIAL FORMS, PLEASE.*AK

NHTSA ID

10072962

Incident

Apr 14, 2004

Mileage

96,950 mi

DRIVER'S SIDE REAR SEATBELT FAILED TO RETRACT IN OCTOBER, 2002. REPLACED BY TOYOTA OF DURHAM. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, THE PASSENGER'S SIDE REAR SEATBELT FAILED TO RETRACT. *TT

NHTSA ID

10020863

Incident

Oct 1, 2002

WHILE DRIVING ON A LONG DISTANCE DRIVE, MY 6 YEARS OLD DAUGHTER WAS IN THE REAR LEFT SEAT WITH HER SEAT BELT ON. SHE PULLED THE SEAT BELT ALL THE WAY OUT TO LAY DOWN AND TAKE A NAP WHILE RESTRAINED IN THE SEAT BELT. WHILE ASLEEP SHE HAD TAKEN HER HAND OUT OF HER SEAT BELT AND THE SEAT BELT WAS WRAPED AROUND HER WAIST. WHEN SHE WOKE UP, IN ORDER TO FREE HERSELF FORM THE WRAPED SEAT BELT, SHE UNBUCKLED HER SEAT BELT WHILE THE SEAT BELT WAS STILL WRAPPED AROUND HER, THIS IS WHEN THE PROBLEM HAPPEND. THE SEATBELT'S RETRACTION SYSTEM ONLY RETRACTED THE SEAT BELT IN, MAKING IT TIGHER AND TIGHTER AROUND HER STOMACH. THE RETRACTION SYSTEM DID NOT LET HER LOOSEN THE SEAT BELT. IN FURTHER EFFORT TO FREE HERSELF, SHE LIFTED HERSELF AND THE SEATBET BECAME TIGHER AROUND HER STOMACH. I PULLED ALONG THE HIGHWAY TO FREE HER FROM THE SEATBELT, BUT THE RETRACTION SYSTEM DID NOT ALLOW ME TO GET THE SEAT BELT LOOSE. I DID NOT HAVE ANY POCKET KNIFE WITH ME TO CUT THE SEAT BELT. I FINALLY FLAGED A MOTARIST WHO HAD A POCKET KNIFE AND CUT THE SEAT BELT AND FREED HER. THE SEAT BELT HAD BECOME SO TIGHT THAT SHE HAD GOTTON INJURED ALL AROUND HER WAIST AND STOMACH. IF THIS HAD HAPPEND WITH A SMALLER CHILD IT COULD HAVE EASILY KILED THE CHILD IF NOT HELPED IN TIME. *AK

NHTSA ID

746833

Incident

Jun 2, 2001

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHEN THERE WAS A BRAKE FAILURE, DEALER FOUND THE CALIPERS TO BE DEFECTIVE AND REPLACED THE BRAKE PADS, ROTORS, AND CALIPERS, IN THE ACCIDENT, THE AIRBAGS EXPERIENCED NO DEPLOYMENT AND THE SEATBELTS DID NOT WORK, PASSENGER SUSTAINED INJURIES. *SLC

NHTSA ID

556780

Incident

Sep 18, 2000

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT 45MPH, AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. ALSO, SEAT BELT DID NOT RETRACT, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

NHTSA ID

859654

Incident

Mar 14, 2000

CONSUMER'S WIFE WAS DRIVING WHEN SHE RAN INTO THE BACK OF PICKUP TRUCK AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, BUT THE SEAT BELTS DISCONNECTED, CAUSING THE CONSUMER'S CHILD TO BE THROWN FORWARD AND HIT HER HEAD. ALSO WIFE'S LEFT UPPER ARM WAS INJURED ON STEERING WHEEL. *AK

NHTSA ID

851541

Incident

Oct 11, 1999

CONSUMER TRIED TO INSTALL A CHILD SAFETY SEAT INTO THE VEHICLES REAR SEAT, VEHICLE WAS DESIGNED WITH SWITCHABLE SEAT BELTS AND WHEN THE CHILD SEAT BECOMES SECURE AS TO NOT MOVE AN INCH EITHER WAY THE SWITCHABLE SEAT BELT RELEASES. *ET

NHTSA ID

783832

WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH TOOK FOOT OFF OF THE BRAKE PEDAL AND VEHICLE ACCELERAT CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES AGAIN, AND VEHICLE KEPT ACCELERATING. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON AND WON'T GO OFF. ALSO, DRIVER'S SIDE SHOULDER BELT WASN'T WORKING.*AK

NHTSA ID

848974

Incident

Sep 6, 1999

THE FRONT HEADREST IS TOO BIG, DISABLING THE DRIVER'S REAR VISION, WHICH COULD CAUSE A VEHICLE CRASH. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID

846576

I WAS STOPPED WAITING FOR A VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME TO MAKE A LEFT TURN. I WAS HIT IN THE REAR BY A 1996 NISSAN MAXIMA TRAVELING IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH. THE IMPACT PUSHED MY CAMRY INTO THE REAR OF A 1989 FORD IN FRONT OF ME. MY CAMRY MADE CONTACT WITH THE FORD ON MY DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT DIRECTLY NEAR THE AIRBAG SENSOR IN MY FRONT LEFT BUMPER AREA. UPON IMPACT BY THE NISSAN IN MY REAR, MY DRIVER'S SEAT COLLAPSED BACKWARD, CAUSING ME TO SLIDE FORWARD UNDERNEATH THE DASHBOARD AND STEERING WHEEL. THE SEATBELT FAILED TO PROPERLY TENSE UP, CAUSING ME TO INJURE MY RIGHT KNEE AND MY ABDOMEN. I WAS THE ONLY DRIVER INJURED IN THIS 3-CAR ACCIDENT, BUT THE EXTENT OF MY INJURIES HAS NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED. BOTH THE AIRBAGS IN THE 1996 NISSAN DEPLOYED PROPERLY, AS WELL AS THE AIRBAG IN THE 1989 FORD, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS ONLY HIT FROM THE REAR BY MY CAMRY. TOYOTA USA HAS BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT, AND HAS ASSURED ME THEY WILL INSPECT MY VEHICLE THIS WEEK. OBVIOUSLY, I BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT THE AIRBAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED, AND THE SEAT SHOULD NOT HAVE COLLAPSED BACKWARD.

NHTSA ID

705333

Incident

Apr 1, 1999