Owner-reported complaints naming the seat belt system, filed with NHTSA
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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.
8
Latest Apr 2, 2019
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.
2%
of 327 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.
2
Injuries or deaths reportedTotals the submitters entered on their own reports in this category. Not verified by NHTSA and not a casualty statistic.
2
What this page shows
Reports naming seat belts, buckles, retractors and pretensioners. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2009 Toyota RAV4 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 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 Apr 2, 2019
Crash reported2 injuries reported
ON MAY 26, 2016, MY MOTHER WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON I-69 NEAR EDDYVILLE, KENTUCKY IN HER 2009 TOYOTA RAV4 WITH MY SON IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. A DRIVER TRAVELING SOUTH ON I-69 CROSSED THE MEDIAN INTO THE NORTHBOUND LANE, AND COLLIDED WITH MY MOTHER'S VEHICLE HEAD-ON. AT THE TIME OF THE COLLISION, BOTH MY MOTHER AND SON WERE WEARING THEIR SEAT BELTS, HOWEVER, THE SEAT BELTS DID NOT WORK PROPERLY AND CONTRIBUTED TO MY MOTHER AND SON'S SERIOUS INJURIES. DURING THE COLLISION, THE LAP BELT ON BOTH SEAT BELTS TIGHTENED SUBSTANTIALLY, WHILE THE SHOULDER RESTRAINT NEVER TIGHTENED OR LOCKED. AS A RESULT OF THE SEAT BELT ISSUE, MY SON AND MOTHER SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT ABDOMINAL INJURIES DUE TO THE EXTREME TIGHTENING OF THE LAP BELT, AND HEAD INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THE FAILURE OF THE SHOULDER RESTRAINT TO PROPERLY LOCK. SPECIFICALLY, MY SON SUSTAINED A LIVER LACERATION, PULMONARY CONTUSION, AND SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY THROMBOSIS AS A RESULT OF THE EXTREME TIGHTENING OF THE LAP BELT WITHOUT TIGHTENING OF THE SHOULDER RESTRAINT. ADDITIONALLY, BECAUSE THE SHOULDER RESTRAINT FAILED TO WORK PROPERLY, IT DID NOT STOP HIS FORWARD MOMENTUM, CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE HIS HEAD ON THE DASHBOARD OR WINDSHIELD AND SUSTAIN A TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY. MY MOTHER SUSTAINED MULTIPLE RIB FRACTURES, A LEFT PNEUMOTHORAX, SMALL BOWEL ENTEROTOMY, MESENTERIC TEAR, AVULSION OF THE SIGMOID COLON, AND TEARING OF HER ABDOMINAL MUSCULATURE AS A RESULT OF THE SEAT BELT. *DT*JB
NHTSA ID
11194011
Incident
May 26, 2016
Seat belts
Filed Apr 1, 2017
I NO LONGER OWN THIS VEHICLE, IT WAS TRADED IN IN 2014 TO WEST HERR TOYOTA 4141 SOUTHWESTERN BLVD, ORCHARD PARK, NY 14127, HOW DO I STOP RECALL NOTICES FOR THIS VEHICLE?
NHTSA ID
10969873
Incident
Apr 1, 2017
Seat beltsSuspension
Filed Mar 7, 2017
2 RECALLS SINCE LAST YEAR. LOCAL TOYOTA DEALER UNWILLING/UNABLE TO PERFORM REMEDY DESPITE NUMEROUS REQUESTS.
NHTSA ID
10959201
Incident
Aug 10, 2016
Seat beltsVisibility
Filed Jan 23, 2017
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 TOYOTA RAV4. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 15V577000 (VISIBILITY/WIPER) AND 16V096000 (SEAT BELTS) HOWEVER, THE PARTS FOR THE REPAIRS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIRS. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED ANY FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. PART DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.
NHTSA ID
10946973
Incident
Sep 17, 2015
Seat belts
Filed Aug 9, 2016
THE SHOULDER SEATBELTS IN ONE OF THE SECOND-ROW OUTBOARD SEATS WAS TOTALLY BROKEN BY THE FRICTION OF A METAL ON THE SHOULDER RETRACTOR END. I RECEIVED A RECALL FOR REPAIR THE LAP SEATBELTS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM BUT NOT INCLUDE THE SHOULDER END. HE BROKE WHEN THE CAR WAS STOPPED AND THE PASSENGER TRIED TO BELT .
NHTSA ID
10894643
Incident
May 31, 2016
Seat belts
Filed Aug 8, 2016
A RECALL WAS ISSUED ON FEBRUARY 17, 2016 FOR THE REAR, OUTBOARD SEAT BELTS. AS OF AUGUST 8, 2016 THE MANUFACTURE HAS YET TO ADDRESS THIS DEFECT.
NHTSA ID
10894081
Incident
Feb 17, 2016
Seat belts
Filed Jun 6, 2016
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 TOYOTA RAV4. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V096000 (SEAT BELTS). THE PART NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PART NOT AVAILABLE.
NHTSA ID
10872780
Incident
Jun 6, 2016
Seat belts
Filed Apr 22, 2014
Crash reported
MY DAUGHTER (5-YEARS OLD, 40 LBS) WAS IN A BRITAX FRONTIER CAR SEAT WHEN WE WERE STRUCK BY ANOTHER CAR IN THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE. THE CAR WAS THEN STRUCK A SECOND TIME AND PROPELLED INTO A TELEPHONE POLE. THE PLASTIC PIECE HOLDING THE CAR SEAT TIGHTLY IN PLACE SNAPPED DURING THE ACCIDENT, AND THOUGH THE CAR SEAT WAS STILL FASTENED BY THE LATCH SYSTEM IT COULD MOVE FREELY. MY DAUGHTER HIT THE DVD PLAYER IN FRONT OF HER SEAT. SHE HAS A CONCUSSION AND MULTIPLE FACIAL LACERATIONS. THE CAR SEAT COMPLETELY FAILED TO HOLD HER IN PLACE IN THE ACCIDENT. (RELATED VEHICLE INFORMATION: MODEL YEAR=2009, MAKE=TOYOTA, MODEL=RAV4). *TR
NHTSA ID
10584113
Incident
Apr 20, 2014
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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