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1996 Toyota T100 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 Oct 11, 2014
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.
10%
of 109 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.
0

What this page shows

Reports naming seat belts, buckles, retractors and pretensioners. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1996 Toyota T100 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 Oct 11, 2014

PASSENGER SEAT BELT LOCKED UP AND WOULD NOT RETRACT. PERSON WAS IN VEHICLE BUCKLED UP. HAD TO CUT BELT TO GET THE PERSON OUT. *TR

NHTSA ID
10644102
Incident
Oct 10, 2013
Mileage
200,000 mi
Seat belts
Filed Aug 21, 2006

SEAT BELT TENSIONER TOO WEAK AND ALLOWS SEAT BELT TO HANG LOOSE ONCE BUCKLED. UNWARY DRIVER CLOSES DOOR AND A LOOP OF SEAT BELT HANGS OUTSIDE VEHICLE. COULD RESULT IN CATASTROPHIC RESULTS IN CRASH. NOT UNCOMMON FOR ME TO SEE OTHER T100 PICKUPS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH A LOOP OF BELT VISIBLE OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE. *NM

NHTSA ID
10166165
Incident
Aug 10, 2006
Mileage
105,000 mi
Seat belts
Filed Sep 30, 2001

THE SEAT BELT DOES NOT RETRACT PROPERLY CAUSING THE BELT TO GET CLOSED IN THE DOOR. NLM

NHTSA ID
785690
EngineSeat belts
Filed Aug 15, 2001
Fire reported

CONSUMER NOTICED VEHICLE SMOKING, VEHICLE STARTED TO HAVE FLAMES COME OUT, CONSUMER HAD COMPLAINED ABOUT VEHICLE IDLING FAST AND DEALER COULD NOT FIND CAUSE, CLAIM 52-2509-400. *SLC

NHTSA ID
6900644
Incident
Aug 5, 2001
Seat belts
Filed Jul 2, 2001

DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELTS DO NOT RETRACT PROPERLY. DO TO THIS CONDITION EXCESS SLACK IS OFTEN CAUGHT IN THE DOOR WHILE DRIVING CAUSING AN UNSAFE CONDITION. THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT ALSO PERFORMS POORLY. IT OCCASIONALLY WILL NOT GIVE ENOUGH SLACK FOR THE PASSENGER TO FASTEN THE SEAT BELT. I HAVE HAD THE DRIVERS SIDE BELT REPLACED NUMEROUS TIMES DUE TO ABRASIONS IT HAS RECEIVED FROM BEING CAUGHT IN THE DOOR. THE PASSENGER BELT HAS ALSO BEEN REPLACED ONCE. I BELEIVE THAT SINCE THIS IS SUCH A CRITICAL SAFETY COMPONENT THAT IT SHOULD BE RECALLED.*AK

NHTSA ID
747699
Seat belts
Filed Apr 16, 2001

BOTH FRONT SEATBELTS FAIL TO RETRACT. OFTEN SINCE THEY DON'T RETRACT, THEY GET CAUGHT IN THE DOOR WHEN CLOSED AND CANNOT RESTRAIN THE DRIVER/PASSENGER IN A CRASH. PLEASE HELP! THEY'VE BEEN REPLACED BY CAPITAL TOYOTA IN SALEM OREGON, ONCE. THANK YOU!*AK

NHTSA ID
744143
Incident
Apr 16, 2001
Seat belts
Filed Mar 14, 2001

SEAT BELT LOCKS UP AND YOU CAN NOT PULL IT OUT TO LOCK IN PLACE. *AK

NHTSA ID
742440
Incident
Mar 14, 2001
Seat belts
Filed Feb 24, 1998

SEAT BELTS LOOSE AND DO NOT RETRACT PROPERLY.

NHTSA ID
531159
Seat belts
Filed Apr 29, 1997

FRONT SEAT BELT WON'T RETRACT.

NHTSA ID
603273
Seat belts
Filed Apr 10, 1997

FRONT PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT LOCKS UP.

NHTSA ID
603015
Incident
Dec 30, 1996
Seat belts
Filed Mar 4, 1997

PASSENGER'S SIDE AUTOMATIC SAFETY BELT LOCKS UP CONSTANTLY. *AK

NHTSA ID
809634

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.

Other components reported on this vehicle

Categories with enough reports to have a page of their own

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