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 1996 Toyota Tacoma submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 12 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
1996 TOYOTA TACOMA DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE WILL NOT STAY IN THE LATCH. IT JUST STOPPED WORKING. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER. I HAVE CONTACTED THE LOCAL TOYOTA DEALER AND EXPLAINED THE PROBLEM TO THEM. I WAS TOLD THEY WOULD CONTACT ME. I HAVE LEFT THEM TWO VOICE MAIL MESSAGES BUT THEY HAVE NOT RETURNED MY CALLS. EXTREME SAFETY HAZARD! *TR
DRIVER SIDE AND MIDDLE FRONT SEAT BELTS WILL NOT LATCH. I PULLED APART THE MIDDLE LATCH AND IT SEEMS THE PLASTIC HAS ERODED TO FAILURE. *JS
FRONT SIDE DIVER SEATBELT NO LONGER RETRACTS & GETS HUNG IN DOOR. TOYOTA STATES NO LONGER COVERED. *TT
DRIVER'S-SIDE SEAT BELT LATCH IS FAILING. THE RELEASE BUTTON WILL MOST TIMES NOT DISENGAGE AND ALLOW THE SEAT BELT TO BE BUCKLED. *TR
WHILE STOPPING AT A STORE THE SEATBELT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE LOCKED UP AND WILL NOT RETRACT. HAVING HARD TIME GETTING IT FIXED AT THE DEALER. *AK
DRIVERS SEATBELT NOT WORKING.SEATBELT MECHANISM BROKEN.DEALER CLAIMS $150.00 TO REPAIR.I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND DEFECTIVE PART THAT DEALER SHOULD ADDRESS.*AK
SEAT BELT RETRACTOR FAILED CAUSING THE BELT TO BE LOOSE AND TO GET CAUGHT OUTSIDE THE DOOR. *NLM
SEAT BELT RETRACTOR FAILED CAUSING THE BELT TO BE LOOSE AND TO GET CAUGHT OUTSIDE THE DOOR.
SEAT BELT FAILED.
CLUTCH ASSEMBLY REPLACED, ALSO TRANSMISSION DISC ASSEMBLEY REPLACED DUE TO LOSS OF ALL GEARS EXCEPT FOURTH.
AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, HEARD A THUD SOUND AND LOST ALL GEARS EXCEPT FOR 4TH GEAR.
HEADREST TOO TALL, PUSHING DRIVER'S HEAD FORWARD.
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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