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 Volvo 850 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 9 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
1995 VOLVO 850 GLT, DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTING MECHANISM (THE ROLLER NEAR DRIVER'S LEFT SHOULDER) WAS STUCK. IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO PULL OUT THE BELT, SOMETIMES PULLING SLOWLY AND LITTLE BY LITTLE SEEMS TO WORK IT AROUND. SPRAYED SOME LUBRICANT CAN FREE IT UP FOR A FEW DAYS, THEN IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO PULL OUT THE SEAT BELT OUT AGAIN ... IT SEEMS TO HAVE A DEFECTED DESIGN SOMEWHERE INSIDE. *TR
THE FRONT SEATS HAVE BROKEN THREE TIMES. THE BAND THAT KEEPS THE BACKS IN POSITION EITHER FAILS AND THE SEAT WILL NOT RETURN TO A PREVIOUS POSITION OR IT SLIPS AND FAILS TO ADJEST THE SEATS. THIS WAS FIXED AND PAID FOR TWICE. NOW WITHIN 15 MONTHS IT HAS FAILED AGAIN AND SMYTHE VOLVO WILL ONLY OFFER A 10% REDUCTION IN THE COST. THIS SHOULD LAST MONGER THEN 15 MONTHS. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM. WE WEIGH 124 AND 145 RESPECTIVELY. WE HAVEN'T ADJUSTED THE SEATS VERY OFTEN. WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW COMMON THIS PROBLEM IS. VOLVO SAYS IT IS NOT COMMON. WE THINK IT IS DEFECTIVE REPAIR OR DEFECTIVE DESIGN AND THEY SHARE IN THE RESPONSIBILITY. PLEASE ADVISE.
THE SEAT BELT FAILED TO RETRACT FROM ITS POSITION.*JB *TS
DRIVER LAP AND SHOULDER BELT DOES NOT RETRACT PROPERLY. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
DRIVER SIDE SEATBELT RELEASE BUTTON GETS STUCK ,WILL NOT RELEASE CAUSING DRIVER TO BECOME TRAPPED IN SEAT.
SEAT BELT RELEASE BUTTON WOULD NOT RELEASE BELT ON DRIVER'S SIDE. OCCUPANT TRAPPED IN SEAT BELT , THIS WAS REPORTED TO VOLVO AND THEY REFUSED TO REPLACE BECAUSE THE PROBLEM WOULD NOT OCCUR AT THE TIME OF REPAIR. THIS OCCURRED TO THREE DIFFERENT DRIVERS DURING A PERIOD OF TWO WEEKS. REPAIR SHOP PLACED GREASE INSIDE THE BUCKLE BUTTON TO REPAIR. VOLVO CUSTOMER SERVICE SUPERVISOR INDICATED VOLVO WOULD NOT REPLACE BECAUSE PROBLEM DID NOT REOCCURR IN THE SHOP. *AK
A/C CUTS OUT ON HIGHWAY AT SPEEDS OVER 60. DEALER CANNOT FIND PROBLEM. BOTH FRONT ELEC. SEATS BROKEN REAR SEAT BELTS DO NOT RETRACT. RT FRONT BRAKE GRINDS AFTER LEFT TURN.
REAR SEAT BELTS BECOME UNFASTENED.
CANNOT SEE TO CHANGE LANES BECAUSE HEAD RESTRAINT IS TOO WIDE.TT *JB
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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