1994 GEO PRIZM Seat Belts Problems

DT: THE CONTACT TRIED TO ORDER A NEW DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT FROM A DEALER FOR 1994 GEO PRIZM. THE GM DEALER DID NOT HAVE IT AND COULD NOT GET ONE. THE CONSUMER ORDERED IT FROM TOYOTA. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS COMPATIBLE WITH A TOYOTA COROLLA. THE CONTACT WANTED TO COMPLAIN THAT HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET A SEAT BELT FOR HIS CAR FROM GENERAL MOTORS. ALSO, HE WAS CONCERNED THAT OTHER PEOPLE WILL NOT KNOW THERE WAS AN ALTERNATIVE FOR THIS.*AK

Mileage: 92,000

NEVER INFORMED OF RECALLS FOR AIR BAG LIGHT AND DRIVER RESTRAINT SYSTEM. FOUND RECALLS ON NHTSA WEBSITE. NOTIFIED GM, WAITING ON RESPONSE.*AK

THE SEAT BELT ANCHORS ON CONSUMERS VEHICLE BROKE. CONSUMER RESEARCHED AND FOUND OUT THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF RECALLS DUE TO THE DEFECTIVE BELTS FOR THIS VEHICLE. CONSUMER SPOKE TO A GEO REPRESENTIVE WHO EXPLAINED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR THE ANCHOR STRAPS. THE REPRESENTATIVE WOULD NOT CONFIRM IN WRITING WHAT WAS TOLD TO THE CONSUMER. *JG

AT APPROXIMATELY 120,000 MILES DRIVER SIDE SEATBELT FAILED TO RETRACT AND WAS REPLACED BY OWNER. AT 170,000 MILES BOTH REAR RETRACTABLE SEATBELT'S STARTED JAMING BECAUSE THE BELT ITSELF FOLDS IN HALF WHILE RETRACTING, CAUSING SEATBELT TO "LOCK" UP. SEATBELT CAN BE REMOVED AND UN AMMED, BUT PROBLEM CONTINUES TO REPEAT ITSELF.*AK

DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT DOESN'T WORK. SEATBELT IS PULLED ALL THE WAY OUT, AND WILL NOT RETRACT. CONSUMER HAS YET TO CONTACT DEALER. *AK

DRIVERS SIDE BELT RETRACTOR FAILED AND IS TOO LOOSE. NLM

SEAT BELT BEHIND DRIVER'S SEAT HAD BEEN REPLACED BEFORE. CURRENTLY, WHEN CHILD SEAT IS PLACED IN REAR SEAT, SEAT BELT WON'T RESTRAIN THE CHILD SEAT, IT WOULD NOT LOCK. *AK

CONSUMER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF RECALL FOR THE SEAT BELT WHICH FAILED PRIOR TO NOTICE. DEALER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE SEAT BELTS WILL NOT RETRACT BUT REFUSES TO REPAIR THEM BECAUSE OF THE MILEAGE (84483) OF THE VEHICLE. NLM

CONSUMER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF RECALL FOR THE SEAT BELT WHICH FAILED PRIOR TO NOTICE. DEALER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE SEAT BELTS WILL NOT RETRACT BUT REFUSES TO REPAIR THEM BECAUSE OF THE MILEAGE (84483) OF THE VEHICLE. NLM

CONSUMER DENIED RECALL REPAIR DUE TO MILEAGE OF THE VEHICLE. *MJS

LEFT/REAR SEAT BELT IS INOPERATIVE-WILL NOT RETRACT OR PULL OUT. DEALER REPLACED SEAT BELT AND RETRACTOR. *AK

SEAT BELT DOES NOT LOCK. PRIOR BELT SIEZED-LOCKING IN EXTENDED POSITION. *AK

SEAT BELT DESIGN MAKES PROPER CHILD SEAT INSTALLATION IMPOSSIBLE, AS VERIFIED BY SEVERAL POLICE OFFICERS, MECHANICS, ETC, USING SEVERAL DIFFERENT CHILD SEATS. THE STRAP ON THE FEMALE BUCKLE IS TOO LONG, AND THE BUCKLE IS TOO LARGE, INTERFERING WITH PROPER CHILD SEAT INSTALLATION.

NO SUMMARY

DEFECT IN FRONT SHOULDER SEAT BELT RETRACTOR DOES NOT PROPERLY RETRACT, RESULTING IN LOSS OF PROTECTION, AND EXTRA PORTION THAT DID NOT RETRACT WILL ALSO GET CAUGHT IN DOOR, NOT ALLOWING THE DOOR TO SHUT PROPERLY. *AK

BOLTS NOT ATTACHED TO SEAT BELT ANCHORS.

SEAT BELT BUCKLE CRACKED WHILE ATTACHING CHILD SAFETY SEAT.

SEATBELT RETRACTOR FAILED, SEATBELT WILL NOT GO IN OR BE PULLED OUT. TT

CONSUMER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE ABS ANTI-LOCK BRAKE FAILED AND THE AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY AND THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT BELT DIDN'T RESTRAIN . TT

THE DRIVER SEAT BELT RETRACTOR WILL NOT COME OUT . TT

RIGHT REAR SEAT BELT RETRACTOR DOES NOT WORK AND LEFT REAR IS MALFUNCTIONING. TT

DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT WILL NOT RELEASE FROM THE RETRACTOR HOUSING. TT

REAR SEAT BELT FAILED TWICE. *SKD