High Severity Issue
This component has been associated with crashes, fires, or deaths.
This Problem Across All Years
Right front passenger seat belt male mechanism is locked up and will not extend to lock in female mechanism. Unusable.
Right front passenger seat belt male mechanism is locked up and will not extend to lock in female mechanism. Unusable.
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 SATURN SC1. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LOCK FEATURE OF THE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR WOULD NOT WORK PROPERLY. AS A CONSEQUENCE, HE IS NOT PROPERLY RESTRAINED IN THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 97V161000 (SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR), ALTHOUGH THE FAILURES WERE IDENTICAL. THE CONTACT PAID $400 TO HAVE THE RETRACTOR REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED SHORTLY AFTERWARDS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS UNABLE TO ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 104,000.
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 SATURN SC1. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LOCK FEATURE OF THE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR WOULD NOT WORK PROPERLY. AS A CONSEQUENCE, HE IS NOT PROPERLY RESTRAINED IN THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 97V161000 (SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR), ALTHOUGH THE FAILURES WERE IDENTICAL. THE CONTACT PAID $400 TO HAVE THE RETRACTOR REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED SHORTLY AFTERWARDS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS UNABLE TO ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 104,000.
CONSUMER RECENTLY RECIEVED RECALL LETTER 99V-280 FROM SATURN CONCERNING SEAT BELT FAILURE, CONSUMERS CHILD WAS A PASSENGER AND WAS KILLED IN A VEHICLE COLLISION AND THE CONSUMER FEELS THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE RECALLED COMPONENT EXPERIENCED FAILURE AND COULD HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE OF DEATH. *ET
CONSUMER RECENTLY RECIEVED RECALL LETTER 99V-280 FROM SATURN CONCERNING SEAT BELT FAILURE, CONSUMERS CHILD WAS A PASSENGER AND WAS KILLED IN A VEHICLE COLLISION AND THE CONSUMER FEELS THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE RECALLED COMPONENT EXPERIENCED FAILURE AND COULD HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE OF DEATH. *ET
SEAT BELT RECALL WORK DENIED DUE TO LACK OF PARTS.
SEAT BELT RECALL WORK DENIED DUE TO LACK OF PARTS.
DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT HAS BEEN REPLACED FOUR TIMES AND IS NOW LOCKING UP.
DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT HAS BEEN REPLACED FOUR TIMES AND IS NOW LOCKING UP.
SEAT BELT RECALL ON OTHER MODELS, BUT NOT THIS OWNERS MODEL. SEAT BELT BROKE THREE TIMES.
SEAT BELT RECALL ON OTHER MODELS, BUT NOT THIS OWNERS MODEL. SEAT BELT BROKE THREE TIMES.