Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEAT BELTS | |||
| Driver's side and passenger's side seat belts twisted up in male portion area. dealers have noted problem, cannot be corrected. possible manufacturer's defect. *ak | |||
| SEAT BELTS - FRONT - ANCHORAGE | |||
| 1 | 03/31/1998 | ||
| Design of the rear seat belts prevents the safe installation of most child restaints into the vehicle. | |||
| 09/09/1998 | 1 | ||
| While going 30mph another vehicle cut in front & stopped suddenly. driver in the lumina applied brakes & hit right side of ranger (door & bed). neither air bags deployed upon impact. seat belt caused slight trauma to heart area. *ak | |||
| 03/13/1998 | |||
| Seat belts do not lock and cannot be adjusted to driver's physical size. the belt rests on driver's neck and keeps constant pressure on the neck. | |||
| 03/31/1998 | 10 | ||
| Consumer had been having problem with back seat, seat belt, especially the one to place the child seat in it, is impossible to use because the seat is too loose. *ak | |||
| SEAT BELTS - FRONT - BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | |||
| 67833 | 1 | ||
| The driver side rear seatbelt does not lock. took to mechanic and mechanic stated that the locking mechanism needed replacing. *ak | |||
| 03/01/2003 | 45000 | 1 | 07/01/1998 |
| The passenger seat belt failed to engage because the seat belt latch failed. *jb...*ak | |||
| 07/28/1998 | 2 | ||
| All front seat belts failed to latch ; dealer notified and repaired them on two occasions. but problem reoccurred. can nhtsa help in this matter. *ak | |||
| 2 | |||
| All three rear seatbelts unbuckle while in use which won't protect occupant in event of a crash. dealer replaced seatbelts twice. but, dealer cannot determine cause of the problem. please provide further information and vin#.*ak | |||
| SEAT BELTS - REAR | |||
| 1 | |||
| Design of rear seat belt (middle) makes it almost impossible to install a child safety seat properly. | |||