Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEAT BELTS | |||
| 06/05/2000 | 1 | ||
| Employee fatally injured in crash 06/05/00. air bag did not deploy. air bag sensor appears to have been replaced in march 2000, after coming on and blinking. collision was with a fixed object at approximately 30-40 mph, on left front corner of vehicle. have there been similar failures reported?*ak from the accident report it appeared that the driver lost control of the vehicle while it was raining. the vehicle left the road, rotated counterclockwise and landed on the passenger side next to a utility pole in heavy brush. the driver was ejected from the vehicle at the point of impact with the culvert. upon investigation at the scene a trooper noticed that the driver's seat belt was unbuckled and that the air bag did not deploy. it was deemed that the driver was not speeding but was most likely driving too fast for the road conditions. *nlm | |||
| 04/15/1999 | 1 | 11/01/1995 | |
| Airbag warning light on dashboard blinks a 32error code. that is, when the vehicle is running, the light blinks 3 times pauses, then blinks 2 times. after a longer pause, the sequence repeats again and again. if the engine is stopped and the ignition switch is put into the accessory position, the buzzer sounds 5 times. according to the owner's manual, this indicated a problem in the airbag module or system. however, the dealer was unable to find a problem stating that the symtoms disappeared. they keep coming and going. the fuse on this circuit was replaced with no help. | |||
| SEAT BELTS - FRONT - ANCHORAGE | |||
| 11/01/2000 | 10/01/2000 | ||
| Shouldn't seat belts last for the life of the vehicle? *ak | |||
| 1 | |||
| Design of safety belt system does not contain enough belts for occupants of vehicle, which could have contributed to the injuries or deaths during vehicle collision. | |||
| SEAT BELTS - FRONT - BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | |||
| 100000 | 1 | ||
| Driver's seatbelt will not stay fastened. cause is unknown. please provide any further information.*ak | |||
| 07/28/2000 | 1 | ||
| Front passenger's side seat belt doesn't lock. consumer isn't able to be restrained which makes it inconvenient. dealer said consumer was responsible. didn't have a reason why it happened. *ak | |||
| 06/02/1999 | 1 | ||
| The release button on the seat belt buckle in the rear middle seat would not release the seat belt. owner used pliers to pull the belt out of the buckle. please provide any further details. *yc | |||
| 02/16/1998 | 0 | ||
| The rear passenger side lap/shoulder belt buckle gets stuck once the seat belt buckle has been buckled together. for example, there was a child in the lap/shoulder belt and the child was choking on candy, and the parent, the driver of the vehicle, could not get the seat belt unbuckled because of the seat belt sticking. *ak | |||
| The consumer had an accident. the driver seat belt didn't lock. plus the air bag didn't deploy. please describe. tt | |||
| SEAT BELTS - FRONT - RETRACTOR | |||
| 09/28/2000 | 4 | 05/01/1994 | |
| All of the rear shoulder and lap seatbelts do not retract in event of an emergency stop, which would not protect occupant in event of a crash. mechanic said that problem was due to a defective weight. *ak *slc | |||
| 1 | |||
| Rear passenger middle seat belt will not retract/release to be used. belt had become jammed in retractor. taking vehicle to dealer & mechanic will try to repair problem. *ak | |||