Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEAT BELTS - FRONT - RETRACTOR | |||||
| 042421 | 06/07/2005 | 051611 | 10014138 | Safety belt retraction speed. *tt | 04/28/2005 |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEAT BELTS | |||
| 06/01/2006 | 57000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2003 ford f150. the contact stated that the driver's side seat belts would not retract on the vehicle. he was able to buckle the seat belts into the locking mechanism, but it failed to provide restraint. he was concerned that the seat belts would not operate in the event of a crash. the failure and current mileages were less than 57,000. | |||
| 09/24/2003 | |||
| While driving at normal speed consumer's vehicle was involved in a front collision and neither of the air bags deployed, and driver's seat belt did not hold the driver. no air bag warning light appeared prior to collision. *ak | |||
| SEAT BELTS - FRONT | |||
| 10/26/2003 | 16000 | 1 | |
| While driving 25 mph, in inclement weather the vehicle skidded. the driver lost control of the vehicle and hitting a ditch,lost control and was overturned. both frontal air bags deployed. however, the passenger seat belt failed to restrain consumer. this caused the passenger to eject out of the passenger door window tied the seat belt around the passenger's right arm and attaching her to the truck. two passengers and the driver sustained major injuries and were transported to the hospital. the vehicle was towed to the dealer for inspection. the cause has not been determined at this time. *bf | |||
| 5 | |||
| When driving for approximately 1/2 hour shoulder/lap belts would tighten up and applied pressure to the chest area. driver removed the shoulder belt to relieve chest pressure.*ak | |||
| 01/20/2003 | 3000 | 5 | 11/30/2002 |
| Has been into the dealership on numerous occassions, since december 2002. a new seat belt was ordered twice. the second one ordered was due to the technician not being comfortable with it. january 20, 2003 while driving at 65 mph, had to come to a panic stop, seat belt on driver's side did not lock. a ford motor co. engineer now states that the seat belt is working as designed. if a seat belt does not lock during a panic stop from such a high rate of speed, why do we have seat belts? on january 31, 03 coming home from the engineer inspection, we were not comfortable with the inspection. all we were told is that the seat belt is performing as designed. we, at 45 mph, depressed the brakes as like we were doing a panic stop, neither driver's side nor passenger side seat belt locked. will still test the issue. some times the belt will lock, sometimes not. we are concerned and feel we have had information regarding the seat belts and our safety concealled from us. very hard to work with the dealership. | |||
| SEAT BELTS - FRONT - BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | |||
| 10/26/2003 | 16000 | 1 | |
| While driving 25 mph, in inclement weather the vehicle skidded. the driver lost control of the vehicle and hitting a ditch,lost control and was overturned. both frontal air bags deployed. however, the passenger seat belt failed to restrain consumer. this caused the passenger to eject out of the passenger door window tied the seat belt around the passenger's right arm and attaching her to the truck. two passengers and the driver sustained major injuries and were transported to the hospital. the vehicle was towed to the dealer for inspection. the cause has not been determined at this time. *bf | |||
| 07/25/2002 | 2 | 08/01/2003 | |
| Vehicle was involved in rear end collision. driver's side seat belt unfastened, and the seat back collapsed. the dealer had been contacted. *ak | |||
| SEAT BELTS - FRONT - RETRACTOR | |||
| 08/01/2004 | 1 | ||
| Seat belts retracted and became inoperable. took vehicle to the dealer. however, the problem had not been resolved. *ak | |||
| SEAT BELTS - REAR | |||
| 02/05/2004 | 500 | 3 | 01/28/2002 |
| I have been having a problem with rear-seat seatbelt extenders. the extender provided by our dealer is number f58z-16611c22-a. the problem is that the receptacle on the extender will not latch onto the seat belt unless the extender receptacle is at room temperature or above. we have been trying to get this problem resolved for several months. the parts and service folks at friendly ford of monroe, michigan claim that nothing can be done about it because, according to ford motor company, there is no other extender available. they have reordered the extenders several times, thinking that maybe they were defective, but we still have the problem. we have to warm up the extenders in order to get them to work, and even then they will not latch 100 percent of the time. i have also contacted the ford motor company and they have also told me that nothing can be done. *la | |||
| SEAT BELTS - REAR - BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | |||
| 01/01/2004 | 15000 | 1 | 10/30/2002 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2003 ford f150. the contact stated that the rear right passenger side seat belt buckle has failed. the dealer would not repair the defect under warranty or without a charge of $150. the manufacturer stated that the failure was not recorded and they would not be able to assist. the current mileage was 95,000 and failure mileage was approximately 15,000. updated 01-14-08. *kb updated 12/12/07.*jb | |||