Recalls
| Campaign | Manufacturer | Manufacturing date | Type | # of units affected | Date Owner notified Mfg | Recall Initiated by | Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products | Report Recieved Date | Record Creation Date | Regulation Part Number | FMVSS Number | |||||
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| SEAT BELTS - FRONT - BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | ||||||||||||||||
| 97I003000 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY | from 07/01/1988 to 02/28/1989 | I | 299600 | ODI | FORD MOTOR COMPANY | 10/07/1997 | 10/22/1997 | ||||||||
| Defect Summary | This is not a safety recall in accordance with federal regulation 573. however, it is deemed a safety improvement campaign by the agency. ford is initiating an owner notification program that will provide an extended warranty, 12 years and unlimited mileage, for all seat belt buckles with functional concerns. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | In the event of a collision, the occupant of the seat may not be properly restrained and personal injury could occur. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Dealers will replace the seat belt buckle assembly, for 12 years and unlimited mileage. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Note:ford has decided to conduct a safety improvement service campaign to replace the seat belt buckle assembly without charge.owners can contact ford at 1-800-392-3673. | |||||||||||||||
| 92V113000 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY | from 03/01/1989 to 08/01/1990 | V (Vehicle) | 565000 | 10/30/1992 | ODI | FORD MOTOR COMPANY | 08/17/1992 | 08/24/1992 | |||||||
| Defect Summary | The rigid mounted safety belt buckles are defective in three ways. first, a fastened safety belt buckle will not unlatch when the release button is depressed. this results from interference between the buckle ejector finger and the buckle tongue window. the second defect is the safety belt buckle may not latch. the third possible defect is that the tongue may be retained by the buckle, but it may not be latched sufficiently to provide occupant protection. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | An insufficiently latched or unlatched safety beltincreases the risk of injury to seat occupants in the event of a sudden stop oraccident. if the safety belt buckle will not unlatch, it will not allow theoccupant to get out of the vehicle in an emergency situation. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Ford will replace the rigid mounted safety belt buckles with end release safety belt buckles designed to prevent latch problems. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | System: safety belt buckle.vehicle description: passenger cars and utility vehicles.note: only the end release buckles on rigid mountings are susceptible to thismalfunction, the web-mounted front center end release buckles and theweb-mounted rear facing third seat end release buckles in taurus or sablevehicles will not be replaced. also, the web-mounted front center buckles inexplorer vehicles will not be replaced. | |||||||||||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEAT BELTS | |||
| 06/11/1996 | 1 | ||
| Consumer has a safety concern about seat belt. seat belt will not retract at all. when she closes the door, seat belt wiill be hanging from the door. *ak | |||
| 02/01/1995 | |||
| `owner's seat belts are defective and that this model had a recall for the belts, but vehicle was not identified as a defective model. has problems we both driver's and passeger's side seatbelts. (92v-113). *ak | |||
| 05/11/1997 | |||
| Consumer entered an intersection when brakes failed, resulting in an accident. consumer suffered head injuries. consumer was wearing seat belts. however, after the impact the seat belts detached. *ak | |||
| SEAT BELTS - FRONT | |||
| 06/01/1995 | 1 | 12/08/1988 | |
| Driver's/passenger's side belt latches failed to latch prior to recall (92v-113). *ak | |||
| SEAT BELTS - FRONT - ANCHORAGE | |||
| 08/31/1998 | 2 | ||
| I was a belted front passenger ejected from belt through windsheild sustaining severe head/neck/arm and back injuries.also, had seatbelt failure with injury as well.we were struck on the right side with the left front quarter pannel of illegal left hand, turner ran off road .these guys knew this car had a safety failure and chose to sell us this car with the original seatbelts, and no contact of any kind to avoid incident.pretty rotten if you ask me. *ak | |||
| SEAT BELTS - FRONT - BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | |||
| 1 | |||
| Both front seat belts do not latch properly. the warranty program on the seat belts has expired. *ak | |||
| 01/15/2001 | |||
| Seat belt that slides into the buckle will not latch. contacted dealer, and dealer contacted manufacturer. manufacturer stated seat belt was under warranty for 12 years, and warranty expired .*ak | |||
| 03/01/2000 | |||
| Driver seat belt buckle releases on its own. sometime engages when buckling up. stays latched & could self release @ anytime. many times have to struggle for latching to take place. this has been happening for the last 16 months. please let me know asap what could be done! thanks! b.e.*ak | |||
| 01/10/2001 | 1 | 03/16/1997 | |
| Recall 97i003000/ abs brakes. contacted dealer to schedule an appointment, manufacturer said they need to know date of manufacturing of vehicle. manufacturer said to take it to dealer. deaelr said it was part of recall, but could not order parts because they didn't have part number. seatbelt buckle was broken which won't protect occupant in event of a crash. *ak *slc | |||
| 1 | |||
| Seat belts are difficult to fasten. *slc | |||
| 05/24/2000 | 0 | ||
| Consumer received recalls on engine mounts, and seatbelts. took vehicle to dealer, and they said they corrected recalls. but when consumer took car to a private mechanic, consumer was told that work had never been done. *ak | |||
| 08/31/1998 | |||
| When vehicle wasi nvolved in a front end crash, traveling about 35 mph, driver's side and passenger side seat belts failed to restrain occupants. both seat belts came unbuckled upon impact. vehicle was totalled. please provide any further information. *ak | |||
| 11/10/1998 | |||
| Consumer has been denied repairs of the front seat belt buckles. *ak | |||
| 30 | 03/01/1992 | ||
| Contacted ford's 800 # cited in nhtsa recall campaign id number 97i003000, despite the alleged intention of ford to replace these faulty parts for twelve years, and unlimited mileage the customer service line refused to offer replacement, as did two other local ford service centers contacted. i feel the ford company is liable for replacement of faulty seat belt that does not function safely for the useable life of the vehicle. *ak | |||
| Recall 97i-oo3.ooo. owner took vehicle in for service on august 10th, 1998, still no pesponse back from dealer regarding parts. *ak | |||
| 07/24/1998 | |||
| Owner received recall notice (#97i003000) in april. notified dealer. informed by service manager needs to order parts & will call. owner called back (7/24/98) & informed parts for seat back buckle on backorder, and does not know when parts will be available. *ak | |||
| 06/25/1998 | |||
| Consumer contacted the dealer in reference to recall 97i-003.000, manufacturer's recall 97m90, seat belt buckle. dealer stated parts not available, dealer needed to inspect vehicle before replacing parts. please provide any further details. *ak | |||
| 05/18/1998 | |||
| Had received recall notice (#97i003000), seat belt buckles. took vehicle in for recall repairs. left it 1 full day. went back & was informed had no parts & does not know if parts were ordered. does not know when parts would be available. *ak | |||
| 11/20/1996 | 4 | ||
| The front seat belts would not lock like they suppose to do. then at other times they will release unexpectedly. on the driver's side the belt will not lock. its an intermittent problem. have not taken to dealer yet. *ak | |||
| 04/04/1998 | |||
| Recall notice, seat belt buckles, was received in early april of 98. has taken the vehicle into the dealer twice and the parts are not available. recall action report was completed. *ak | |||
| 04/17/1998 | |||
| Recall # 971003000/ford/seat blet buckles; when owner took vehicle to dealer, dealer refused to honor recall notice because they have no knowledge of recall. owner is experiencing problems with buckles. *ak | |||
| 04/07/1998 | 07/17/1995 | ||
| All the seat belts will not retract. owner replaced the seat belts two years ago and they are still not retracting. currently, there is a recall listed on the seat belts, and the owner would like to know why the seat belts on this vehicle are not on recall? (92v-113000). *ak | |||
| 1 | 12/01/1996 | ||
| Both front seat belt locking mechanisms require excessive force to buckle and unbuckle. | |||
| The front passenger's seat belt buckle will not latch and the driver's seat belt buckle is difficult to latch. *ak | |||
| 06/01/1995 | 1 | 12/08/1988 | |
| Driver's/passenger's side belt latches failed to latch prior to recall (92v-113). *ak | |||
| 05/03/1996 | |||
| Driver and passenger side belts latches do not latch. please describe details. *ak | |||
| 05/01/1996 | 1 | ||
| Seat belt buckle does not buckle properly, also mechanism has popped out of its housing. | |||
| Driver's side seat belt unlatches while driving. *ak | |||
| 02/19/1996 | 9 | ||
| Seat belt buckle fails to secure belt when cold prior to recall, recall repairs refused due to age of vehicle. *sd | |||
| 09/30/1995 | 0 | ||
| Driver's seat belt buckle failed. (recall 92v113000)*sd | |||
| The seat belt will not stay latched while driving. if the car is stopped the seat belts if they latch with unlatch for no reason. tt | |||
| 12/24/1994 | |||
| Driver and passenger seatbelt buckle unlatches while driving. tt | |||
| 07/14/1995 | 4 | ||
| Front and rear seat belt buckles fail, buckles come unlatched. *skd | |||
| 01/01/1994 | |||
| Seat belts do not stay latched on the drivers side. tt | |||
| 01/01/1995 | 1 | ||
| Seat belt buckle release button fails to pop back up after releasing, preventing buckles from relatching. (recall 92v-113). *skd | |||
| While driving driver/pass shoulder/lap belt disengages, also sticks in lock position. tt | |||
| 05/01/1995 | 1 | ||
| Driver's shoulder/lap belt buckles inoperative, male won't go into female portion. tt | |||
| 01/15/1990 | |||
| Driver/passenger front/back shoulder/lap belts intermittently do not latch; other times, will latch and come undone while driving. tt | |||
| 04/14/1995 | 1 | ||
| Passenger's side seat belt is inoperable, release button is jammed. tt | |||
| 03/30/1995 | |||
| False latching rear middle and drivers seat belt. tt | |||
| 03/06/1995 | 1 | ||
| It's hard to insert male to female portion, must play with until clicks in, however, while driving buckle pops open, rendering driver's seat belt inoperative. | |||
| 02/02/1995 | 1 | ||
| Seat belt buckle recall repairs refused due to wrong month of manufacturing (92v-113). *ak | |||
| SEAT BELTS - FRONT - RETRACTOR | |||
| 04/01/2002 | |||
| Driver's side seatbelt retractor willclick in, but willnot stay open. dealership is aware of problem.*ak | |||
| 12/01/1999 | 7 | 07/01/1996 | |
| Seatbelt locked and will not retract. *ak | |||
| 01/15/1995 | 1 | ||
| Both front shoulder/lap belts do not retract when released; big loop hangs out of door; occupant tripped getting out of vehicle. tt | |||