Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEAT BELTS | |||
| 02/16/2011 | 166000 | ||
| Tl - the contact owns a 1996 mercury sable. the contact stated that while seating on the passenger seat he was involved in an accident. he mentioned that although he was properly wearing the seat belt and the airbag deployed it failed to protect him. he mentioned that his head, and right hand crash into the windshield shattering it. he also suffered a concussion and injuries on his knees. a police report was file. the vehicle was declared totaled. the manufacturer was not contacted. the vehicle was not repaired. the vehicle identification number was not available. the failure and current mileage was 166,000. pm | |||
| While driving the passenger's side automatic seat belt locks up, causing consumer to release belt from buckle so that seat belt can unlock. cause unknown. *ak | |||
| SEAT BELTS - FRONT - BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | |||
| Rear middle seat belt buckle is broken, causing seat belt to become inoperable. cause unknown. please give any further details. *ak | |||
| 08/26/1999 | 6 | ||
| Had rec'd recall notice #98v198000 in mail. contacted dealer. took vehicle for appt. had vehicle repaired. been having problems with heater core which was replaced 6 times. coolant system blowing into vehicle. can smell it. mechanic can not locate cause of problem. *ak | |||
| 08/02/1996 | |||
| Driver's side shoulder seat belt isn't working due to the latch that come across the consumer's chest won't come out. *ak | |||
| Seat belt latch came apart. | |||
| SEAT BELTS - FRONT - RETRACTOR | |||
| 06/23/2003 | 1 | ||
| While driving at 35 mph, the consumer's vehicle hit another vehicle on the side. the air bags did not deploy and the passenger's side seat belt did not restrain the passenger.*ak the consumer was inquiring about the status of the original complaint. *ph *jb | |||
| 09/01/2001 | 02/01/1997 | ||
| The seat belts on both sides of the front seat, driver's side and passenger's side became inoperable at approximately 50000 miles. we didn't notice that they were inoperable, only that the belts would catch in the door when we shut the door. after a while, after the warranty ran out, we realized that the reason that the belts were getting caught in the door was because they were not retracting properly. we took the car to the dealer, walser lincoln-mercury at the above address. the seat belts on both sides were replaced on 1/8/02. the passenger seat is used for less than half of the miles driven. i would not be surprised if one of the belts failed but don't think that both belts should fail. that seems like a manufacturing defect is likely.*ak | |||
| SEAT BELTS - REAR | |||
| 03/05/2001 | 1 | ||
| When vehicle came to rest in a ditch driver noticed that rear center seat belt did not restrain css properly, it slid down between front and rear seats. *ak | |||
| 06/01/1999 | 1 | 12/12/1996 | |
| Rear center seat belt will not return/retract. *mjs | |||