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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEAT BELTS - FRONT | ||||||||||||||||
| 04E048000 | TRW OCCUPANT SAFETY SYSTEMS | E (Equipment) | 388 | 08/27/2004 | MFR | FORD MOTOR COMPANY | 07/12/2004 | 07/13/2004 | 571 | 209 | ||||||
| Defect Summary | Certain trw driver's side seat belts manufactured on december 6 and 9, 2002, for use as replacement equipment for 1997 ford escort 4-door and station wagon platform vehicles, ford's p/n f7cz54611b09aac. the seat belt assemblies exhibit a no-lock condition which does not comply with federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 209, seat belt assemblies. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | In the event of a crash, the restraint system may not provide adequate protection to the seat occupant, which may increase the risk of personal injury. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Trw will notify the customers who purchased the replacement seat belt assemblies free of charge. the recall began on august 27, 2004. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | This recall only pertains to service replacement equipment for use in 1997-2003 model year ford escort and mercury tracer 4-door and station wagon vehicles and has no relation to any original equipment installed in ford vehicles by ford motor company.for more information customers can contact the national highway traffic safety administration | |||||||||||||||
Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEAT BELTS - FRONT - RETRACTOR | |||||
| 04V09 | 08/12/2004 | 10009870 | Trw vehicle safety systems, inc. is recalling certain service replacement seatbelt retractors (driver's side front retractor in gray) manufactured in december 2002 and sold as a service replacement part between december 2002 and july 2004. | 11/01/2004 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEAT BELTS - FRONT - ANCHORAGE | |||
| 1 | 12/21/1996 | ||
| Seat belt does not fit consumer properly, extenders are not available. mjs | |||
| SEAT BELTS - FRONT - BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | |||
| 02/01/2000 | |||
| Front driver's side seatbelt keeps getting stuck, and would lock consumer in seat. also rear driver's side seatbelt buckle will not latch. vehicle has been taken to dealer, but dealer will not fix it. *ak | |||
| 07/05/1999 | |||
| When trying to apply the seat belt buckle the seat belt broke.dealer was contacted and stated that they would fix the seat belt at owner's cost. *ak | |||
| 07/30/1998 | 6 | 10/01/1997 | |
| Steering, shimmering like the front end was out of line, service engine soon light came on and went off 2 times third time went to dixie and set up to have it check since the light stayed on this time and did not go back off. seatbelt, will not latch at times i have to keep trying to press in the release button for it to finally lock. at times would come off while driving. dixie set up an appointment 1 week after i went there to have all of the above checked.date dixie motors looked at car july 24,1998. keeped car about 7 hrs. told me they cleaned seatbelt, did not tell me what was wrong with sterring and the only thing fixed was service engine light. on july 30,1998 3 days after bringing my car in to be fix the steering grab to right coming out of curve and seatbelt came off when the car hit a pole. injuring my arm,neck and lower back. all have healed except my arm. call a ford repersentive they had the claim divions call me. i went to brumfield ford in amite since i do not trust the dixie motor. mr raff called dixie motors last week they told him i have never brought my car in to be service. i showed mr. raff the workorder paper 42094 customer#35145, he did not understand why they said i did not bring the car there. i do not know what to do anymore, i have a new car i'm afraid to drive please help. thank you janelle negrotto( dot number: ap7jjkuu tire size: p185/65r14 ) | |||