RIGHT PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT FAILED TO RETRACT AFTER USE. WOULD PULL ON SEAT BELT & IT CAME COMPLETELY OUT. CHECKED THE RETRACTOR AREA & NOTICED A SMALL SPRING INSIDE BROKE. TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER. *AK
1993 Chevrolet Apv
Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the seat belts › front › retractor. No safety recall has been issued.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seat Belts › Front › Retractor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Electrical System › Starter Assembly › Relay | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsBOTH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELTS ARE INOPERATIVE DUE TO THE SEAT BELTS BEING FULLY EXTENDED OUT, AND WILL NOT RETRACT IN THE RETRACTOR MECHANISM. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. PARTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED ON THE SEAT BELT AND THE RETRACTOR. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHEN PUTTING PASSENGER'S SIDE WINDOW DOWN. SAW SMOKE COMING FROM DASHBOARD.OWNER NOTED THAT HE WAS TOLD FIRE STARTED FROM A RELAY. *AK
3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Across model years
Worst on record: 1993Reading this record
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.