1996 Chevrolet Blazer complaints

WHILE DRIVING AT 5-10 MPH CONSUMER TRIED TO SLOW DOWN, AND WHEN APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE MADE A BUZZING NOISE,AND DID NOT STOP. VEHICLE RAN INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AKCONSUMER EXPLAINS THAT THERE WAS PLENTY OF ROOM FOR THE VEHICLE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP BUT BECAUSE OF THE DEFECT WITH THE BRAKES, CONSUMER HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT. IT WAS AS IF VEHICLE WAS OPERATING ON ICE. CONSUMER IS CONVINCED THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM STRAIGHT FROM THE FACTORY. *JG

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. *AK THE WIPERS WERE NOT WORKING AT ALL. CONSUMER HAD TO DRIVE WITHOUT WORKING WIPERS. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS DEFECT BUT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT AFFECTED DUE TO VIN. CONSUMER WOUND UP PAYING OUT OF POCKET FOR THE REPAIRS. *JG

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL WORK INTERMITTENTLY WITH NO WARNING. CAUSE UNKNOWN DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

BELT WILL NOT LATCH, WILL NOT ENTER BUCKLE ASSEMBLY. *AK

RECEIVED NOTICE FROM MFG ON 3-1-02- STATES IS NOT A RECALL THOUGH IS LISTED AS A RECALL ON YOUR WEB SITE. CONTACTED LOCAL DEALER ON 3-1-02 & WAS TOLD CHEVROLET WOULD NOT RPAIR/REPLACE PARTS DUE TO MILEAGE ON MY VEHICLE (JUST TURNED 1000,000 MILES). NOTICED ON YOUR WEB SITE THAT THIS IS IN FACT A RECALL ITEM DATED 7/02/01. MY VEHICLE HAD LESS THAN 1000,000 MILES ON IT AT THAT TIME. I HAVE BEEN HAVING A FRONT END CLUNKING NOISE SINCE LAST FALL, AND WHEN HAD LUBRICATION SERVICE DONE RECENTLY, WAS INFORMED OF FRONT SUSPENSION PROBLEMS. JUST WHAT IS THE LAW REGARDING THIS ISSUE? THEIR LETTER STATES IS NOT A RECALL, AND THAT THEY ARE NOT LIBEL IF VEHICLE IS EITHER 8 YEARS OLD OR HAS GREATER THAN 100,000 MILES. I WAS NOT CONTACTED FOR THIS "RECALL" ITEM FOR 8 MONTHS AFTER THE RECALL DATE OF 7/2/01, AND BY THAT TIME I HAD JUST WENT OVER THE 100,000 MILEAGE MARK. ALSO, MY PARTNER OWNS A 1995 BLAZER AND NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR EITHER THE UPPER OR LOWER BALL JOINT PROBLEM. SHE HAS JUST UNDER 100,000 MILES. WHAT RECOURSE DO I HAVE NOW? IF I HAD BEEN CONTACTED ABOUT THIS IN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME, I BELIEVE MY VEHICLE WOULD HAVE QUALIFIED FOR FREE WARRANTY REPAIRS. I HAVE BEEN UNEMPLOYED NOW FOR OVER 10 MONTHS AND CANNOT AFFORD THE COSTS OF REPAIRS AND AS A RESULT AM UNECCESSARILY PUTIING MYSELF AND ANY PASSENGERS AT RISK OF SEVERE INJURY DUE TO FRONT END FAILURE. SHOULDN'T CHEVROLET STILL BE RESPONSIBLE GIVEN THE MISINFORMATION (NOT A RECALL), AND LACK OF TIMELY CONTACTING OF

NO SUMMARY LISTED FCOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

OUR DEALER SAID THAT OUR UPPER BALL JOINT IS A SAFETY RISK. WE HAVE NOT HAD AN ACCIDENT YET, BUT THE DEALER CLAIMED THAT THERE IS DANGER OF THE FRONT SUSPENSION FAILING.*AK

THE HEADLIGHTS HAVE NEVER BEEN GOOD, CAN'T SEE. AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR LEAKED OUT REFRIGERANT, INDEPENDENT GARAGE WANTS $ 1000.00 TO FIX PROPERLY..... ANTI LOCK BRAKE MODULE WENT OUT, INDEPENDENT GARAGE WANTS $ 1000.00 TO FIX.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOP WHILE DRIVING IN RAIN. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK THERE IS A RECALL, 98V150001, REGARDING THE SAME PROBLEMS CONSUMER IS HAVING, BUT VEHICLE IS NOT AFFECTED BECAUSE OF VIN. *JG

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE UPPER BALL JOINTS, NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 01V200000. THE MECHANIC HAD COMMENTED TO CONSUMER, PRIOR TO BRINGING THE VEHICLE IN THAT IT WAS VERY UNLIKELY THAT THE DEFECTIVE UPPER BALL JOINTS WOULD NOT DESTROY THE LOWER BALL JOINTS, WHEN THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR THE UPPER BALL JOINT RECALL REPAIR, CONSUMER FOUND OUT THAT THE LOWER BALL JOINTS ALSO NEEDED TO BE REPLACED WHICH WOULD BE AT THE CONSUMERS EXPENSE.*YD

WHILE DRIVING AND USING WINDOW WIPERS THEY MALFUNCTIONED. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. MECHANIC HAS CONFIRMED THERE WAS A RECALL 98V150001, HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE DID NOT FALL UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

RADIATOR CLOGGED WITH GUNK CAUSED VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT. THIS HAS REOCCURRED WITHIN A YEAR AFTER DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THE PROBLEM. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AND USING WINDSHIELD WIPERS THEY BECAME INOPERATIVE, RESULTING IN DRIVER DEVELOPING A BLURRY SIGHT. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. MECHANIC STATED THERE WAS RECALL. 98V150001; HOWEVER, CONSUMER'S VEHICLE DID NOT FALL UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

NO SUMMARY FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK ONLY INTERMITTENTLY. THIS VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 98V150001 DUE TO VIN. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE PULLING OUTSIDE OF DRIVEWAY, LEFT FRONT WHEEL FELL OFF. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK *TT

AIR CONDITIONER FIRST FAILED ABOUT 3 YEARS AGO (STILL UNDER WARRANTY AT THE TIME). DEALER REFILLED..SAID COULD NOT FIND LEAK. LITTLE OVER YEAR LATER SAME OCCURRENCE...DEALER REFILLED. AUGUST OF 2001 OCCURRED AGAIN...THIS TIME DEALER PUT DYE IN SO COULD FIND LEAK WHEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN....DID NOT NOTICE TIL WARM WEATHER THIS YEAR THAT IT HAD FAILED AGAIN...TOOK TO DEALER AND HAD REFILLED AGAIN...THIS TIME DEALER SAID LEAK WAS FOUND AT COMPRESSOR...SAID COMPRESSOR WAS GOING BAD AND WOULD COST ABOUT $500 DOLLARS TO CORRECT. AM FILING SAME INFO WITH CHEVROLET. THIS IS MY 4TH BLAZER BUT LOTS OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS ONE. 4 RECALLS...DEFECTIVE DOOR PANEL...REPLACED AT CHEVROLET'S OK AFTER REPORTING TO THE COMPANY.

THE CONSUMER STATES THAT HE SUFFERED LOSS OF BRAKING AFTER THE ABS WAS FIXED ON RECALL DUE TO THE DEALER USING DEFECTIVE PARTS. EVERY LIGHT ON THE VEHICLE WENT OUT WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING, CONSUMER BELIEVES THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT IMPROPERLY INSTALLED THE WIRES WHILE PERFORMING THE RECALL. *YH

VEHICLE WAS TURNED ON AND LUNGED FORWARD WHILE IN PARK. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME HAPPENING.*AK

CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE EXPERIENCES PERIODIC FAILURES OF THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS, THIS HAS BEEN INTOLERABLE IN DAMP WEATHER AND AFTER CAR WASHES, DEALER HAS BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL IN CORRECTING THE PROBLEM. *SLC

DUE TO LETTER FROM MANUFACTURER, I TOOK VECH IN FOR SERVICE TO UPPER BALL JOINTS. THEY SAID UPPERS ARE FINE BUT LOWERS NEED REPLACED AND IT ISN'T COVERED UNDER THE LETTER AND IT WON'T PASS INSPECTION. I CALLED MANUFACTURER AFTER SEEING ON YOUR WEB SITE THAT LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE ALSO IDENTIFIED AS PROBLEM BUT THEY SAID IS THE DEALER SAYS THE UPPERS DON'T NEED REPLACED THAT THE LOWER BALL JOINT PROBLEM MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY SOMETHING OTHER THAN THE POSSIBLE UPPER BALL JOINT PROBLEM. DOES THIS SEEM REASONABLE? *AK

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE DOES NOT HEAT UP TO PROPER TEMPERATURE IN THE WINTER MONTHS, AND IN SUMMER MONTHS IT OVERHEATS. CHEVROLET HAS ADMITTED TO THE PROBLEM, BUT WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

ENTIRE COOLING SYSTEM CLOGGED WITH A SANDY SUBSTANCE. MECHANIC SAYS RADIATOR, WATER PUMP, THERMOSTATED, AND A NUMBER OF OTHER COMPONETS NEED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF OVER $1500.00. MECHANIC SAYS HE IS SEEING THIS ON A REGULAR BASIS WITH 1996 BLAZERS. WHILE A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS IN YOUR DATABASE POINT TO PROBLEMS WITH THE DEXI-COOL COOLANT, THE MECHANIC SAYS IN HIS VIEW IT IS NOT THE COOLANT AS THIS PROBLEM IS ONLY WITH 1996 BLAZERS. HE BELIEVES IT IS SAND FROM A FAULTY PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE BLOCKS WERE CAST. THE EXCESS SAND IS NOW BREAKING OFF AND CLOGGING THE COOLANT SYSTEMS CAUSING MAJOR REPAIRS. GM HAS IGNORED ALL COMPLAINTS. THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM AS THE VEHICLES ARE OVERHEATING AND RESULTING IN PEOPLE GETTING STRANDED ON HIGHWAYS, ETC.

CERTIFIED MASTER AUTO MECHANIC, THAT'S WHY NO SPECIFIC VEHICLE. HAVE SEEN A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF THESE GM TRUCKS, ALL LINES, BLAXER, TAHOE, K3500, ETC. WITH THE BELT TENSIONERS COMING APART. THE CENTER ROTS OUT AND THE SPRING JUST MAKES THE TENSIONER FALL SIDEWAYS. FOR A WHILE ITS NOT BAD, THE BELT IS STILL ON AND ONLY SLIPS WET. WHEN THEY COME OFF THERE IS SUDDENLY NO POWER STEERING, ALONG WITH OF COURSE NO ALTERNATOR. WE ARE CHANGING THESE AT PROBABLY ONE PER DAY, AND CHECK ALL OF THESE VEHICLES. I HAVE FOUND THAT ALL OF THEM WITH AT LEAST THIRTY THOUSAND MILES EITHER NEED A NEW TENSIONER OR HAVE ALREADY HAD THE TENSIONER REPLACED. THIS COVERS A FEW YEARS, FROM AT LEAST 1995 THROUGH 1999, AND IS SUCH A COMMON PROBLEM THAT ALL THE AFTERMARKET SUPPLIERS I HAVE SEEN (GATES, NAPA, CARQUEST) STOCK THESE PARTS. I CAN TELL YOU THE CARQUEST PART NUMBER, 89231, FROM MEMORY. AS A SIDE ISSUE, YOU MIGHT CONSIDER A SEPERATE FORM FOR MECHANICS TO FILL OUT, WITH QUESTIONS AIMED MORE THE INFORMATION WE CAN PROVIDE. AFTER ALL, WE ARE IN THE FRONT LINES, AND CAN PICK UP MANY OF THESE PROBLEMS MORE QUICKLY THAN INDIVIDUAL OWNERS PROBABLY CAN.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE VEERS TO THE LEFT, AS IF OUT OF ALIGNMENT. UPON PUTTING FOOT ON BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN, VEHICLE DID NOT STOP. CONSUMER HAD AN ACCIDENT, THERE WERE TWO INJURIES. *AK CONSUMER STATES REAR AXLE SEAL IS LEAKY, WHEN STOPPING VEHICLE OR SLOWING, THE BRAKE PEDAL GIVES WAY, AIR BAG FAILED. *YD

HAD FAULTY TFP SWITCH AND DIP STICK REPLACED PER BULLITEN #86-71-17 ON 2-8-99. ON 3-20-02 TRANMISSION FAILED TOOK IT TO DEALER BUT THEY DO NOT REBUILD THEM. TOOK IT TO QUALIFIED TRANSMISSION MECHANIC. HE REBUILT IT AT A COST OF $1900.00. HE SAID HE FOUND A LOT OF RUST IN IT WHICH IS VERY UNUSUAL. I PLAN TO CALL CHEVROLET ABOUT THIS BUT I DOULT THIS WILL GET ME ANYWHERE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH FRONT LEFT WHEEL COLLAPSED, AND CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER ,AND DEALER WAS TAKING A LOOK AT VEHICLE. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL 98V150000. *AK *YH

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WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IN WET CONDITTIONS, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME VERY SPORADIC AND INOPERATABLE. CAUSES DRIVER TO HAVE POOR VISIBILITY WHILE DRIVING. NLM

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND APPLYING THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING OUT OF CONTROL. NLM

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY WHEN BALL JOINT FAILED, BROKE AND CUT ALUMINUM RIM IN HALF CAUSING BLOWOUT. NLM

CONSUMER SMELLED AN OVERPOWERING ODOR OF GASOLINE IN THE GARAGE, UPON INVESTIGATION CONSUMER DISCOVERED A WET SPOT ON THE GARAGE FLOOR DIRECTLY BELOW THE LEFT REAR PASSENGER DOOR, CONSUMER LOOKED UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE AND DISCOVERED THE FUEL TANK HAD A SIMILAR WETNESS TO IT JUST OVER THE WET SPOT ON THE FLOOR, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC FOR FURTHER ANALYSIS, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE FUEL TANK WAS LEAKING AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, THE FUEL TANK HAD RUSTED SO MUCH THAT FUEL WAS SEEPING OUT AND LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE.*JB

TRANSMISSION SLIPS WHEN SHIFTING TO 2 ND AND TO 3 RD GEARS. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY, DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM HAD FAILED WITHOUT ANY WARNINIG OR INDECATION, I HAD MY MECHANIC CHECK THE SYSTEM OUT AND HE FOUN THA THE ABS PUMP WAS MALFUNCTIONING. BUT IT DID NOT PRODUCE A FAULT CODE TO THE COMPUTER NOR DID THE DASH LIGHT COME ON. HE ALSO CHECKED WITH OTHER MECKANIC IN THE AREA AND THEY ALSO HAVE HAD THE SAME REPORTS FROM THEIR CUSTOMERS ABOUT THE BRAKES FAILING. THE QUICK FIX IS TO DISABLE THE ABS SYSTEM AND RUN THE BRAKES IN THE MANUAL MODE. THERE SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH (96-97 ) SYSTEMS. THE REPAIR COST FOR ABS RANGE FROM 900.00 TO 1500.00 DOLLLARS TO FIX. AT THAT PRICE THERE PROBABLY A LOT OF PEOPLE RIDING AROUNRD WITH THE ABS SYSTEM DESABLED. I THINK THIS SHOULD HAVE A TOP PRIORITY TO BE CHECKED OUT. HAD I NEEDED THE BRAKES IN A REAL EMERGENCY OR PANIC STOP I DON'T THINK I WOULD BE WRITING THIS LETTER. THANK YOU FOR YOR TIME IN THIS MATTER JOHN T NUTTALL 24 B STREET LOWELL,MA. 01851. *AK

WHILE AT AN INSPECTION STATION LOWER BALL JOINTS MALFUNCTIONED. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC, AND THEY REPLACED LOWER BALL JOINTS. *AK ALTHOUGH THERE IS A RECALL FOR REPLACING THE UPPER BALL JOINTS - 01V200000 - THE LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED AT OWNERS EXPENSE, CONSUMER ALSO RECEIVED LETTER FROM GM REGARDING REPLACEMENT OF UPPER BALL JOINTS. *TT

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT ILLUMINATED, RESULTING IN HARD SHIFTING FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR. DEALERSHIP REVIEWED VEHICLE; HOWEVER FOUND NO DEFECT, AND SUGGESTED TO HAVE TRANSMISSION REPLACED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING FUEL LINE CONNECTING TO GAS TANK FELL OFF AND THE VEHICLE STARTED TO LEAK FUEL. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK

THIS COOLING SYSTEM FAILURE HAS RESULTED IN MY HAVING TO REPLACE THE HEATER CORE AND HOSES AS WELL AS THE RADIATOR DUE TO THE AMOUNT AND THICKNESS OF THE CORROSION/RUST INSIDE. THE SYSTEM WILL HAVE TO BE FLUSHED...CHEVY IS AWARE OF THIS ISSUE AS REFERENCED BY THEIR REPAIR BULLETINS...THE EXTEND AND COST OF THE DAMAGE IS UNDERSTATED.... IM OUT OF POCKET $1400 TO REPLACE A RADIATOR A HEATING CORE AND OTHER COMPONENT DUE TO NOT BEING NOTIFIED SOONER ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF THE PROBLEM OCCURRING AND THEREBY HAVING THE VEHICLE INSPECTED FOR THE PROBABLY ISSUE!

STEERING WHEEL IS LOOSER AND UNRESPONSIVE THAN NORMAL. DRIVER THEN RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER 01V200000 CONCERNING BALL JOINTS. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER, AND VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED.*AK CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE MANUFACTURER WOULD REPLACED THE BALL JOINTS IF THE VEHICLE WAS LESS THAN 8 YEASR OLD OR IF THE MILEAGE WAS LESS THAN 100,000 MILES HOWEVER CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL.*YD

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. SOMETIMES WIPERS WON'T SHUT OFF, HAVE TO SHUT VEHICLE DOWN TO TURN WIPERS OFF. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK

RECALL 98 V 150 001/WINDSHIELD WIPER WIRING: WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THAT RECALL DUE TO VIN. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.*AK. CONSUMER STATED WHEN SHE TOOK HER FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR TO SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN, THE VEHICLE STAYED AT THE SAME SPEED, CONSUMER TRIED DOWNSHIFTING AND PUMPING THE BRAKES, SHE HAD TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES AND USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN ENOUGH TO GET OFF OF THE FREEWAY, CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER REPLACED THE ACCELERATOR CABLE, BRAKES, SHOES, CALIPERS AND ROTORS.*JB

WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER CAME UPON SOME BLACK ICE, CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND HIT A CONCRETE BARRIER HEAD ON, THE IMPACT WAS SO HARD THAT IT PUSHED THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE IN ABOUT 2 FEET, HOWEVER THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY, CONSUMER SUFFERED NECK AND BACK TRAUMA.*JB

THE WIPERS STOPPED. THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE PLASTIC CIRCUIT BOARD ON THE WIPER MOTOR. THE DEALER CLAIMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT IN THE SCOPE OF THE ORIGINAL RECALL. THE CONSUMER HAD EXPERIENCED THE EXACT SITUATION WITH ANOTHER CHEVROLET TRUCK (1994). SCC

THERE IS A CONSTANT OIL LEAK COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD, MECHANIC STATES OIL GASKET MALFUNCTIONED. *AK *JB

NHTSA RECALL 01V20000/MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 01048; GOT NOTICE ABOUT UPPER AND LOWER CONTROL ARMS MALFUNCTIONING. DEALER ONLY REPAIRED UPPER CONTROL ARM. DEALER ALSO ADMITTED THAT LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK CONSUMER IS UPSET THAT BALL JOINTS FAILED SO SOON. *TT

REAR SAFETY BELTS DO NOT FUNCTION WHEN PLACING CHILD'S CAR SEAT, THEY LOOSEN UP, AND DO NOT LOCK BELT.*AK