THE SECOND ROW RIGHT SIDE SEAT BELT COMES UNHOOKED, THE SPRING BROKE. EA-97-005. *AK
1992 Dodge Caravan complaints
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CENTER SEAT/RIGHT SIDE SAFETY BELT ANCHORAGE RELEASES WHEN THE BELT IS IN USE. *AK
OWNER STATES THAT THE HYDRAULIC CYLINDERS THAT SUPPORT THE HATCHBACK FELL DOWN AND HIT OWNER IN THE HEAD. DEALERS STATED THAT A FIXED BOLT ON THE OPENING SNAPPED. *AK
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE MIDDLE RIGHT SEAT ANCHORAGE FROM THE FLOOR TO THE SIDE OF THE WALL CAME UNHOOKED DUE TO THE BROKEN CLIP, EA97-005. *AK
WHILE DRIVING THE CENTER SEAT/RIGHT SIDE SEAT BELT ANCHORAGE RELEASES WHEN BELT IS IN USE. *AK
EA-96-005, THE VEHICLE'S REAR MIDDLE RIGHT SIDE SEATBELT ANCHORAGE COMES LOOSE WHEN WEARING THE SEAT BELT, WILL NOT PROTECT AN OCCUPANT IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT. ALSO, EXPERIENCES SEAT BELT BUCKLE PROBLEMS WITH THE PASSENGER'S AND DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELTS WHICH GET JAMMED AND COME UNDONE WHEN WEARING THE SEAT BELT. *AK
THE RIGHT REAR SEAT BELT COMES APART.
EA 97-005, THE VEHICLE REAR MIDDLE/RIGHT SIDE SEAT BELT ANCHORAGE BROKE OFF, CAUSING THE SEAT BELT TO BE INOPERATIVE, WILL NOT PROTECT AN OCCUPANT IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT. *AK
EA97005, SAFETY BELT ANCHORAGE FAILURE. SAFETY BELT ANCHORAGE RELEASES FREQUENTLY WHEN BELT IS IN USE. VEHICLE PURCHASED IN OCT OF 92. THE SPRING CLIP IS NOT BROKEN. DEALER HAS NOT LOOKED AT VEHICLE.
OWNER STATES THAT SEAT BELT IN THE MIDDLE REAR BECOMES DETACHED. SHE ALSO NOTES THAT THE SPRING CLIP IS FAULTY. OWNER HAS NOT TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER. *AK
OWNER STATES THAT THE MIDDLE/REAR SEAT BELT BECOMES DETACHED, SPRING CLIP DOES NOT HOLD. OWNER IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. *AK
HAD VEHICLE REPAIRED UNDER RECALL (96V099000); PROBLEM STILL EXIST; NOTHING FIXED; TOOK IT BACK; VEHICLE KEPT FEW DAYS; TOOK TO ANOTHER DEALER & SAID ONLY SCREW REPLACED; TOOK IT BACK TO ORG. DEALER WHO SAID HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS EVENTHOUGH THEY DID NOT FIX PROBLEM.
EA-97-005, THE VEHICLE'S REAR MIDDLE RIGHT HAND SIDE SEAT BELT ANCHORAGE COMES LOOSE WHEN USING THE SEAT BELT. SEA TBELT WON'T PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT. *AK
SEAT BELT ANCHORAGE FAILURE, THE MIDDLE SEAT ON THE RIGHT SIDE ANCHORAGE HOOK CLIP, COMES LOOSE WHEN FASTENED SEAT BELT. *AK
HATCHBACK DOOR: BOLT WHICH HOLDS REAR HATCH PISTONS HAS BROKEN TWICE. WHEN PISTONS BREAK THE DOOR HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CLOSE ON CONSUMER. THIS COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS. *AK
THE CENTER SEAT/RIGHT SIDE SAFETY BELT ACHORAGE RELEASES FREQUENTLY WHEN THE BELT IS IN USE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
MIDDLE SEAT BELT COMES DETACHED FROM THE FLOOR ATTACHMENT. *AK
SEAT BELT ANCHORAGE FAILURE, THE MIDDLE SEAT ON THE RIGHT SIDE HOOK CLIP ANCHORAGE FAILED, 2ND OWNER NOTICED THE PROBLEM ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO. *AK
WHILE DRIVING THE CENTER SEAT/RIGHT SIDE SEAT BELT ANCHORAGE RELEASES WHEN BELT IS IN USE. *AK
VEHICLE'S REAR MIDDLE SEAT BELT COMES LOOSE AND UNDONE DUE TO A DEFECTIVE SPRING CLIP. *AK
MIDDLE REAR SEAT BELT COMES UNHOOKED FROM FLOOR FREQUENTLY. *AK
SEAT BELT ANCHORAGE, THE MIDDLE SEAT BELT ANCHORAGE, WHEN BUCKLE THE CLIP OFF THE FLOOR ANCHORAGE UNHOOKED. CONTACTED MANUFACTURER, NO REPAIR HAS BEEN DONE. *AK
THE SEAT BELT HOOK ON THE RIGHT SIDE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE VEHICLE DISENGAGED FROM THE METAL FLOOR ANCHOR. THE SPRING CLIP IS NOT BROKEN, BUT DOES NOT STAY IN POSITION. CONSUMER HAS NOT TAKEN VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. PLEASE ADD FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
FRONT DRIVER'S SEAT: WHILE DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY FRONT SEAT COLLAPSED WHILE THE SEATBACK WAS LEANING BACK. CAUSE UNKNOWN, HAVE NOT HAD REPAIRED. *AK
EA97-005, SAFETY BELT ANCHORAGE FAILURE. SAFETY BELT ANCHORAGE RELEASES FREQUENTLY WHEN BELT IS IN USE. VEHICLE PURCHASED IN JUNE OF 92. THE SPRING CLIP IS NOT BROKEN. DEALER HAS NOT LOOKED AT PROBLEM. *AK
EA97-005, THE VEHICLE REAR MIDDLE RIGHT SIDE SEAT BELT ANCHORAGE CAME UNDONE WHEN USING THE SEATBELT. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. THE SEATBELT IS INOPERATIVE. *AK
SEAT BELT ANCHORAGE FAILURE, THE MIDDLE SEAT ON THE RIGHT SIDE, HOOK CLIP ANCHORAGE COME LOOSE WHEN BUCKLED. *AK
SEAT BELTANCHORAGE FAILURE, THE MIDDLE SEAT ANCHORAGE FAILURE, THE HOOK CLIP COME LOOSE WHEN BUCKLING THE CHILD IN SEAT AND WHEN DRIVING. *AK
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE HARNESS CAME UNDONE FROM THE FLOOR AND HE COULD NOT GET IT REHOOKED, TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, AND THEY REHOOKED IT. (EA 97-005). *AK
WHILE DRIVING THE CENTER SEAT/RIGHT SIDE SEAT BELT ANCHORAGE RELEASED WHEN BELT WAS IN USE. *AK
CENTER SEATRIGHT SIDE SAFETY BELT ANCHORAGE RELEASES FREQUENTLY WHEN THE BELT IS IN USE. *AK
CENTER SEAT/RIGHT SIDE SAFETY BELT ANCHORAGE RELEASES WHEN SEAT BELT IS IN USE. *AK
SEAT BELT ANCHORAGE FAILURE, THE MIDDLE SEAT ON THE RIGHT SIDE SEAT BELT ANCHORAGE COMES DETACHED FROM THE FLOOR ANCHOR WHEN DRIVING. *AK
DRIVER'S SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY IS INOPERATIVE DUE TO POOR DESIGN. *AK
SEAT BELT ANCHORAGE FAILURE, THE MIDDLE SEAT ON THE RIGHT SIDE ANCHORAGE HOOK THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE CLIPS COMES LOOSE WHEN DRIVING OR WHEN BUCKLE IS APPLIED. *AK
THE LATCH THAT KEEPS THE SEAT BELT HOOKED IS BROKEN, DOES NOT HOLD (EA 97-005). *AK
MIDDLE RIGHT SEAT BELT COMES OFF FROM THE ANCHOR ON THE FLOOR UPON REPLACING IT , SEAT BELT DOES NOT STAY (EA- 97-005). *AK
THE SEAT BELT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE DOOR DISENGAGES FROM THE METAL HOOK, CAUSING THE SEAT BELT TO BECOME INOPERATIVE, VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN INTO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS PLEASE GIVE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
CENTER SEAT/RIGHT SIDE SAFETY BELT ANCHORAGE RELEASES FREQUENTLY WHEN THE SEAT IS IN USE. *AK
VEHICLE'S MIDDLE REAR SEAT BELT SPRING CLIP RUSTED AND BROKE, DEALER HAD TO REPLACE IT. *AK
WHILE DRIVING THE CENTER SEAT/RIGHT SIDE SEAT BELT ANCHORAGE RELEASES, WHEN BELT IS IN USE. DEALER HAS NOT LOOKED AT VEHICLE FOR PROBLEM. *AK
WHILE DRIVING THE CENTER SEAT/RIGHT SIDE SEAT BELT ANCHORAGE RELEASES WHEN BELT IS IN USE. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK
THE SEAT BELT ON THE RIGHT SIDE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE VEHICLE DISENGAGES FROM THE METAL FLOOR ANCHOR AND FROM THE WALL ANCHOR, THE SPRING CLIP IS NOT BROKEN. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INTO THE DEALER FOR SERVICE. *AK
SEAT BELT ANCHORAGE FAILURE, THE MIDDLE SEAT BELT ANCHORAGE, THE HOOK CLIP COMES LOOSE WHEN FASTENING THE SEAT BELT FROM THE ANCHORAGE. *AK
CENTER SEAT/RIGHT SIDE SAFETY BELT ANCHORAGE RELEASES FREQUENTLY WHEN THE BELT IS IN USE. *AK
MIDDLE SEAT BELT ON PASSENGER'S SIDE WHERE IT ATTACHES TO FLOOR CAME UNDONE FOR NO APPARENT REASO. BELT RELEASED, DRIVER WAS UNAWARE, 3 YEAR OLD UNRESTRAINED. *AK
MIDDLE BENCH SEAT BELT ANCHORED TO FLOOR RELEASES FREQUENTLY, NO INJURIES, CHECKED BY DEALER, FOUND NO PROBLEM. *AK
THE SEAT BELT ON THE RIGHT SIDE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE VEHICLE, THE HOOK DISENGAGES FROM THE METAL FLOOR ANCHOR. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION AND WHEN THE SEAT IS BEING OCCUPIED. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN INTO THE DEALER, BUT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT REMEDIED. PLEASE ADD ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
WHILE DRIVING THE CENTER SEAT/RIGHT SIDE SEAT BELT ANCHORAGE RELEASES WHEN BELT IS IN USE. DEALER HAS NOT LOOKED AT VEHICLE FOR PROBLEM. *AK
SEAT BELT ANCHORAGE FAILURE, THE MIDDLE SEAT ON THE RIGHT SIDE, HOOK WILL STAY AFTER SEAT BELT IS BUCKLED. *AK
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