UPON INSTALLING CHILD SAFETY SEAT, THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE PULLED OUT OF CHASSIS SUPPORT. UPON INSPECTION DISCOVERED THAT SUPPORT MECHANISM IS DEFECTIVE, NO NUT EXISTS AS PART OF MECHANISM TO SECURE BUCKLE ASSEMBLY. REPORTED PROBLEM TO FORD, STATED THAT VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRENTY. *AK
1990 Ford Ltd
Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the seat belts › front › buckle assembly. No safety recall has been issued.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seat Belts › Front › Buckle Assembly | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsDUE TO A DEFECTIVE PART, THE VEHICLE'S REAR RIGHT SIIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLES WHICH ARE WELDED TO THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE WHERE THERE ARE NO THREADS TO PLACE THE BOLT DETACHED AND BELTSINOPERATIVE WHICH WON'T PROTECT AN OCCUPANT IF IN ACCIDENT
2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Reading 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.