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1990 Ford Probe complaints

Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1990 record →

Power Train › Driveline › Differential Unit
Filed May 13, 1996MD

DIFFERENTIAL GEAR FELL APART, CAUSING TRANSMISSION LEAK. *DSH

Seat Belts
Filed May 10, 1996MI

THE DRIVERS SIDE AUTOMATIC SHOULDER RESTRAINT SYSTEM NO LONGER RETRACTS ON THE GUIDE AND NO LONGER OPERATES. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

Seats › Front Assembly › Power Adjust
Filed May 8, 1996VT

DRIVERS SIDE PASSIVE RESTRAINT MOTOR HAS BURNED OUT (3) TIMES AND PASSENGER ONCE. REMEDY WAS TO REPLACE PASSIVE RESTRIANT TRACK ASSEMBLY. *AK

Seat Belts
Filed Apr 29, 1996FL

FRONT LAP/SHOULDER BELT MOTORIZED BELT WILL NOT PROPERLY RETRACT *AK

Seat Belts
Filed Mar 22, 1996NC

DRIVER'S SIDE AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELT HAS FAILED, DEALER WILL REPLACE DRIVER'S AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELT. *AK

Seat Belts
Filed Feb 15, 1996NV

EA94-032 PASSIVE RESTRAINTS; BOTH PASSENGER PASSIVE RESTRAINTS FAILED TO ENGAGE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

Seat Belts › Front › Retractor
Filed Feb 14, 1996IA

DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR STOPPED WORKING . TT

Seat Belts
Filed Feb 9, 1996IN

DRIVER'S SIDE AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELT HAS TOTALLY FAILED, SHOULDER BELT HAS STOPPED GOING BACK AND FORTH ON TRACKS. TT

Seat Belts
Filed Jan 23, 1996AZ

DRIVER SIDE DOOR LAP/SHOULDER BELT BROKE FOR THE DOOR, WILL NOT RETRACT. TT

Seat Belts
Filed Jan 17, 1996WV

DRIVER'S MOTORIZED SHOULDER HARNESS TIGHTENS ONCE COMES FORWARDS, AUTO RELEASE MALFUNCTIONS, MUST RELEASE MANUALLY, PASS. SHOULDER IS STUCK IN FORWARD POSITION.

Seat Belts › Front › Retractor
Filed Jan 16, 1996WA

FAILURE OF THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR (WILL NOT RETRACT). TT

Seat Belts › Front › Retractor
Filed Dec 27, 1995WA

FAILURE ON THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT RECTRACTORS EA94-032. TT

Seat Belts › Front › Retractor
Filed Dec 19, 1995MI

RETRACTABLE SHOULDER BELT FAILED/ STOPPED AT HALF WAY POINT AND WOULD NOT MOVE IN EITHER DIRECTION. *AK

Structure › Body › Door
Filed Dec 14, 1995OH

DRIVERS SIDE DOOR HANDLE ON OUTSIDE HAS BROKEN TWICE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ENTER NORMAL USAGE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

Seat Belts
Filed Dec 13, 1995TX

DRIVER'S SHOULDER BELT STOPS ABOUT HALF WAY ALONG ITS PATH IN POSITION WHERE GOES ACROSS NECK OF DRIVER; DRIVER ONLY USES LAP BELT. TT

Seat Belts › Front › Retractor
Filed Dec 12, 1995OH

PURCHASE CAR USED THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR IS NOT WORKING . TT

Seat Belts › Front › Retractor
Filed Dec 6, 1995NY

#A94-032 PURCHASE CAR USED SOMETIMES THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR DOESN'T WORK. TT

Seat Belts
Filed Nov 29, 1995WA

THE DRIVERS SEATBELT MOTOR HAS FAILED AND NOW THE DRIVERS SEATBELT NO LONGER WORKS. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

Seat Belts
Filed Nov 28, 1995MA

DRIVER AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT DOOR TRACK DOES NOT WORK, REPLACED THE PASSENGER SIDE ONCE. TT

Seat Belts
Filed Nov 27, 1995NH

PASSIVE RESTRAINT FAILURE MALFUNCTION DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE EA94-032. TT MOTORIZED SEATBELTS ARE STUCK IN THE LOCK POSITION. *SLC

Seat Belts
Filed Nov 27, 1995MI

DRIVERS SIDE PASSIVE RESTRAINT FAILED W/BELT STUCK MIDWAY DUE TO MOTOR BURNT OUT. TT PASSENGER SIDE MOTOR JUST RECENTLY BURNED OUT. *SLC

Seat Belts
Filed Nov 22, 1995KS

PASSIVE RESTRAINT FAILURE SEAT BELT HARNESS FAILURE EA94-032 DRIVER SIDE. TT

Seat Belts
Filed Nov 8, 1995MO

EA94-032 ACTIVE, DRIVER LAP/SHOULDER RETRACTOR STUCK IN THE TRACK. TT *SLC

Seat Belts
Filed Nov 1, 1995ID

PASSIVE RESTRAINT FAILURE CAUSING INSUFFICIENT PROTECTION #EA94-032 DRIVER SIDE SHOULDER HARNESS. TT

Seat Belts
Filed Oct 26, 1995TN

VEHICLES AUTOMATIC SEAT BELTS LOCK-UP AND CONSTRICT DRIVER IN SEAT.WHEN LOCKING UP THE BELT GETS TIGHTER AND TIGHTER. TT THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE THT THE PORTION SOF THE BELT NEAR THE CENTER OF THE CAR WILLNOT GIVE, SO WHEN THE DOOR IS CLOED, THE BELT STARTS TO RETRACT BUT WILL NOT GIVE ANY SLACK.*JB

Seat Belts
Filed Oct 10, 1995PA

DRIVER'S PASSIVE RESTRAINT HAS STOPPED MOVING TOWARDS DRIVER 3/4 THE WAY, RENDERING INOPERATIVE. TT *SLC

Seat Belts
Filed Sep 29, 1995NM

AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT FAILURE, SHOULDER BELTS HAVE STOPPED WORKING. TT

Seat Belts › Front › Buckle Assembly
Filed Sep 9, 1995IL

EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH SEAT BELT LOCKING UP AND BUCKLE NOT OPENING. TT

Seat Belts
Filed Aug 24, 1995OH

FRONT AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELT RETRACTORS DO NOT WORK. TT

Seat Belts
Filed Aug 16, 1995WA

DRIVERS PASSIVE RESTRAINT SYSTEM PULLS TOO TIGHT WITH NO WARNING OR MAY NOT COMPLETE CYCLE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

Seat Belts
Filed Jul 25, 1995TX

THE DRIVERS SIDE AUTOMATIC SEATBELT DOES NOT MOVE UP AND DOWN THE TRACK. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

Seat Belts
Filed Jul 21, 1995OH

THE DRIVER SIDE PASSIVE RESTRAINT SYSTEM FAILED THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW MOTOR STOP WORKING. TT

Seat Belts › Front › Retractor
Filed Jul 14, 1995MO

THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR IS NOT RETRACTING IT IN THE TRACT AND MOTOR NEEDS TO REPLACED. *AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System
Filed Jul 5, 199500

THE VEHICLE HAS AN EXHAUST PROBLEM. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

Seat Belts › Front › Retractor
Filed Jun 28, 1995CA

THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE SEAT RETRACTOR WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD WHEN OPEN THE DOOR. *AK

Fuel System, Gasoline › Delivery › Fuel Pump
Filed Jun 25, 1995MN

FUEL PUMP WIRING INSIDE FUEL TANK SHORTS OUT/SPARKS. *SKD

Seat Belts
Filed Jun 21, 1995OH

THE DRIVERS SEATBELT FELL RIGHT OUT OF THE AUTOMATIC SEATBELT TRACK. PLEASE EXPLAIN. TT

Seat Belts
Filed Jun 16, 1995WI

DRIVER'S MOTORIZED SHOULDER HARNESS IS INOPERATIVE, IT WON'T MOVE ON TRACK. TT

Seat Belts
Filed Jun 6, 1995WA

THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR IS NOT RETRACTING BACK STOP HALF WAY. TT

Seat Belts
Filed May 23, 1995CA

DRIVERS SIDE AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT STOPS HALF WAY WHEN THE DOOR IS CLOSED. TT

Seat Belts
Filed May 18, 1995CA

FEEDER TRACK STOP FEEDING; DRIVER'S SHOULDER BELT DOES NOT GO INTO PLACE; STOPS HALF WAY; DRIVER NOT PROPERLY RESTRAINED. TT

Seat Belts › Front › Retractor
Filed May 5, 1995AZ

SEATBELT DOES NOT RETRACT OR RELEASE AT ALL TIME, REPLACED SEATBELT RETRACTOR MECHANISM. TT

Seat Belts
Filed May 1, 1995CA

DRIVER AUTOMATIC SEATBELT RETRACTOR MOVED DOWN THE DOOR WITHOUT DOOR BEING OPEN, NOW IT IS STUCK THERE. TT

Seat Belts › Front › Retractor
Filed Apr 26, 1995AR

SEAT BELT PINS THAT HOLD RETRACTOR BELT IN BROKE OFF AT THE RETRACTOR, SEA BELT SYSTEM MUST BE REPLACED. TT

Seat Belts › Front › Retractor
Filed Apr 12, 1995CA

THE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR BROKE. TT

Seat Belts
Filed Apr 7, 1995OH

AUTOMATIC SEAT BELTS FAILED. TT

Seat Belts › Front › Retractor
Filed Mar 27, 1995MO

DRIVERS SIDE AUTOMATIC SEATBELT DOES NOT RETRACT. PLEASE EXPLAIN. TT

Seat Belts
Filed Mar 23, 1995NE

AUTOMATIC SEAT/SHOULDER BELTS JAMS LOCKING DRIVER IN SEAT THEN TIGHTENING MORE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

Seat Belts
Filed Mar 20, 1995CA

EA94-032 ACTIVE, DRIVER SIDE PASSIVE RESTRAINT WILL NOT RETRACT, MOTORIZIED BELT GOES BACK AND FORTH WHILE DRIVING. TT

Seat Belts
Filed Mar 16, 1995CO

MOTORIZED SHOULDER BELT FAILED. *TW

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