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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 →

Seat Belts › Front › Retractor
Filed Mar 13, 1995LA

DRIVER SIDE LAP/SHOULDER WILL NOT RETRACT, EA94-032 ACTIVE. TT

Seat Belts
Filed Mar 10, 1995MD

FRONT AUTOMATIC RESTRAINTS STOPPED WORKING. PLEASE EXPLAIN. TT

Seat Belts
Filed Mar 8, 199500

MOTORIZED SEAT BELT RETRACTOR STUCK IN ONE POSITION ON DRIVER SIDE. TT

Seat Belts
Filed Mar 7, 1995TX

LAP/SHOULDER ON FRONT SEATS, WILL NOT RETRACT, EA94-032 ACTIVE. TT

Seat Belts
Filed Mar 3, 199500

AUTOMATIC SEAT BELTS FAILURE. TT

Seat Belts
Filed Mar 3, 1995NH

AUTOMATIC SEAT BELTS FAILED, THEY ARE LOCKED IN RESTRAINING POSITION. TT TT

Seat Belts › Front › Webbing
Filed Feb 28, 1995IN

FRONT SHOULDER HARNESS INOPERATIVE; WHEN WORKING, DOES NOT RELEASE. TT

Vehicle Speed ControlCrash6 injured
Filed Feb 27, 1995AK

FAILURE WHEN CRUISE CONTROL IS ENGAGED. PLEASE EXPLAIN. TT

Seat Belts
Filed Feb 20, 1995MN

DRIVER'S AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT FAILED. *SKD

Seat Belts
Filed Feb 20, 1995MN

DRIVER'S AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT FAILED. *SKD

Seat Belts
Filed Feb 17, 1995MO

MOTORIZED SHOULDER HARNESS FAILED AT A POINT MIDWAY FROM FRONT TO BACK OF TRACK. TT TT

Seat Belts
Filed Feb 6, 1995CA

FRONT DRIVER AUTOMATIC MOTORIZED TRACK DOES NOT COMPLETELY PERFORM TO SECURE SEATBELT TIGHTNESS FOR USAGE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

Seat Belts › Front › Retractor
Filed Jan 31, 1995NV

DRIVER SIDE LAP/SHOULDER BELT WILL NOT RETRACT, EA94-032 ACTIVE. TT

Seat Belts
Filed Jan 23, 1995AL

AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT STUCK IN HALF WAY POSITION, DEALER SAID THAT A NEW TRACK ASSEMBLY NEEDED. TT

Seat Belts
Filed Jan 23, 1995CA

AUTOMATIC SEAT BELTS FAILED TO WORK PROPERLY. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Retractor
Filed Jan 18, 1995KS

DRIVER SIDE SHOULDER BELT WILL NOT RETRACT, EA94-032 ACTIVE. TT

Seat Belts1 injured1 killed
Filed Jan 17, 1995NC

PASSENGER'S MOTOR BELT BROKE AT TRACK DURING ACCIDENT, CAUSING PASSENGER TO BE THROWN THROUGH WINDSHIELD, RESULTING IN DEATH. *SKD

Seat Belts
Filed Jan 13, 1995MD

DURING EMERGENCY STOP AUTOMATIC DRIVER SEAT BELT AUTOMATIC RETRACTOR MOVED FORWARD HALF WAY AND FROZE, NOT RESTRAINING DRIVER AND STUCK IN THAT POSITION. TT

Seat Belts
Filed Jan 13, 1995MA

DRIVER'S SIDE AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT LOCKED UP IN MIDDLE OF TRACK, MOTOR CONTINUED TO RUN CAUSING BATTERY FAILURE. *SKD

Seat Belts
Filed Jan 11, 1995MD

AUTOMATIC DRIVER SEAT BELT RETRACTOR WILL NOT RETRACT ALL THE WAY. TT

Seat Belts1 injured
Filed Jan 9, 1995NJ

POWER SEAT BELT JAMMED/AND THEN RELEASED, CATCHING DRIVER'S HAND, RESULTING IN AN INJURY. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Retractor
Filed Jan 9, 1995MN

DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT TRACK BROKE AT MID-POINT, ALSO PROBLEMS WITH PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT. *AK

Seat Belts
Filed Jan 5, 1995PA

POWER SHOULDER BELT MOTOR FAILED. *AK

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NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

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