BUCKLING THE DRIVER'S SEATBELT, TUGGED ON THE STRAP TO ENSURE IT WAS SECURE AND THE TONGUE PULLED OUT OF THE BUCKLE. NOTICED THAT THE BUTTON AND LATCH MECHANISM ON THE BUCKLE WAS NOT WORKING AS BEFORE. BUTTON WAS DEPRESSED AND DID NOT RETURN TO ITS UNDEPRESSED POSITION. LAST USED THE DRIVER'S SEATBELT THE DAY BEFORE. VEHICLE HAS APPROXIMATELY 92,000 MILES. FRONT PASSENGER BUCKLE DOES NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEMS.*AK
1992 Jeep Laredo
Owners filed 6 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the parking brake › conventional › mechanical. No safety recall has been issued.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle Speed Control | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Structure › Body | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Seats | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Seat Belts › Front › Buckle Assembly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Parking Brake › Conventional › Mechanical | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Electrical System | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsWHEN THIS VEHICLE WAS STARTED AND PLACED INTO REVERSE, TIRES BEGAN SPINNING, AND VEHICLE SPED OFF WHILE BRAKES WERE BEING APPLIED. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED.*AK
OVERHEAD CONSOLE FELL, HITTING AND INJURING THE DRIVER. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
ELECTRICAL: DRIVING APPROXIAMTELY 35MPH WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE CAME INTO THE LANE, WENT ONTO SHOULDER TO AVOID OTHER VEHICLE, THERE WAS A SHEET OF ICE ON THE GROUND AND LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE. VEHICLE WRAPPED AROUND TELEPHONE POLE AND DESTROYED THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WHICH LOCKED UP EVERYTHING, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO GET OUT OF VEHICLE. HAD TO KNOCK WINDOW OUT AND THROW KEYS TO SOMEONE IN ORDER FOR THEM TO LET DRIVER OUT. *AK
THE DRIVER SEAT LIFTS UP FROM THE WELDS THAT HOLDS THE SEAT, HAD THE CAR LOOKED AT BY THE DEALER THE DEALER SAID THE CAR NOT UNDER WARRANTY THEY WILL NOT FIX IT
EMERGENCY BRAKE LEVER RELEASE LOCKING HAS BROKEN OFF. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
6 of 6 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Across model years
Worst on record: 2000Reading 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.