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Filed Jan 22, 1997DC
DESIGN OF THE REAR SEAT BELTS ARE TOO SHORT TO ENGAGE.
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 1997 record →
DESIGN OF THE REAR SEAT BELTS ARE TOO SHORT TO ENGAGE.
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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