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1993 Plymouth Colt 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 1993 record →

Seat Belts
Filed Oct 25, 1996CO

MOTORIZED SEAT BELT STOPPED MID WAY OF TRACK, WHEN FORCED THE REMAINING WAY, CABLE SNAPPED.

Seat Belts
Filed Oct 10, 1996CO

THE DRIVER'S SIDE AUTOMATIC SHOULDER RESTRAINT BELT FELL APART. *AK

Seat Belts
Filed Sep 25, 1996FL

THE PASSENGER'S SIDE AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELT DOES NOT WORK. THERE IS NO MOVEMENT AT ALL WHEN THE DOOR IS OPENED OR CLOSED. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Retractor
Filed Aug 27, 1996NY

MOTORBELT RETRACTOR INOPERABLE.

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Aug 5, 1996ME

AUTOMATIC SHOULDER/LAP BELT STOPPED WORKING, WITHOUT WARNING, PASSENGER WOULD BE RESTRAINED WITH LAP BELT ONLY.*AK

Seat Belts
Filed Aug 1, 1996NJ

THE DRIVER'S AUTOMATIC RESTRAINT SYSTEM WILL NOT ALWAYS GO INTO PLACE AND WILL NOT RESTRAIN OCCUPANT. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

Seat Belts
Filed Aug 1, 1996VT

MOTORBELT FAILED. *DH

Seat Belts
Filed Jul 30, 1996PA

SHE COULD NOT GET OUT OF THE CAR BECAUSE THE AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT CABLE CAME OUT. . *AK

Seat Belts
Filed Jul 25, 1996OH

DRIVER'S SHOULDER BELT RELAY SYSTEM IS BECOMING INOPERATIVE AT DIFFERENT ANGLES. *AK

Seat Belts
Filed Jul 24, 1996MI

AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELTS FAILED. BELTS DO NOT MOVE AT ALL. *AK

Seat Belts
Filed Jul 10, 1996ME

AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELT BROKE, STUCK MIDWAY IN POSITION DURING START UP. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Retractor
Filed May 3, 1996MA

PE96-007 ACTIVE, LAP/SHOULDER CABLE THAT HOLDS THE ASSEMBLY IS BROKEN, BELTS WILL NOT RETRACT. *AK

Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Park/Neutral Start Interlock Switch
Filed Jan 4, 1996FL

INTERLOCK SYSTEM FAILED, CAUSING KEY TO STICK IN IGNITION. *DSH

Seat Belts
Filed Dec 8, 1995CO

DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AUTOMATIC SEAT BELTS HAVE STOPPED WORKING. TT

Seat Belts › Front › Retractor
Filed Oct 10, 1995GA

THE DRIVERS SIDE SEATBELT WILL NOT RETRACT. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

Seat Belts
Filed Aug 21, 199500

THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR STOP WORKING THE CABLE CAME OUT AND STOPPED THE MOTOR STILL RUNS AND THE LIGHT STAYS ON . TT

Seat Belts
Filed Aug 17, 1995NC

THE DRIVERS AUTOMATIC RETRACTING SEATBELT BROKE AND IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY TO BE FIXED. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

Seat Belts
Filed Jul 21, 1995CT

AUTOMATIC DRIVER'S SEAT BELT BROKE PRIOR TO RECALL. *SD

Seat Belts
Filed Jun 8, 199500

THE DRIVERS SIDE AUTOMATIC SEATBELT TRACK CABLE GOT CAUGHT IN THE MOTOR AND FLUNG OUT AT OCCUPANT AND THE MOTOR KEPT GOING. PLEASE EXPLAIN. TT

Seat Belts
Filed May 23, 1995WA

DRIVER'S AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT FAILED. *AW

Seat Belts
Filed May 16, 1995AZ

THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT (TAKATA) RETRACTOR HAS CAME OUT OF IT TRACK. TT

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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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