MOTORIZED SEAT BELT STOPPED MID WAY OF TRACK, WHEN FORCED THE REMAINING WAY, CABLE SNAPPED.
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 →
THE DRIVER'S SIDE AUTOMATIC SHOULDER RESTRAINT BELT FELL APART. *AK
THE PASSENGER'S SIDE AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELT DOES NOT WORK. THERE IS NO MOVEMENT AT ALL WHEN THE DOOR IS OPENED OR CLOSED. *AK
MOTORBELT RETRACTOR INOPERABLE.
AUTOMATIC SHOULDER/LAP BELT STOPPED WORKING, WITHOUT WARNING, PASSENGER WOULD BE RESTRAINED WITH LAP BELT ONLY.*AK
THE DRIVER'S AUTOMATIC RESTRAINT SYSTEM WILL NOT ALWAYS GO INTO PLACE AND WILL NOT RESTRAIN OCCUPANT. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
MOTORBELT FAILED. *DH
SHE COULD NOT GET OUT OF THE CAR BECAUSE THE AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT CABLE CAME OUT. . *AK
DRIVER'S SHOULDER BELT RELAY SYSTEM IS BECOMING INOPERATIVE AT DIFFERENT ANGLES. *AK
AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELTS FAILED. BELTS DO NOT MOVE AT ALL. *AK
AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELT BROKE, STUCK MIDWAY IN POSITION DURING START UP. *AK
PE96-007 ACTIVE, LAP/SHOULDER CABLE THAT HOLDS THE ASSEMBLY IS BROKEN, BELTS WILL NOT RETRACT. *AK
INTERLOCK SYSTEM FAILED, CAUSING KEY TO STICK IN IGNITION. *DSH
DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AUTOMATIC SEAT BELTS HAVE STOPPED WORKING. TT
THE DRIVERS SIDE SEATBELT WILL NOT RETRACT. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR STOP WORKING THE CABLE CAME OUT AND STOPPED THE MOTOR STILL RUNS AND THE LIGHT STAYS ON . TT
THE DRIVERS AUTOMATIC RETRACTING SEATBELT BROKE AND IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY TO BE FIXED. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
AUTOMATIC DRIVER'S SEAT BELT BROKE PRIOR TO RECALL. *SD
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
DRIVER'S AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT FAILED. *AW
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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