1999 Chevrolet Silverado seat belts problems

Filed Sep 16, 2024 · Seat belts · 418,000 miles · AZ

The contact owns a 1999 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency Campaign Number: 00V097000 (Seat Belts); however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The local dealer was contacted and confirmed that parts were not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the contact became aware that the driver's side seat belt was not functioning properly. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the driver's side seat belt assembly had failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired due to the parts not being available. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 418,000. Parts distribution disconnect.

Filed Sep 5, 2024 · Airbags, Seat belts · 160,000 miles · FL · crash · 1 injury

The contact owned a 1999 Chevrolet Silverado. The contact stated that while driving at 55 MPH, he dozed off as the vehicle drifted off to the right shoulder of the highway. The contact regained alertness once the vehicle drove over the highway's rumble strip. As the contact attempted to regain control of the vehicle; the vehicle crashed into a tree. The contact's face smashed into the steering wheel as both the driver's seat belt shoulder strap and the driver's air bag failed to operate as needed. Moments after smashing his head into the steering, the contact stated that the air bag deployed with a delay which caused severe cuts to the contact's face. The contact was taken to the hospital by ambulance where he was treated for multiple severe injuries. Due to the air bag failure, the contact suffered a severe laceration that started from the right corner of the contact's mouth and extended to the contact's left earlobe. The contact suffered another laceration that started from the center of his bottom lip and curved down to the left side of his chin. In addition, the contact suffered a right orbital socket fracture, two vertebrae fractures in the neck, a torn right shoulder, multiple torn tendons in the right arm and five broken teeth. A police report was not filed. The vehicle was towed from the scene to an independent tow yard where it was destroyed. The dealer nor the manufacturer were notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 160,000.

Filed May 20, 2014 · Seat belts · 289,600 miles · PA

The driver side seat belt will not release and can not be worn while driving.

Filed Aug 11, 2007 · Seat belts, Visibility · 70,000 miles · PA

My driver's side seatbelt consistently gets stuck and won't come out. Also both my front windows are broken. The mechanism that moves them up and down has broken and they now fall down into the door as a result. There was no accident or incident of any kind to initiate these problems.

Filed May 23, 2006 · Seat belts · PA

Consumer 1999 silverado arm rest does not lock into place. *ts after the seat belt recall was performed, the consumer discovered the problem with the arm rest, which was not a problem previously.

Filed May 25, 2005 · Brakes, Seat belts · 125,000 miles · IL

Dt: driver's side safety belt will not extend so it can be used. Will not come out of the reel. The other concern were the ABS brakes. Had situations while in traffic the ABS activated on their own. This removes control from the driver, and is startling when it happens. There is a vibration from the ABS. Tried to corrrespond with gm, but feot concerns have fallen on deaf ears. No repair has been made as of yet. The seat belt began to fail on 1-1-03, and the ABS system began to malfunction on 2-10-05.

Filed Nov 5, 2004 · Seat belts · SD

Both frontal passenger and driver's seat belts were inoperative. Vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection, and mechanic determined thar seat belts needed to be replaced, and replaced them. However, the problem recurred.

Filed Oct 28, 2004 · Seat belts · ID

Consumer received recall 00045 for replacement of the seat belts that locked. The problem recurred, and had not been resolved.*ak the consumer stated that the locking of the seat belt would at the least break a persons collar bone.

Filed Aug 13, 2004 · Brakes, Fuel system · 50,000 miles · MI

The fuel gauge sending unit failed (I go by mileage to know if I need fuel or not). Driver's side seat belt locks up when you go to look to change lanes (dealer couldn't reproduce the problem--so it's never been fixed). Passenger seat belt locks up if you just lean forward to roll down the window (was told this was a mechanism for a baby seat--didn't think car seats were supposed to be in the front seat). Right side daytime running lamp burned out a long time ago. Abs module failed (had to pull the fuse so the pump wouldn't burn up) therefore the truck no longer has ABS. Driver's side front wheel hub failed due to lack of grease in the non-consumer maintainable bearing (the whole hub had to be replaced). The water pump has already failed (replaced that). The transmission is starting to slip here & there. The accelerator sticks causing you to have to jam on it in parking lots & other places where it's just not safe to be darting forward. This model year was just a bad year for gm. They need to fix these problems. This is the worst gm vehicle I've ever owned (and I've been a loyal gm customer all my driving years).

Filed Jun 8, 2004 · Seat belts · 35,588 miles · ME

The recall remedy failed, within 19,000 miles of having the front seat belt retractor recall 01v159000 performed. The failure described in the recall occurred on the passenger side seat belt retractor.