Front passenger window shattered for no apparent reason-heard a pop, and the entire window shattered. For the rear seatbelts, the inertia locks activate and the belts lock up too easily, trapping the passenger in the seat. To release the belt, it must be completely removed and reattached. Dealer claims this is normal operation, due to child seat safety design. But this design seems dangerous to the adult or grown children as passengers.
2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer seat belts complaints
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The passenger seat belt retractor is designed to lock and not release if the shoulder belt is pulled all the way out. This creates a saftey hazard. If the passenger has to reach for something that casuses the shoulder belt to extend completly, you then have to unbuckle the seat belt, retract it, then rebuckle the belt. If this occurs while the car is in motion, the passenger is open to injury should an impact occur at the time the belt is unbuckled. If the belt is not unbuckled to release the retractor, it is extrememly uncomfortable to sit in the seat as the belt will prevent any forward movement. I believe this to be a flaw in the design of the seat belt and not a feature as general motors describes it. This occurs on any gm seat where the belt is integrated with the seat rather than mounted to the framework of the car.
Consumer states the spring retractor does not always pull the belt completely causing the door to close on the belt. In the extended position the spring does not have enough torque to retract the weight of the belt and the clip. Dealer replaced the belts and retractor assemblies and stated that it was designed as not to put too much pressure on the chest of the driver or passenger.
Passenger's seat belt would continue to tighten on occupant while driving. Dealer contacted. Feel free to provide any further information.
Seat belt locks properly on brake application then will not release and continues to tighten on passenger, to the point where passenger refuse to wear the belt. One replacement belt fail to lock up at all. Have been told by dealer and chevrolet that child restrain in belt is causing problem. Child restrain is only operational if belt pulled out all the way which is not the case.
Passenger seat belt has no slack once it's locked, causing consumer to be very uncomfortable. Dealer replaced belt one time before for the same problem. The dealer was notified.
Passenger's seat belt retractor is locking up while driving. Dealer notified. Feel free to provide any further information.
Problem #1: passenger side seat belt will lock up and not release until buckle release is pushed. The seat belt tightens so that passenger cannot even make small movements, like opening the glovebox or operating the radio. This is a saftey hazard as the seat belt is particularirly restricting to my pregnant wife. To release the belt by releasing the buckle would be unsafe while the vehicle is moving. Barton birks chevrolet dealer says belt is of "normal operation as per make and model design". Driver side seat belt has no such problem however. Problem #2: driver and passeger side power mirrors will change their positions at random. This is another saftey hazard because often you will not notice that the mirriors have changed their positions on their own until you need them to perform a lane change. Mirrors out of alignment are increasing the"blind spot". To realign mirrors when driving is also distraction, all of which could result in an increased risk of collision. Barton birks dealer says "could not duplicate customer concern".
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