While driving vehicle seat belts became unbuckled without notice. Please provide additional information. Ts
1998 Dodge Caravan seat belts complaints
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Whiele driving 25mph another car hit consumer's vehicle from behind and seat belt did not catch ,causing serious injuries to driver.
While driving was hit from behind by another car and seat belt did not catch, causing serious injuries to driver.
Trim material on the seat belt is loosening, and is causing it to be inoperative. Dealer notified.
While proceeding to make a turn, another vehicle passed the insured on the opposite side of the road and hit the insured's vehicle causing it to spin around, the seat belt did not engage and the passenger was thrown to the floor, the seat belt was still around the passenger when the vehicle came to a rest, there were 3 injuries.(claim#52-2474-339)
While driving at 35mph plastic sound burier patch came loose and dropped into rear out seat belt assembly, causing seat belt not to work. Contacted dealer, recall on this part doesn't affect consumer due to VIN.
The right rear seat belt retractor failed under warranty and was replaced. Then the left rear seat belt retractor failed out of warranty.
The safety seats in my van have defective latch plates! The latch plates that I'm referring too is the plate that is right at the child's armpit level. This latch plate when pulled on will pull completely apart. I believe that this is unsafe for my son to ride in. I have read a lot on child seat safety and it is very important to me. I velieve that with the knowledge I have in this area that in a car wreak this latch plate would pull apart and my son could be very seriously injured or even killed. He would probably be thrown between the two shoulder belts instead of being held between them. I have reported this to chrysler and they have replaced my buckles 5 time. They do not consider this to be a defect yet I do! I have had to purchase my son a century car seat. All 5 of the buckles that I was given all had the same problem. I don't know how they think a child would be safe! I fear that there are other children riding in these integrated car seats and there parents are unaware of the problems with these latch plates and that there children are unsafe. I would hate to see any child hurt because of this problem. I still have a couple of the buckles if y ou would like to see them please let me know and I'll be glad to get them to you!!! Thank you for taking the time to listen! I appreciate what youdo trying to keep the roads and our families safe!
The guides that the rear seat belts run through are "melting" so the rear seat belts do not go through the guides as they should. We have stopped using them because they would fail in an accident because they will not retract securely on a passenger.
Vehicle was rear ended by another vehicle. This caused driver to hit steering wheel due to lack of restraint support from seat belt system that was used.*ak
Seatbelt around the intergrated child safety seat tightened around the child's neck. Dealer has not seen vehicle.
Both rear seat belts have body sealant oozing on them - to the point where one will not budge from the side wall. The other, if you pull hard will release, but it is covered with sticky sealant which one would not want to wear!! I called a dodge dealership and they told me that they have seen many of these problems, but with my vehicle being over 36,000 miles, they wouldn't repair it unless I paid ~$450.00. Meanwhile, I cannot buckle my children up. I think that this is a manufacturing defect and should be repaired free of charge. They are fixing this problem on most other minivans because they are under 36,000 miles. Thanks - ed
Passenger seat belt malfunctioned. Yh
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