The contact owned a 2022 Dodge Challenger. The contact stated that while her son was driving approximately 65 MPH on I-85 in the left lane, the driver noticed a BMW quickly approaching. The driver attempted to change lanes to the center lane, and the rear end of the vehicle slid out and the vehicle fishtailed into the other vehicle in the far-right lane, traveled across three lanes of traffic and crashed into a brick wall median and then went across all three lanes. The contact stated that after crashing into the brick wall, the seat belt became unlatched. There were no warning lights illuminated. The driver sustained injuries to the wrist, which had struck the steering wheel, and the left hand which struck the door on impact. Medical attention was provided at the scene by the EMT and at the hospital the following day. The steering wheel air bag, driver's side side-curtain air bags, and passenger’s side air bags deployed during the crash. A Police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to a tow lot. The insurance company later towed the vehicle to a tow lot. The local dealer was contacted and referred the contact to the manufacturer. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and sent an investigator to inspect the vehicle. The inspector determined that the driver’s seat belt was not latched during the crash after performing six push-pull tests on the seat belt. The vehicle was deemed a total loss by the insurance company. The failure mileage was approximately 10,000.
Dodge Challenger seat belt problems
15 of the 1,696 owner complaints about the Dodge Challenger describe seat belt won't latch or retract, most of them for the 2011 model year.
- owner complaints
- 15
- worst model year
- 2011
- typical mileage
- 40,234
By model year
- 20222
- 20191
- 20171
- 20161
- 20152
- 20131
- 20123
- 20114
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What owners say
The contact owns a 2015 Dodge Challenger. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked, while attempting to fasten the passenger’s side seat belt, the seat belt failed to retract. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed and determined that the retractor mechanism had failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 60,000.
I was rear ended while traveling eastbound on US 175 ( C F Hawn Fwy ). When I was hit the impact pushed me alittle ways. The other driver was going pretty fast because I was hit hard enough to where the trunk of the car was pushed into the back seat of the car. After being able to get out of the car. I noticed that the airbags didn't deploy. The seat belt did lock up but the airbags did not come out.
The driver's seat belt does not retract quickly on exit. It often flops outside the car and gets closed in the door.
Seat belt buckles have stop locking on drivers side and back seat belt after putting a carseat in the back. Front end driver side sounds like a crinkled noise and steering wheel feels like car wants to go a different direction then you actually turn.
My driver side seat belt will not latch and the engine has a pretty distinct tick and I have read a lot of 5.7 hemi engines have the exact problem
Passenger seat belt keeps locking up when driving have to unclip it to release
The driver side seat belt will not extend. It is stuck without any slack. I am not able to put on the seat belt to drive. Big saftey hazard. Nothing happened that caused this to happen. The seat belt worked fine the previous day. The car was parked in front of my house as I tried to put on the seat belt but it wouldnt move. Its not safe to drive because an accident can happen at anytime and there is nothing preventing the driver from hitting their head into the steering wheel or flying through the windshield. My car is only 7 years old. I feel that the manufacturer should fix this issue at no cost to the owner of the vehicle.
Tl* the contact owned a 2016 dodge challenger. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 54 MPH, the driver lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a cement median causing the vehicle to flip over multiple times. During the crash, the front driver side seatbelt failed to secure the driver who was thrown from the vehicle and sustained fractured ribs, a fractured left arm, and fractures to both legs. The 3-year-old rear driver side passenger sustained a head injury. Both received medical treatment. A police report was filed. The vehicle was destroyed and towed. The cause of the failure was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The local dealer curtsy dodge (location unknown) was previously notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 11,000.
The seat belt receiver spring locks causing the belt not to be able to latch or stay latched.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the Dodge Challenger seat belt
Which Dodge Challenger years have seat belt won't latch or retract problems?
The model years with the most reports are 2011 (4 complaints), 2012 (3 complaints) and 2015 (2 complaints).
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