Tl* the contact owns a 1996 dodge dakota. The contact stated that the seat belt buckle was fractured. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The VIN was not provided. The approximate failure mileage was 113,000.
1996 Dodge Dakota: seat belt won't latch or retract
8 of the 189 complaints about the 1996 Dodge Dakota describe seat belt won't latch or retract.
- owner complaints
- 8
- of this car's complaints
- 4%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Seat belt won't latch or retract by model year
What owners say
Tl*-the contact stated that his 1996 dodge dakota has had 2 replacement of the driver side seat belt latch. The contact stated that the latch is made of plastic and the springs continue to fall from it. He stated that he has to replace this again and felt that this was a defective product used on this vehicle. The failure mileage was 30,000 and the current mileage was 66,000.
October 27, 2006 I took 2 friends to town and when the person in the middle seat could not get the seat belt to release after several tries I cut the seat belt to get him out. November 2, 2006 I was picking up my husband from the doctors office and my seat belt would not release and again I had to cut the seat belt, so I could get out. On a recent trip of 2400 miles the oil gauge was passed the middle of the gauge which near the (h) when this started happening the dash lights went out and I had to stop and let the motor completely cool down before the lights would work again in the dash. On the way home from michigan the accelorator pedel fell off in the mountains in georgia and I had to put the plastic holders on very carefully so I could get to the next town and there a auto parts store employee put a (c) clamp on the holder to secure the pedal enough for me to make it home. I still had 400 miles to go and was very apprehensive all the way home and now with the seat belt failures I am very uncomfortable driving the truck . We are retired and can not afford to buy another vehicle or we would put this in the junk yard. This has been a very good truck up until now and we have never abused it in any way and never had an accident.
Faulty seat belt buckles, the entire assembly on all three buckles in the front seat has completely broken.
Front passenger's side seat belt buckle comes undone while in use. Occupant transported unrestrained, to be replaced by dealer, parts on back order.
The driver's side seat belt would not release from belt buckle after pressing the red release button.
Driver's side seatbelt will not latch on acceleration or turning; also, transmission failure.
Driver seatbelt stuck in the retractor will not pull out, dealer refused to fix it. Tt
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1996 Dodge Dakota seat belt
Is seat belt won't latch or retract a common problem on the 1996 Dodge Dakota?
8 of 189 owner complaints about the 1996 Dodge Dakota (4%) mention seat belt won't latch or retract. The model year with the most reports is 1995.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1996 Dodge Dakota?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
Other symptoms on the 1996 Dodge Dakota
Stalling 11No deployment 8ABS 7Check engine light 6Door locks 6Fire or smoke 6Adaptive cruise 5Headlights 5
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