1995 Ford Escort: seat belt won't latch or retract

Filed Jul 30, 2012 · Seat belts · OR

The seat belt on the driver side is stuck in the open position, which gets in the way of the wheel and provides no safety support were I to get in a crash. Also the passenger sides seat belt often goes wild and continuously opens and closes on the passengers neck when trying to exit the vehicle. I can not afford to cover the costs of this repair and feel that ford should do so considering it puts the driver in great danger.

Filed Sep 27, 2006 · Seat belts · CA · crash · 1 injury

Making left hand turn and was hit on passenger side. My seat belt broke. Car was totaled.

Filed Feb 17, 2004 · Seat belts · 60,250 miles · AZ

Automatic shoulder seat belt did not retract back into locking position, making it impossible for consumer to wear properly a seat belt. Dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem.

Filed May 8, 2003 · Seat belts · 88,000 miles · NY

The front automatic seat belt continuously failed, which resulted in the belt being inoperative. The entire system needed to be replaced.

Filed Apr 8, 2003 · Seat belts · FL

The driver's seat belt retractor did not lock, which caused the driver not to be restrained.

Filed Apr 2, 2003 · Seat belts · TX

The front shoulder harness seatbelt on the driver side is stuck mid-track, which causes the seatbelt to rest across your neck. During any automobile accident, this would cause the driver to be improperly restrained or not restrained at all, resulting in serious injury, even death. A call (and trip) to the dealer got me nowhere, they say I will have to pay over $500.00 to have the seatbelt and its components repaired and/or replaced.

Filed Mar 18, 2003 · Seat belts · FL

The seat belt buckle broke and the speedometer failed intermittently.

Filed Oct 15, 2002 · Seat belts · 69,000 miles · PA

The front passenger seat belt retractor is inoperative. The consumer is unable to wear the seat belt because it's too tight. *mr

Filed Dec 31, 2001 · Seat belts · IA

The automatic seatbelts in my escort do not work properly and one of them has not for over a year. I paid around $120 to get a new part to fix the driver side seat belt in 2000 and it broke again 8 months later, we returned it to ford because it had a year warranty and they unwillingly gave a replacement but informed us that it would only be under warranty until a year from the original parts purchase date (4 more months). It still doesnt work all the time. Then the passenger side automatic seatbelt is stuck on in the middle of the track so it can not be used at all. There is only lap belt restraint there now. I dont think I need to keep paying to fix an obvious defect in these cars. My sister had a 1994 escort a year newer than mine and she had to replace her auto. Seatbelt once in the 2 years she owned it. So I know it cant just be a fluke in my car.

Filed Aug 28, 2001 · Seat belts · PA

Motorized seat belts failed. At time of failure, seat belt was retracting, and remained in middle of the track. Had contacted dealer, and was informed that warranty expired, and did not repair seat belts when vehicle was over 50,000 miles. Manufacturer backed dealership.

Filed Jun 26, 2001 · Seat belts · CA · crash · 1 injury

While traveling at 25 MPH and as a result of a collision automatic seat belt released, causing consumer to hit air bag hard. Consumer stated when getting out of vehicle, consumer noticed automatic seat belt made noise, seat belt was stuck in track. *ak consumer states that the seatbelt shoulder harness was jammed in the belt track, consumer was injured in the accident.

Filed Mar 28, 2001 · Seat belts · NJ

Automatic driver seatbelt is stuck and no longer operable.