1998 Ford Explorer seat belts problems

Filed May 2, 2013 · Seat belts · 137,662 miles · AZ

Driver's side seat belt latch failed. The seat belt latched in the morning but wouldn't catch in the afternoon. Truck was parked in a parking lot when the failure occured.

Filed Apr 27, 2008 · Seat belts · 110,000 miles · MO

Front driver and passenger seat belts do not retract properly and must be fed manually to retract. Subsequent damage to seat belt webbing causing possible failure upon impact.

Filed Nov 23, 2005 · Seat belts, Seats · 92,000 miles · IL

Dt: the contact purchased a used vehicle on a warranty. She discovered the rear seat belt buckle assemblies were broken. Also, the front seats did not recline properly. She took the vehicle to a dealer. No repairs have been made at this time.

Filed Aug 1, 2005 · Lights, Seat belts · 150,000 miles · MO

Dt: driver's side back seat belt latch broke. On june 1, 2005. Caller said the other two seat belt latches broke about a year ago and caller had them fixed. Also, she low beam iwasnot working . She had it checked at a repair shop and was told they could not find what was wrong with it. Dealer and manufacturer have not been contacted yet.

Filed Aug 27, 2004 · Seat belts · 103,650 miles · SC

Drivers side front seat belt gives around the waist causing the seat belt to lose with no restraint while driving.

Filed Apr 29, 2004 · Seat belts · 76,522 miles · AZ

Consumer noticed two rear seat belts didn't hold the passengers in the seats. Dealer notified. *ak dealer said that the continued pressure from the child seat caused the damage.

Filed Feb 23, 2004 · Seat belts · 43,000 miles · MA

Consumer was complaining about seat belt problem on driver's side. When belt was latched into the buckle, it didn't hold.

Filed Jan 15, 2004 · Airbags, Seat belts · PA · crash · 1 injury

Vehicle hit a telephone head on while traveling at 25 MPH and air bags did not deploy. *mr the seat belt did not prevent the consumer's contact with the sun visor.

Filed Oct 7, 2003 · Seat belts · VA · 1 injury

Seat belt locked around child's waist, consumer had to cut child out . As a result, seat belt left a bruise.

Filed Jul 9, 2003 · Seat belts · 78,100 miles · IN

1998 ford explorer left rear passenger safety belt release device that you put the seat belt into broke. I had my 1 year old daughter in her childseat correctly belted behind me in the left rear seat. I came to a normal stop, the heard belt click and turn around noticed it had come out of the buckle assembly. I pulled over and put the childseat and my daughter into the right rear seat. If I had come to a harder stop, or even a crash, my one and only daughter could have been killed. As of today, capital city ford has not received my new buckle assemby. They called me in once sayinf the part was in. After 1 1/2 hours in the waiting room, I was told that they ordered the wrong part and that they needed to order the new one. I was then told that it would take some time because of the holidays. I called on monday, july 07, 2003 and was told that the part was not in that I will be called when in it comes in. This means that no one can safely sit and ride in my 1998 ford exlporer in the left rear passenger seat. As you can tell I am perturbbed with this situation and would like it resolved asap. And to make things worse, my time and money are not going to be compensated. Question? Are 1998 ford explorer left rear passenger seat belt buckle assembly parts designed to fail after 78000 miles????