2015 Ford F-150: seat belt won't latch or retract

Filed Dec 14, 2023 · Seat belts · 114,000 miles · MO

While sitting in my driveway getting ready to go to town, I pulled the seat belt to lock it into place when I hear a pop then the seat belt would not retract at all. It was as if the retractable spring broke. I left the truck sitting until I could get a replacement belt from Ford (450.00) to repair this safety issue. Had this belt failed in a collision it would have caused severe damage to the driver. This issue needs to be addressed before someone dies in an accident. There was no warning signs before this happened and I was very lucky it happened in my driveway and not on the highway.

Filed Oct 16, 2020 · Airbags, Body · 84,000 miles · WI · crash

Was driving on highway, cruise set at 55mph, came over a hill to a car stalled in the road. I couldn't stop, both vehicles declared total loss. Direct hit, front of my 2105 f150 to the rear end of a ford focus, approximately 40mph. Seatbelt tightened and locked up, left bruises across my hips, airbags did not deploy. Hit my face in the steering wheel, bruised knees on dash.

Filed Jul 16, 2019 · Seat belts · 41,000 miles · PA

Seat belt pretensioner. The front middle seat belt is stuck causing the middle seat to be stuck in the down position. The middle seat can not be used.

Filed Mar 1, 2019 · Seat belts · 63,000 miles · NJ

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 ford f-150. The contact stated that the front passenger seat belt failed to retract. The vehicle was taken to smith motor company inc. (359 nj-31, washington, nj 07882) where it was diagnosed that the pretensioner spring was inoperable and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 63,000. .*bf the consumer stated the pretensioner spring was rusted and broken, also was not covered under warranty.

Filed Dec 20, 2018 · Body, Seat belts · 39,000 miles · TX

2 f150 safety recalls: passenger side seat belt and door locking mechanism. Contacted gullo ford conroe tx, they were not able to cheduje recall repairs due to inability to maintain stock and were not able to even schedule the repairs. Very dis-satisfied w the response and over all management of the repairs. No sense of urgency and concern about the criticality of the recalls.

Filed Jul 11, 2016 · Seat belts · 8,500 miles · TX · crash · 14 injuries

I was involved in an accident on june 13, 2016 on a local city road at an intersection; where a vehicle failed to yield to right of way, causing me to hit them head on, on their front passenger side. I was temporarily knocked unconscious, and sustained 2 broken teeth, burns on my face from the airbag deployment (which has left scars), bruising and swelling on my lower abdomen, my torso, major bruising and swelling on the right side of my face, and severe tension in my neck and back. I was traveling no more that 35 MPH. I sustained these injuries because the seat belt failed to lock on impact to restrain me from hitting the airbag so hard.

Filed Jun 19, 2016 · Seat belts · 6,000 miles · TN

Passenger side seatbelt retractor does not work properly if occupant is leaning forward, as in a slow braking situation followed by harder braking. I've saved my face dozens of times from hitting the dashboard, even after the original seatbelt retractor was replaced. The 2nd one provides protection only in strictly hard braking situations, not slow-then-hard braking.

Filed Jun 15, 2016 · Seat belts · 13,000 miles · FL

The front driver side seat belt tensioner failed. It is stuck in tension mode, it will not retract nor expand. There is a recall on f150s built january 22nd 2015 to march 17th 2015 supercrew models but mine is built in june of 2015 with the same problem. Dealer recognized the issue and I'm bringing it to the dealer for repair today june 15th, 2016. This should be an fyi that other production might be affected and not just the models listed in the original recall. I was backing up the truck when the seat belt tightened up and then stayed that way. It won't expand nor retract. Serious safety issue. I will take a video of it with my phone should you want that evidence.

Filed Jun 8, 2016 · Body, Seat belts · TX

The vehicle is a 2015 ford f-150 extended cab. My vehicle has not been involved in an incident, but there is a defect in the design of the seatbelt/door latches. Design of the rear doors and the latches traps the rear seat passenger in the event of the incapacitation of the front seat passenger. The rear door cannot be opened unless the front door is opened first. There is no way for a rear seat passenger to be able to open the front door in the case of an accident, and there is no alternative method of egress for rear seat passengers. This is a design defect affecting all 2015 f-150 crew cab pickups. So far there I have not had an accident, but the problem should be addressed by ford before there are tragic results from the design error.

Filed Sep 3, 2015 · Seat belts · 3,700 miles · MA

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 ford f-150. The contact stated that the seat belt on the rear driver side failed to unlatch. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and repaired, but the details of the repairs were unknown. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 3,700....updated 10-13-15 *bf