Consumer has the same problem with seat belt buckle as mentioned in recall 92 v 113 000. But, this vehicle is not included in recall due to VIN.
1990 Ford Taurus: seat belt won't latch or retract
13 of the 381 complaints about the 1990 Ford Taurus describe seat belt won't latch or retract.
- owner complaints
- 13
- of this car's complaints
- 3%
- recalls
- 1
Is there a fix? There is 1 recall and 1 service bulletin for this area of the car. See below
Seat belt won't latch or retract by model year
What owners say
I have owned this vehicle since jan 1994; it had 78,000 miles on it when I bought it. In the last year I have experienced multiple problems with no resolution. Front center seat belt buckle button remains depressed and will not return to the top position making it unuseable as a restraint. Tailgate latch has broken off deep inside the door and will no longer latch. Catalytic converter "ram's horn" burned out in november of this year; started engine and barely avoided serious engine fire as result of converter failure. Car surges when idling, causing it to lunge back and forth so hard it is unable to be driven. Air conditioning unit failed; winshield wipers stop in the middle of the windshield when using intermittent wipe; a year ago wiper motor burned out and was replaced. Have had the transmission worked on three times in three years. Led indicator on stereo burned out 1 year after car was purchased. Engine temperature gauge failed-all of these problems are continuous despite $3,000.00 + in attempts to repair them. Also have had to replace radiator, as well as both left and right transaxles on front of vehicle in august 1999. Freeze plugs all had to be replaced. Car currently "stored" in my driveway, as I cannot afford to put any more $ into useless repairs on this vehicle.
Passenger's seatbelt does not retract.it won't protect occupant in event of a crash. There is a recall 92v113000, but this vehicle is not included in the recall but has the same problem. Please provide further information.
Seat belt buckle on the front passenger's side does not latch. Manufacture/dealer are aware of the problem. Problem has not been corrected. Vehicle not included in recall 92v113000 interior systems: active restraints belt buckles.
Received recall notice 92v1130, seat belt buckles; ; over 6 yrs ago. Due to nature of job (traveling) was unable to have work done until now. Took vehicle to dealer & told no recalls showing. Manufacturer checked & showed 5 recalls. Dealer repaired 3 recalls, but said other 2 were already done but not showing in computer.
Recall repair not done on seat belt latch because VIN did not fall under recall.
Poor seat belt performance, driver/front seat passenger and rear seat occupants are unable to latch seat belt buckles/and inadvertent unlatching of the seat belt.
Driver's seat belt buckle failed.
Driver's side seat belt buckle failure, involved in recall 92v113000, dealer made repairs in 7/93, same problem has reocurred.
The bolt on the subframe on the driver's side is loose. Fixed under recall #92s61 on mar 13, 1995. Still a problem. *ak dealer repaired recall pars, also struts wre replaced on the front of vehicle, rotors were replaced as well as seat belt buckle, as well as air bag wa replaced.
Front and rear passenger side seat belt failure, red release button failure. Tt
Drivers seat belt buckle interior is lifting up out of case. Please describe details. Tt
Service bulletins that may apply
Related recalls
Seat belts: front: buckle assembly
- What is wrong
- The rigid mounted safety belt buckles are defective in three ways. First, a fastened safety belt buckle will not unlatch when the release button is depressed. This results from interference between the buckle ejector finger and the buckle tongue window. The second defect is the safety belt buckle may not latch. The third possible defect is that the tongue may be retained by the buckle, but it may not be latched sufficiently to provide occupant protection.
- Risk
- An insufficiently latched or unlatched safety beltincreases the risk of injury to seat occupants in the event of a sudden stop oraccident. If the safety belt buckle will not unlatch, it will not allow theoccupant to get out of the vehicle in an emergency situation.
- Remedy
- Ford will replace the rigid mounted safety belt buckles with end release safety belt buckles designed to prevent latch problems.
Recall number 92V113000 · Recall details
Questions about the 1990 Ford Taurus seat belt
Is seat belt won't latch or retract a common problem on the 1990 Ford Taurus?
13 of 381 owner complaints about the 1990 Ford Taurus (3%) mention seat belt won't latch or retract. The model year with the most reports is 1999.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1990 Ford Taurus?
There is 1 recall and 1 service bulletin for the same area of the car. Check them below with your VIN.
Other symptoms on the 1990 Ford Taurus
Stalling 23Ball joint 18Fire or smoke 14Transmission failure 13Wipers 12Power steering loss 11No deployment 10Airbag light 9Sudden acceleration 8Harsh shifting 6Check engine light 5Overheating 5
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