Tl* the contact owns a 1996 ford taurus. The contact stated that while driving 35 MPH, the vehicle was involved in a crash and the seat belt failed to retract. The contact, who was seating in the front passenger seat, hit her head on the windshield. The vehicle was destroyed. The failure and current mileage was 70,890.
1996 Ford Taurus: seat belt won't latch or retract
8 of the 825 complaints about the 1996 Ford Taurus describe seat belt won't latch or retract.
- owner complaints
- 8
- of this car's complaints
- 1%
- 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
The passenger side seat belt became stuck in the retractor. *ak
Left rear seat belt frozen in a mostly retracted position. Will not retract or extend.
A spring broke within the rear seat belt, causing it not to retract, and does not operate properly.
Passenger's door rattles. Replaced steering rack/leaking oil pan gaskets/oil filter and bracket/ seat belt retractor/rear defroster.
During heavy braking passenger's side seat belt lock, upon continuation of driving, belt doesn't release, have to unlatch and relatach to adjust tensionioner, sometimes latch appears to be latched and it really isnt, dealer has had many complaints about 2 pos. Latch.
During impact, the driver's side air bag did not deploy and the driver's side seat belt did not lock.
After hitting a car head on the rear middle seatbelt buckle came loose, releasing the css on the floor. Tt
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1996 Ford Taurus seat belt
Is seat belt won't latch or retract a common problem on the 1996 Ford Taurus?
8 of 825 owner complaints about the 1996 Ford Taurus (1%) 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 1996 Ford Taurus?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
Other symptoms on the 1996 Ford Taurus
Stalling 57Transmission failure 35Overheating 32Engine failure 29Loss of power 27Grinding brakes 20Check engine light 20Power steering loss 19ABS 18Coil spring 16No deployment 15Headlights 15Wipers 15Brake failure 14Door locks 14Tire blowout 13Steering noise 12Fire or smoke 11Jerking 9Slipping 9Knocking 7Steering lock-up 7Airbag light 6Ball joint 6Sudden acceleration 6Won't start 6Won't shift 5
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