2000 Ford Taurus seat belts problems

Filed Nov 22, 2013 · Seat belts, Visibility · IL

Tl* the contact owns a 2000 ford taurus. The contact stated that while driving various speeds in rainy weather, the windshield wipers failed to function in the intermediate setting. The wipers would only operate in high mode. In addition, the front passenger's side seat belt buckle would not unlatch or latch whenever engaged. The contact referenced the federal safety agency campaign id number 01v258000 (visibility) and stated that the VIN was not included in the recall. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the problem. The failure mileage and VIN were unavailable.

Filed Dec 18, 2012 · Locks, Seat belts · 100,000 miles · WA

Tl* the contact owns a 2000 ford taurus. While parked, the contact noticed that the front driver side seat belt would not retract. After some time, the front passenger, rear driver and passenger side seat belts also would not retract. Additionally, when the contact attempted to unlock the door locks with the key fob the doors would not unlock. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 100,000.

Filed Aug 24, 2010 · Seat belts · 120,000 miles · NH

Tl* the contact owns a 2000 ford taurus. The contact stated that the driver side seat belt would lock initially but would then independently unlatch after she began driving. The seat belt warning light illuminated when the seat belt became unlatched. The manufacturer was not contacted. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was approximately 120,000 and the current mileage was 140,000.

Filed Oct 26, 2009 · Seat belts · 105,500 miles · IL

The seat belts in the front of my 2000 ford taurus will not release all the time. Sometimes people have to crawl under the belt to get out. I know wearing a seat belt is good to do, but it is getting to be a real problem when one has to try to crawl out when it will not release when pressing the release button. I have a pair of scissors just in case it gets to the point there is no other way to get out of the car. I have some people who will not wear the belt while in the car because they are worried of becoming trapped in the car.

Filed Mar 24, 2008 · Seat belts · 00

Seat belts will not retract or when retracted the belts will not come out.

Filed Feb 18, 2008 · Seat belts · OH

Front passenger seat belt stopped retracting and was not usable for the passenger (who happened to be my teenager) I had taken it to be repaired three previous times. Was told that it was not a defect and that I had to pay 152 dollars this time to have it repaired since the car is now not under warranty but was under warranty the first 3 previous attempts to fix the problem.

Filed Jan 30, 2008 · Seat belts · 9,000 miles · MD

Tl*the contact owns a 2000 ford taurus. The front passenger side seat belt malfunctioned. The dealer stated that the roller in the seat belt assembly would not release. When passengers were seated in the seat, they were unable to use the seat belt. The failure mileage was 9,000 and current mileage was 17,692.

Filed Sep 26, 2007 · Electrical, Seat belts · IA

I pulled into my driveway after work and was going to park my car when I heard this crunch sound. I then noticed that the car was sitting lopsided on the rear passenger side and since then the car has been making crunching sounds. The dash lights also went out along w/the heater. It no longer blows cold air it is always hot air and the temperature is at its lowest. This all started w/a vacuum leak. The passenger side seat belt also retracted slow and now it doesn't even retract. This car seems to have one problem after another and all at once. I bought this car for my daughter cuz I wanted her to have a safe vehicle to drive for college, but it doesn't seem to be turning out that way. She is now driving my car because I don't want to have to worry about her on the road.

Filed Mar 28, 2007 · Seat belts · 00

Rear seat belts in car locked and were unusable. This happened with both shoulder belts in the rear, and was a big concern for me since the car was purchased for transporting childtrn..

Filed Dec 26, 2006 · Seat belts · 91,650 miles · WI

Tl* - the contact stated that seat belts were locking . She took the vehicle to the dealer to have the seat belts fixed in august, 2006. The same failure recurred on december 21, and again on december 23, 2006. The contact stated that when she got in the car the seat belt retractor did not allow her to extend the seat belt. This failure occurred in the front and rear passenger side seats. *ak updated 1/29/2007 -