Involved in collision with other vehicle - front drivers side of other vehicle hit front drivers side of my vehicle - both my wife (front passenger) and myself had our seat belts on. At impact my wifes seat belt did not hold her upper body back causing her upper body to go forward and strike her forehead with the rear view mirror. Also air bags did not deploy. Seat belts at times don't tighten across the upper body.
1998 Ford Windstar seat belts complaints
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Seat belt alarm,light, and courtesy light would remain on while driving. Dealer was not notified at this time.
Driverside seatbelt fell apart in my hand! Then after furthur checking , the middle pass side belt was starting to fray. After 20 days of not having a seatbelt they are finally being replaced. Very dissapointed in ford taking its sweet time when it comes to the safety of its owners and there families.
Courtesy lights will intermittenly work. They will come on when driving at night, or sometimes they will not come on at all. *ak experiencing other electrical problems with the reverse lights, interior lights, automatic door locks, door check light, and signal lights operating intermittently, consumer states that the engine is noisy and the engine check light is always on, the seat belt is loose, passenger side arm rest is loose, and the back window wiper is inoperative.
Restraint on driver's side on second row has shreaded from top of restraint. Dealer will be notified.
The driver's side/ passenger's side/middle, and rear shoulder belts are coming apart at webbing. Dealer replaced them a year ago.
7- year old child was sitting on passenger's side backrow and ended up getting tangled up with shoudler belt. When she couldn't breathe, she asked for help. Another passenger unbuckled seatbelt, but seatbelt was in retracting mode, so it continued to strangle 7-year old child. Seatbelt had to be cut off in order to allow child to breathe. Consumer felt there should be release button to deactivate retracting mode.
I've been having a problem with the seatbelts (the front passenger and all 5 of the rear seatbelts). I have talk to the dealer and I have sent a email to ford inc. The tell me that there is nothing wrong with the seatbelts. The problem that I'm having is that the seatbelts (except the drivers side) is that they keep locking up. What I mean by that is when you pull the seatbelt out to put it on and snap the two halves together, when you let the extra part of what you pulled out roll back into the roller, after this point, most of the time the seatbelt locks. They will not pull out anymore. You can't lean forward without taking the seatbelt off. I have found that when I or my kids ride in the back seats or front passenger seat, that the seatbelts keep getting tighter as you drive down the road, which in turn makes you take the seatbelt off due to pain from the seatbelt pulling tight. I was told that a rep. From ford looked at this problen and said there is nothing they can do.
Consumer was involved in a collision in which vehicle flipped and crashed into a tree. Seat belt buckle on the passenger's side bench seat broke, causing child and infant seat to be thrown to the floor. *ak vehicle did not flip, it hit water and spun. *yh the buckle shattered and the plastic housing and springs internal to the mechanism broke apart.
When first purchased vehicle consumer noticed that the drivers seatbelt was inoperative.
The driver's side restraints don't retract or buckle properly. The manufacturer has been notified. Belt not working properly after parts were replace.
Cup holder spills easily. Seat belt rests too high (on neck). Needs another run board so that she can step into vehicle more easily.
Driver's seatbelt does not retract, which won't protect the occupant in event of a crash. Dealer will replace driver's seatbelt. Parts are on back order. Please provide further information.
Driver's 3-point seat belt fastener failure.
Child got trapped in the rear seat belt system. The seatbelt was unlocked, but did not release and became tighter as the child struggled with it. It was finally cut to be removed. Dealer has been contacted.
All rear seat belts are not loking properly. Manufacturer notified.
Front passenger seat belt tighten on owner's son. As he tried to release the belt, the rachet continued to tighten on his lap. A neighbor pulled the shoulder belt off the son and the rachet tighten some more. The neighbor freed the son by cutting the belt with a knife.
Seat belts in second row/middle seat do not allow occupant to lean forward. Seat belts are too tight. Possible design flaw.
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