The rear seatbelts on both sides have cracked when installing car seats, it has happened to each side once, reported to ford, no reply, replaced by dealer. I should not be able to break this piece putting in a car seat and tightening it. Other probem, several times vehicle has died at a stop in major intersections and then will not re-start, will turn over but not fire, like it is out of gas. Had it into dealer twice and they say they cannot find a problem.
1999 Ford Windstar seat belts complaints
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Passenger's rear middle row seat belt malfunctions when a css is buckled. A week later, seat belt will unbuckle, which won't restraint css properly. Dealer is replacing the buckle.
The vehicle's seat belts do not lock. Yh
I contacted ford corp. 3 editions of owners manual says 99 windstar comes with auto.lock.retractors on the 3 pt seatbelts... (how many 99 windstars are on the road?) ford sales information book (which every salesmen gets) says alr is standard equipment on 99 windstar. (how many dealerships & how many salesmen, not to mention mgmt?) thousands of drivers t h I n k they have this safety feature and its not there (but it's in writing... In their owners manual). Ford won't change the belt retractor for me. Please respond. Ps I was told by ford engineer to"disregard bigbird safety card. Alr's did not apply to my car." they wouldn't even send me anything that my existing seatbelts are safe and properly working... I guess putting it in writing means nothing.. So much for ford means safety first.
When moving rear seat to middle position behind driver, there is no place to buckle the lap belt. In the rear position there is, vehicle is adverstised and owners manual shows that you are able to swap middle and rear seating. This is a serious safety defect.
The ford windstar does not have the switchable retractor seatbelts installed on the exterior, rear lap and shoulder belt combination seatbelts; although ford paperwork shows that as standard feature in the 1999 windstar and the owner's manual on this vehicle says that this type of seatbelt is installed. The manual describes the method of installing a child safety seat as though this type of seatbelt is installed (page 130 - 142 in owner's manual). If the installation of the car seat is made according to the owner's manual the car seat will not be secure. This is because an emergency locking retractor is used on all seats in the windstar. I verified this with doree collett at 312‑324‑8914 (a child car seat safety consultant). The installation of the child seat in the rear windstar seats can be made safe with a locking clip until the correct seatbelts are installed. I have contacted the manufacturers customer service numerous times. I was told the owner's manual is only a general guide and that it will not tell me what is on the vehicle. This may be true, but car seat instructions direct owner's to refer to vehicle owner manuals for installation and as I've stated previously - following these instructions would direct a person to make an unsafe installation of car seats. (note: it took me a great deal of time and persistance to even begin to get help from ford on this issue. I am now using the locking clip, but I am certain other kids are securred iaw the owner's manual and are not safe). Feedback on my report/analysis or action being taken would be appreciated..
Rear and the middle shoulder seat belts get tight on the consumers when putting the seat belts on. Consumer have to keep taking the seat belt off and keep putting back on because everytime he moves the seat belt gets tighter.
Vehicle came with a different type of seatbelt than what it was stated in the owner's manual.the manual stated that vehicle should have the automatic retractable seatbelt.
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