2002 Kia Sedona: seat belt won't latch or retract

Filed Aug 21, 2015 · Airbags, Seat belts · NY · crash · 4 injuries

Before the incident there were issues with the rear captain chairs seat belt latch when trying to buckle them. I have three small children under the age of 3 years of age and it is very important and crucial that seat belts are in working order without issues for the safety of their well being. Before the incident the seats themselves in the rear rows had issues latching as well when being installed. On august 18, 2015 myself and three small children were in a severe high impact accident and none of the airbags had gone off like they never existed. My kids and I suffer from seat belt abrasions and I suffer from bruising in multiple places from my head down, shoulder pain and back issues. Police, paramedic's, collision center, witnesses, and my insurance company were all notified or had notified about the airbags. Apparently, my seat which was the driver seat was also completely snapped off as well. Updated 08/26/15

Filed Sep 4, 2007 · Airbags, Seat belts · 84,000 miles · OH

Tl*the contact owns a 2002 kia sedona. While driving less than 25 MPH, the contact noticed that the air bag light was illuminated. The dealer stated that the seat belt sensor failed and caused the air bag light to illuminate. No repairs have been made as of yet. The VIN and engine size were unknown. The current and failure mileages were 84,000. Updated 09/19/tr

Filed Jul 26, 2006 · Seat belts · 78,700 miles · MN

Dt*: the contact stated the seat belt buckle that attaches to the passenger side middle seat of the vehicle fractured and detached at the seam. The dealership has been informed.

Filed Jul 10, 2006 · Airbags, Seat belts · 88,302 miles · WA

Back in 2003, the airbag light on my van came on and would not go away. It was under warranty. The problem was a defective passenger side seat belt buckle. That was replaced. Now in 2005 the airbag light came on and would not go away again. My warranty has expired, so I tried finding out what the problem was myself. It was the same passenger side seat belt buckle. The problem was a broken wire in the harness to the sensor. The cause was a metal clip that pinches the harness, and with the movement of putting the seat belt on and off, eventually leading to the wire breakage. That I fixed myself and airbag light went out. In 2006, the airbag light came back on and would not go out. The problem now is the driver side seat belt buckle, once again a broken wire at the clip. Once again my warranty has expired so I am going to fix it myself. This kind of problem can be fixed if the clips are removed, extending the life of the sensing unit. I am sure that there are many others with that same problem. I would like to see this defect fixed.

Filed Aug 18, 2004 · Airbags, Seat belts · 34,542 miles · IN

We own a 2002 kia sedona minivan. We bought it new in october of 2002. Since 04/03 we have had to return the car for airbag/seatbelt fault indications four times. In every case the front seat belt buckle sensors have been found to be defective.the dealer mechanic has told us that the air bags would not deploy with this fault indication. With each failure they have had to wait for back ordered parts, and the mechanic says this is a common fault with theses cars. Since they are always waiting for parts to repair this defect, it leads me to believe that there is indeed a widespread problem of this nature. In researchuing past problems on your web site iit seems that air bag/ seatbelt problems are a recurrent kia defect. This is an apparant engineering design defect that puts owners of these vehicles at serious risk. Seatbelts and air bags are a federally mandated safety feature that consumers should have confidence that they will work when needed. Our car is now past it's milage warrenty and now kia insists that we pay for the reoccuring repairs to this important safety system. Consumers should not have to subsidise kia's failure prone system

Filed Jun 18, 2004 · Seat belts · CT

While driving 35 MPH another vehicle cut in front of consumer's vehicle. This caused the consumer to depress on the brakes. Consumer noticed that when pressing on the brakes passenger side rear seat belt did not lock, which caused the child safety seat to fall forward. Consumer had the same seat belt replaced on three occasions, and the problem recurred.

Filed Jun 12, 2004 · Airbags, Electrical · CA

We have a 2002 sedona. We have owned it for 2 years. And this is the 7th time the airbag light has come on and stayed on. Evey time we take it in they replace something, once was the seat belt latch, another time was a part in the computer and so on. They just don't know what is causing it to come on, so they tell me. That is such a reassuring answer for a car owner. We have also had problems with the battery, hatchback not opening and having dents in it from when we shut it and break problems that they refussed to fix until after the warrenty expired. It is time now for an attorney to step in for us.

Filed Mar 11, 2004 · Airbags, Seat belts · 19,000 miles · IN · crash

While driving 50 MPH vehicle was involved in a collision. Upon impact, dual air bags did not deploy, and seat belt broke. According to the consumer the seat belt retractor did not lock during the event. Driver sustained neck injuries during the rollover crash. *ak the back seat had become dislodged during the accident. Recall#03v135000. *sc

Filed Jan 15, 2004 · Seat belts · VA

Left middle rear seat will not lock child safety seat in place. Seat belt should lock in place once seat belt is in use and fully retracted however it does not. Seat belt has been replaced three times with same result.

Filed Sep 23, 2002 · Seat belts · MO

Seat belt buckle is not locking seat belts in place. Contacted deal and dealer was aware of the problem.ak

Filed Jul 24, 2002 · Seat belts · AZ

Consumer was informed by the city of peoria fire department that his infant car seats could not be securely attached in the vehicle, the plastic stop buttons affixed to the seat belt hold the buckle at a reachable height which physically prevent the seatbelt from being tightened to car seat standards.