Mazda MPV seat belt problems

Filed May 20, 2014 · Seat belts · 140,000 miles · MN

The drivers seatbelt clasp or buckle refuses to accept the steel tab, and will not lock.

Filed Nov 12, 2010 · Seat belts · 154,162 miles · MI

Bolt holding the driver side seat belt latch snapped in two and left the latch hanging free.

Filed Feb 19, 2008 · Seat belts · MN

Driver's side seat belt latch will not readily engage. Requires multiple and forceful attempts to get the seat belt locked.

Filed Jan 18, 2007 · Airbags, Seat belts · 75,000 miles · FL · crash · 3 injuries

Tl* - the contact was driving a mazda mpv with an odometer reading of 75000 miles, in foggy conditions on a two lane highway, her vehicle was hit from behind causing her to hit the vehicle in front of her. The contact stated that the traffic had stopped, and she was slowing down. At the time of the impact, the vehicle was traveling at approximately 20 MPH. The second vehicle behind her did not stop and struck her vehicle at approximately 40 MPH, according to the police. The airbags did not deploy. The seat belt failed and the front passenger was injured. There were a total of three passengers in the vehicle, all of the passengers were belted and all sustained minor injuries. The vehicle sustained both front & rear end damage and had to be towed away. The contact has a police report and pictures of the vehicle.

Filed Nov 14, 2005 · Seat belts · 43,000 miles · WI

Seat belt fails to latch, making it unuseable.

Filed Oct 7, 2002 · Seats · NJ

Consumer states that the drivers side seatbelt buckle keeps unlocking. Please provide any further information.

Filed Nov 23, 2001 · Seat belts · MD

Front passenger's side seatbelt tightens with minimal movement, retracts, locks up and will not release. Passenger must unbuckle seat belt due to extreme discomfort.

Filed Jun 24, 2001 · Airbags · LA · crash · 2 injuries

Front airbags did not work at all. Back right seatbelt shoulder harness did not work. Vehicle was hit from behind and then pushed into another vehicle that was in front. The vehicle that hit my van was traveling at approximately 40 miles per hour when my vehicle was hit my daughter who was sitting in the 3rd row seat wearing a lap/shoulderbelt flew forward enough to hit her head and face on the back of the second row seat. It seems that the shoulder part of the seatbelt did not lock at all during impact which allowed her that much movement. In addition, the passenger and drivers side airbags did not deploy during the frontal impact when my vehicle was pushed into the vehicle in front of me which pushed the whole front of the van into the engine compartment.

Filed Apr 27, 2001 · Seat belts · MD

Passenger's seat belt locks up and becomes extremely tight when vehicle is being driven or when passenger slightly moves. *ak the dealer confirmed that the seat belt was defective and replaced it, but the problem reoccured.

Filed Jan 22, 2001 · GA

Seat belt buckle in 2nd row is designed so that it is forward of seat crack and cannot move to a completely upright position. This causes major movement/isecure belting of a child convertible booster seat, especially front-to-back movement. This movement occurs even with the tether anchor strap installed. We complained to mazda and wanted the seat belt buckles replaced (to match the redesigned and workable seat belts in the 2001 models) or the entire seat replaced with the 2001 seats. So far, we have had little success getting any feedback from mazda. Additionally, once we began pursuing this weith mazda, threee different people within the company have informed us that no child seats of any kind are to be used in the 2nd row of the 2000 mpvs. However, they went ahead and installed a tether anchor mounting kit behind the second row (as they have done for many other customers too). Doesn't that imply that you could use child seats in the second row? If you truly cannot install child seats in the 2nd row of the 2000 mpvs, then an entire year's worth of mpvs were sold under false pretenses as most minivan owners have small children and belt their car seats in the second row. Also, the 2000 mpv user manual illustrates putting child seats int he 2nd row -- contradicting what we have been told repeatedly by mazda. We are very concerned that a major vehicle manufacturer can sell minivans which apparently are not designed for safe use of car seats in the 2nd row. Probably many uninformed mpv owners currently have their child seats in the 2nd row. We had hoped that mazda would take a proactive stance on this issue, but what we have mostly heard is, "child seats must be installed in the 3rd row only and cannot be installed in the 2nd row." please investigate how mazda is able to sell these vehicles without first informing the consumer of this issue, and investigate mazda's unwillingness to investigate fixing this issue.