2004 Nissan Titan: seat belt won't latch or retract

Filed Feb 5, 2013 · Seat belts · 55,000 miles · TX

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 nissan titan. The contact stated that the front driver's side seat belt webbing failed to automatically retract upon engaging. In 2006, the vehicle was repaired under the federal safety agency campaign id number: 04v345000 (seat belts) even though there was not a defect. In 2013, the seat belt retractor malfunction occurred. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 55,000. The VIN was unavailable.

Filed Jul 18, 2012 · Electrical · 75,000 miles · TN

On certain king cab trucks, the wires in the harness were routed through the rear doors and into the body. These wires may break due to over bending of the harness as the door is opened and closed. The harness contains wires for the driver seat belt pretensioner and for the front passenger seat belt which is part of the occupant classification system. Wires for the rear audio speakers are also contained n the harness. Consequence: if the wires for the seat belts and speaker wires break and make contact, there is a possibility that the pretensioner may deploy. If this happens when the seat belt is retracted, it will not be possible to use the seat belt. If one of the wires on the right side harness for the seat belt tension sensor breaks, the passenger side front air bag will not deploy as designed in a frontal collision increasing the risk of a crash and personal injury. I went to wallace nissan, kingsport, tn, on 07/18/2012 and described the above mentioned problem, and was told that the campaign had ended and they would not repair this problem, I explained that the dome lights and the door lock were effected by this flawed design problem,. I am very much afraid that the broken wires will short out and start a fire.

Filed Jan 26, 2007 · Seat belts · 18,490 miles · VA

Tl*- the contact stated that all passenger seat belts on the 2004 nissan titan intermittently go to the child restraint mode when being used by in the adult passenger mode. The passenger must remove the seat belt, return it to the retracted position, and reconnect the seat belt. It happened most often on a bumpy road surface at 20 MPH. *ak updated 03/02/07.

Filed Jul 21, 2006 · Seat belts · GA

The seat belt retractors in the rear are defective. They do not allow for movement, and get tighter and tighter until you have to unbuckle (defeating the purpose of a seat belt) and readjust. See the other identical complaints on this site for details. My problem is just as they describe. In dealing with the nissan dealer, they first said they could not duplicate the problem. I took the service writer to the vehicle, and demonstrated the problem for him. He then replied "oh that problem (I had made the problem perfectly clear when I took it in), well, they all do that. We had another customer complain, and we checked an 06 model, and they work the same way". All that means is that 04 and 06 are defective, and probably the 05 as well. I have had the truck in to service this issue three times, always with the same result: denial that the problem exists, and then acknowledgement that "they all do that" (and implying that they can't fix it since "they all do that"). Yesterday a service writer admitted nissan was aware, working on a fix, but didn't have one yet. 800-nissan1 denies that any defect investigation (or solution) is under way on this problem. Someone is not being honest. The following seems clear from my experience and the other complaints on this site: 1) the defect exists, 2) nissan has failed to acknowledge it's existence, and 3) nissan has not addressed the issue (they are still producing vehicles with the same defect. I invite the federal safety agency investigator to contact me, view my vehicle to confirm the existance of this serious problem. For that matter, view any nissan titan crew cab (in nissan's own words: "they all do that", even the 06's). Two questions remain: 1) why, according to 800-nissan1 (nissan warranty center), is there no investigation under way of this important safety defect, and 2) more importantly, why the federal safety agency site does not list this important safety defect under the list of investigations presently underway?

Filed Mar 13, 2006 · Seat belts · CA

Seat belts locking up. Seat belts on front passenger and rear outside passengers have a retract system that does not allow passenger to lean forward. Belts are locking up requiring passengers to disconnect belts from belt latch and letting belt retract all the way back to stored position. Then they can be pulled out and reattached and they work for awhile. They will do this at anytime. There is no set time that it happens. It happens with different passengers but mostly with women. The drivers seat belt does not have any lockups. The seat belts have been replaced 4 (four) times to date and are going to be replaced again as soon as they are received by dealer. They have been covered by warranty. We have lost count of how many time this has happened. Probably 500+. The safety issue is that belts are disconnected while driving and then reconnected leaving the passengers unprotected during this procedure. Belts just get tighter and tighter until they have to be released and reset.

Filed Aug 30, 2005 · Seat belts · 10,000 miles · CA

All passenger seat belts intermittently go to the child restraint mode when being used by in the normal passenger mode. The passenger must remove the seat belt, return it to the retracted position, and reconnect the seat belt. It appears to happen most often on a bumpy surface. This is a dangerous practice. Some vehicle owners will surely disable the child safety function. Others will endanger their passengers by having them remove the seat belts while the vehicle is in operation.

Filed Aug 24, 2004 · Seat belts · AR

Consumer noticed that the rear middle seat belt buckle did not lock properly. Vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection, and mechanic determined that the seat belts needed to be replaced.

Filed Jul 6, 2004 · Seat belts · 2,727 miles · CA

1) a child safety seat was installed in the center rear seating position, and secured with the vehicle seat belt. The belt was fully extended to engage the retractor lock. Upon removal of the child safety seat, the seat belt was allowed to retract. 2) the failure occurred when an attempt was made to extend the seat belt for it's next use. The seat belt was locked in the child seat safety mode and could not be extended, and therefore the rear center seating position could not be used. 3) nissan dealer replaced the seat belt retractor, and the new part is exhibiting the same problem. The dealer explained that this appears to be occurring in all titan's and the seat belt can be released by forcing (20-30 pounds of force) additional belt into the retractor to release it. The problem has not been corrected and the replaced part is not available.