1999 Toyota Camry: seat belt won't latch or retract

Filed Dec 21, 2021 · Seat belts · CA

Front passenger seatbelt does not latch.

Filed Mar 2, 2010 · Acceleration, Brakes · 21,646 miles · AZ · crash · 1 injury

Please pay attention to the two accidents that I have experienced. I purchased my toyota camry in 2003 and loved it. I have been driving for 57 years and never had an accident. On october 11, 2007, I drove up my daughter's driveway, came to a stop (my foot was on the brake) and was putting my car in park when it suddenly accelerated into and crashed thru the closed garage door! I finally came to a stop after crashing into the hot water heater and a work table, putting a big hole in the wall behind it. A cabinet fell on the driver's door and the broken garage door closed onto the rear of my car. Luckily I was not injured beyond bruising and stiffness. More importantly, I am relieved my grandson was not in the car with me, or worse, had not come into the garage when I honked for him. This happened in seconds and was terrifying. My foot was on the brake the entire time! Two years later, on june 16, 2009, I drove into a jewelry store in a strip mall. I pulled slowly into a parking space. Again, my foot was on the brake as I was stopping. I attempted to put the car into park. It suddenly accelerated into a large concrete pillar, jumping the curb. Again, my foot was on the brake. This happened in a split second; my seat belt tightened and locked around my chest and throat. I jammed my thumb, hit my left knee on the steering column and was in immediate chest pain from the seat belt. My car was towed to my mechanic. I went to the emergency room and also saw my doctor. I suffered many deep contusions and it took six weeks for my chest and back to heal. I am still having neck and knee problems. This was a horribly frightening experience. What could have happened had that concrete pillar not stopped the car??!! What if people had been on the sidewalk or just a couple of more feet and the car would have crashed through the glass front of the jewelry store. Two crashes--$11,000 damages I still feel very unsafe about my car. When will it happen again?

Filed Oct 24, 2008 · Seat belts · 90,000 miles · CA

Tl*the contact owns a 1999 toyota camry. The contact noticed that the front driver's side seat belt would not properly latch into the buckle. She took the vehicle to the dealer and they stated that it would cost $200 to repair the seat belt assembly. The vehicle has not been repaired. She is in the process of notifying the manufacturer. The failure and current mileages were 90,000.

Filed Oct 18, 2008 · Seat belts · 190,000 miles · MN

Seat belt broke when installing child car seat.

Filed Oct 3, 2005 · Acceleration, Airbags · 13,000 miles · CA · crash · 1 injury

Dt: contact owns a 1999 toyota camry. Vehicle was pulling into a little store. The contact went to pull into parking space when all of a sudden car accelerated and hit the building . Police was called but because it was on private property they didn't have to take a report. Passenger had to go to hospital after seat belt locked so tight that they checked her for internal injuries. Body was bruised badly. Upon impact, air bags did not deploy no fire reported. Vehicle was totaled.

Filed May 21, 2004 · Seat belts · 96,950 miles · NH

Rear passenger seat belt on the left side failed to retract. I can not answer a question about oem, because I have no idea what that is. Could you be more clear on your official forms, please.

Filed Jun 1, 2003 · Seat belts · NC

Driver's side rear seatbelt failed to retract in october, 2002. Replaced by toyota of durham. On another occasion, the passenger's side rear seatbelt failed to retract.

Filed Jun 14, 2001 · Seat belts · GA · 1 injury

While driving on a long distance drive, my 6 years old daughter was in the rear left seat with her seat belt on. She pulled the seat belt all the way out to lay down and take a nap while restrained in the seat belt. While asleep she had taken her hand out of her seat belt and the seat belt was wraped around her waist. When she woke up, in order to free herself form the wraped seat belt, she unbuckled her seat belt while the seat belt was still wrapped around her, this is when the problem happend. The seatbelt's retraction system only retracted the seat belt in, making it tigher and tighter around her stomach. The retraction system did not let her loosen the seat belt. In further effort to free herself, she lifted herself and the seatbet became tigher around her stomach. I pulled along the highway to free her from the seatbelt, but the retraction system did not allow me to get the seat belt loose. I did not have any pocket knife with me to cut the seat belt. I finally flaged a motarist who had a pocket knife and cut the seat belt and freed her. The seat belt had become so tight that she had gotton injured all around her waist and stomach. If this had happend with a smaller child it could have easily kiled the child if not helped in time.

Filed Apr 4, 2000 · Airbags, Seat belts · NH · crash · 1 injury

Vehicle was involved in a frontal collision at 45mph, and the airbags did not deploy. Also, seat belt did not retract, resulting in minor injuries. Dealer and manufacturer have been notified.

Filed Apr 6, 1999 · Airbags, Seat belts · NC · crash · 1 injury

I was stopped waiting for a vehicle in front of me to make a left turn. I was hit in the rear by a 1996 nissan maxima traveling in excess of 40 MPH. The impact pushed my camry into the rear of a 1989 ford in front of me. My camry made contact with the ford on my driver's side front directly near the airbag sensor in my front left bumper area. Upon impact by the nissan in my rear, my driver's seat collapsed backward, causing me to slide forward underneath the dashboard and steering wheel. The seatbelt failed to properly tense up, causing me to injure my right knee and my abdomen. I was the only driver injured in this 3-car accident, but the extent of my injuries has not yet been determined. Both the airbags in the 1996 nissan deployed properly, as well as the airbag in the 1989 ford, even though it was only hit from the rear by my camry. Toyota USA has been notified of the incident, and has assured me they will inspect my vehicle this week. Obviously, I believe strongly that the airbags should have deployed, and the seat should not have collapsed backward.