Consumer Complaint Detail

BUICK / REGAL / 1990

Recalls
3 Injured
Investigations
1 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 0000080403 Incident Date: Jan, 01 1970
Consumer's City: ELMORE Consumer's State: OH
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: REGAL Model Year: 1990
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Seat belts:front:anchorage
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 3
Vehicle's VIN#: 2G4WB14LXL1 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Mar, 07 1999 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Door was forced opened by the force, door latch pulled striker from door pillar and door open leaving the seat belt useless , as a safety restraint, and passanger was ejected and killed. the door mounted design is totally useless on door opening, seatbelts should stay on pelvis, in all accident conditions, g.m installed this design in thousands of vehicles, they should not have been able to put these type of restaint in their vehicles, anybody with any kind of brains should have seen that, their engineers are stupid or they don't care. this type of seat belt restraint system killed my daughter, and there will be many people dying because of this, g.m. should not have been allowed put this type of restraint in there door.