| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005008966 | Incident Date: Feb, 14 2005 |
| Consumer's City: SANTA BARBARA | Consumer's State: CA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company |
| Model Name: EXPLORER | Model Year: 1995 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Seat belts:front:buckle assembly |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1FMDU34X8SZ | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Feb, 24 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Driver's side seat-belt latch seems to have failed due to the spring mechanism. first, the belt would detach without warning (while driving) and then difficult to latch at all. seems to be similar to other complaints found on your web vrtc-dcd2038 (ea02-011) i called ford customer service (worthless - but they did confirm my car was manf. in april 1995 which seems to track with the batch of springs which have failed in other complaints.) my issue is that, even though the seat belt now is unlatchable, before it had spurious "unlatchings" while driving, leading one to suspect maybe i didn't latch it completely - so in an accident, not knowing this is a potential defect of this year of this component at time of manf., in an accident, the failure could have catastrophic effects of death and injury due to the failure of this primary safety restraint system. it seems a known potential issue with these specific date/components. why wouldn't ford at least inspect them and avoid this???? *nm |
