| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005032549 | Incident Date: Jul, 12 2005 |
| Consumer's City: RALEIGH | Consumer's State: NC |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) |
| Model Name: ODYSSEY | Model Year: 2005 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Seat belts:rear/other |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 5FNRL38755B | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Aug, 04 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: May, 28 2005 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: My 14-year old became entangled in the seat belt in the 3rd row passenger-side seat of our new honda odyssey van. the seat belt was wrapped around his waist. the seat belt would not allow us to gain any slack to loosen the belt. all attempts to loosen (by feeding in slack to gain release) only made the belt tighter until my child was literally hanging from the roof of the vehicle. this happened on an interstate, 8 hours from home. luckily i was able to cut the belt to release him. (i happened to have a knife in the car, which is very unusual.) i have asked honda to repair the belt. they have offered 50% only. i am more concerned that there is not a manual override to allow the seat belt to be released. i understand now that the seat belt goes into a different mode when extended all the way. it will not release until the belt is retracted all the way. it sounds like honda has fixed a safety issue concerning child car seats, but they have created a new safety hazard for all children. what if the belt had gotten wrapped around his neck? any child placed in a seat belt has the potential of pulling the seat belt out all of the way and allowing it to get wrapped around their body or neck.*jb |
