Consumer Complaint Detail

FORD / PROBE / 1992

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006078104 Incident Date: Sep, 06 2006
Consumer's City: DAYTON Consumer's State: OH
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: PROBE Model Year: 1992
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Seat belts:front:webbing
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1ZVPT21UXN5 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Sep, 07 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Drivers side (left) passive seat belt assembly. the rail of the automatic shoulder belt has worn sufficiently such that the cable which retracts the buckle assembly has become jammed in the rail rendering the shoulder belt inoperative. according the letter written by mr. jonathan d. white recall analysis division office of defect investigation safety assurance. "ford is responsible for the remedy of these vehicles from the date of aug 22, 1996 forward,regardless of vehicle age mileage or ownership." not giving an ending date. there recall involves 224,000 ford motor company vehicles 1990 through 1992 ford probe model equipped with front seat motorized (passive) shoulder belts as standard equipment and manufactured from aug 14, 1989 through feb 7, 1992. my vehicle was made nov 1, 1991 within the limits of the recall. recall no.96s48. i purchased the vehicle used. i called ford motor company at 800-392-3673. i was told that there were no recalls on my vehicle and the recalls are different in different states. *jb