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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 999033949 | Incident Date: Jun, 11 1999 |
| Consumer's City: GLEN CARBON | Consumer's State: IL |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC |
| Model Name: CORVETTE | Model Year: 1999 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Seat belts:front:retractor |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Mar, 14 2000 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Driver and passenger seat belt retractors jam repeatedly, causing seat belts to become unsable, which could cause injury or death in a crash. i returned the vehicle to the dealer wh said ther had been no problems reported with this design. he "lubed" the assemblies, which had no effect. i believe that there is a design flaw with respect to the locking/ratcheting mechanism thet is supposed to allow the seat belt to be locked in a tight position to hold the occupants in the seats better for high lateral forces. unfortunatly, the design of the assembly frequently allows (and causes due to retract angles) the belt to feed into the retractor folded over. when this happens, the retract spring does not have enough power to pull the the belt all of the way in, which it must do to release the ratcheting mechanism. the result is a jammed belt that is prevented from being pulled out by the locking mechanism and prevented from retracting from the folded belt. since i know about the problem, i am very carefull when taking off the belt, but it still happens occasionaly. the passenger side jams much morer frequently due to varying people not familier with the care that must be taken to prevent a jam. i can clear the jam by getting out of the car, kneeling on the ground and working the belt in and jerking out until it wraps all of the way in twisted. this usually takes around 20 - 30 minutes to accomplish. i have had to do this around 50 times now. since it is illegal and unsafe to drive the vehicle with out a seat bealt properly fastened around all occupants, i am considering having the vehicle transported to the dealer on a flatbed each time it jams. i would really appreciate some help on this matter. please call for more details.*ak |
