Car Seat Belt Problems

Vehicle owners in the United States have reported 15,371 seat belt related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 11 most common seat belt problems. The number one most common problem is related to the seat belt (9,295 problems). The second most common problem is related to the front seat belt retractor (1,494 problems). For details about these problems, use the links in the following table.

Table 1. Number of problems reported for all vehicles made from 1996 to 2018

Problem Category	Number of Problems
Seat Belt problems	9295
Front Seat Belt Retractor problems	1494
Front Seat Belt Buckle Assembly problems	1342
Front Seat Belt Anchorage problems	1091
Rear Seat Belt problems	911
Front Seat Belt problems	726
Front Seat Belt Webbing problems	215
Integrated Child Seat Belt problems	121
Front Seat Belt Warning Light problems	94
Rear Seat Belt Buckle problems	80
Pretensioner problems	2

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