Table 1 shows one common seat belt related problems of the 2020 Chevrolet Equinox.
| Problem Category | Number of Problems |
|---|---|
| Seat Belt problems |
We were in a 9car pile up. Front and back and drivers side were hit and severely damaged. Airbags did not deploy. After the accident smoke was seen coming from the sides of the car where the seat belts come out of. Both front and back were white puffs of smoke from all four seatbelts. The front passenger seatbelt failed to tighten on impact as all the other seatbelts did. Passenger was thrown about the front area, hitting multiple parts of the body. Car is currently in a tow lot. Insurance is going to inspect it.
My son was just in his car seat with the seat belt as an extra layer of protection and the seat belt wouldn’t retract. My son was stuck. Thank god it wasn’t an accident. Passenger side back seat belt. This needs to be dealt with. It took me 30 mins because I was trying to get it to retract and it started to squeeze my baby legs. I did take a video. It only lets me upload photos. Please contact me.
I am a crash investigator/reconstructionist looking into a fatal crash involving a 2020 Equinox with approximately 2000 miles on it that hit a tree in the front (head-on) at approximately 40 miles per hour. There were 2 occupants, driver and front seat passenger. Passenger said he was not wearing his seat belt. Passenger seat belt was found to be retracted and locked tight. Driver seat belt was found to be retracted and loose (normal positioning). Initial observation of the cdr data, and not that of a thorough and complete analysis, indicates that the driver was buckled and the passenger was unbuckled. The steering wheel appears to be collapsed as though the driver moved forward in the force of the impact. There are many factors that involve the normal and safe seat belt operation, and therefore it is not known if this is a defect, normal operation as a result of the crash, operator misuse, etc. Further inspection of the driver seat belt has not been done at this time.