Six problems related to front seat belt have been reported for the 2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
On black top with no shoulders, the eye witness states: got close to the right shoulder and over corrected and went off the left shoulder, the vehicle flipped and went into a steep ditch and rolled about 5 times, came down on drivers side rear tail light first time, when stopped rolling on the passenger side. Consumer was hanging by the seat belt. The lap belt held but shoulder harness did not. The consumer hit multiple things inside the cab of the vehicle. Consumer suffered several injuries.
While stopping at a light consumer's vehicle was rear ended and pushed head on into another vehicle. Upon impact, the dual airbags deployed. However. Passenger's side seat belt did not hold. As a result the passenger hit her head on the dashboard. Vehicle was considered a total loss.
Normal usage of front seat passenger seat belt. While using the belt in a normal way, the retractors will lock in a retracting mode and will not allow any movement of the passenger. Belt must be released, fully retracted and re attached for a comfortable ride. Trips to the dealer and hearing about "the design of the belt to do this when fully extended" have not prevented the recurrence of this scenario. It cannot be demonstrated on demand and because of that the dealer stated he cannot look into something he cannot witness. The problem is infrequent but does happen non-the-less.
The seat belts in the front do not retract, and the shoulder belt coming across too high. Dealer changed the seat belts twice, but the problem had not been resolved.
Consumer states that the passenger side seat belt will lock up on the them when driving . Consumer does not like the design of the retractor. Mr.
Consumer states passenger's side seat belt fits too tightly, passenger unable to move. Dealer replaced seat,but problem was not resolved. Dealer brought in a 2003 Trailblazer. The seat belts did the same thing. The height of the seat belt isn't adjustable and cuts across your throat, depending on you size (driver and passenger side). Consumer had to purchase special seat belt adjusters to make the belts wearable and more importantly-safe. Consumer had recently discovered the tightness of the rear seat belts.