Front Seat Belt Retractor Problems of Ford Escape

The contact owns a 2011 Ford fusion. The contact stated that the front passenger’s side seat belt failed to operate properly, and the retractor malfunctioned. No warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 64,000.

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Seat belt retractors don't work on both side[weak [return][springs causing doors not to shut when exiting vehicle metal connector blocks and damages door lock mechanism and punching large holes in weather strips I've replaced twice on each side. A recall on the seat belts returns should be issued. This problem chews up the seat belt connection metal and door lock mechanism which will eventually stop working after repeated closures. Some one could then fall out of there car.

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1. The airbag light would stay on or flash 2. There was no consequence or failure since I responded immediately by taking the car to the dealership 3. Diagnostics were run showing diagnostic code b1881, high resistance, r&r both seats, r&r pretensions r kits. Reinstall and clear codes. I was told this meant in a crash, the front seat belts (both driver and passenger) would fail to retract, in essence, rendering the seat belts useless. Repair kits were installed on each seatbelt. Parts included with installation are: part number patskey $35. 00, 1l8z 78610e22 aaa kit repair $103. 33, 1l8z 78610e23 aaa kit repair $103. 33, plus labor $227. 95 for a total of $523. 61. I don't think consumers should have to pay for such repairs. I would also like to know if this is a common failure in this car and should be a recall item before someone gets hurt.

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In a frontal collision seat belt did'nt retract on impact.