Front Seat Belt Anchorage Problems of Ford Explorer

The driver's side seat belt buckle mechanism failed, causing the seat belt to unhook with just a slight amount of force. Prior to this failure, the belt would come loose on occasion, I thought this was do to my failure to properly hook the belt into the buckle. It appears that this is a gradual failure of a critical safety item, that for quite some time would have failed to protect the driver in a crash as it would have failed to hold the seatbelt. The danger of this is that after it fails, it sometimes works and sometimes does not, which could put the driver at danger as they won't know the seatbelt won't stay connected in a crash. I have the defective part in my possession, I will forward it to you if you request me to. Dt.

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Both front seats belts release on their own. Have done so numerous times. I will replace them today. Dt.

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While child was in seat belt anchor and latch got stuck and belt tightened when child moved.

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While sitting at an intersection another vehicle rearended consumer's vehicle, and driver's side seatbelt assembly fell apart from the wall inside of the vehicle. The seat belt fell apart on collision because it was improperly installed at factory.

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Consumer stated during a rollover the seat belts did not work properly, and passenger was ejected from vehicle, vehicle was hit and rolled over, consumers wife was ejected resulting in a fatality. Odi spoke to husband and he assumed his wife was wearing the seatbelt. Wife was driving and during event was thrown out the passenger's side window. There was no witness to the wife wearing the belt. Cw.

A rollover crash by traveling at 35 mph on a gravel road. Dealer / manufacturer were notified, waiting on manufacturer's response. Seat belt failed.

The seatbelt detached from the wall bracket. ( dot number: ).

Seat belt not attached properly. Mjs.

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Throttle pedal continually sticks when initially engaged in either drive or reverse. Causes lunge in direction of travel if driver unaware of defect. Submitted to dealer twice, still not repaired. Poor seatbelt design has driver's seatbelt continually stuck in drivers door upon exit from vehicle. Rear passenger window scrapes and makes noise during operation. Dealer did not fix when initially brought up after initial purchase. Abs light intermittently appears during driving. Dealer noted code of 1924 but had no response for problem. Not resolved. Dissapointed with quality of vehicle for $$ paid.

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Rear seat belts locked up.

Seat belt failed.

Seat belt when worn cuts across driver's neck and rubs sideways.

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Driver's side seatbelt was installed backwards, to fasten one must twist the belt.

Driving vehicle, suddenly the driver's side seat belt strap came apart and the bolt fell out on the floor of the vehicle.

Seat belts on passenger side front and rear failed.

No injury, yet. Buckles are solidly mounted, protrud above seat surface and hurt passengers back/spine when entering vehicle.

Front passenger seat belt locks, restraining passenger, even when car is at a constant speed.

Front seat belts twist when retracted.

Seat belts continually get stuck in the door due to design.

Front seat belt failed.

1) throttle cable binds up. When it breaks free it adds 1,000 rpm to engine speed. Most pronounced after using cruise control on the freeway and deactivating cruise with brake pedal. Almost rearended car in front of me due to sudden acceleration. 2) seat belt retractor locks up. Restrains passenger to the point of pain. Very difficult to release. Retractor replaced once under warranty.

I own one of the above mentioned vehicle. I saw in the news recently a vehicle like mine involved in a motor vehicle accident. One of the occupans (a female just married) got ejected form the vehicle and died while wering her 3 point seatbelt. Obviously the restraint equipment failed. I would like to request any information available to the public on this matter. Thanks in advanced for your prompt respond, ruiz.

Seat belt anchors of rear seats stick up. When passenger sat on the anchor while trying to move to the middle seat, the anchor hit the passenger's spine tail causing severe pain. Lower back problem since injury.

Passenger's front and rear seat belts get tight and does not release to the point that the passengers can't move. Consumer has almost had to cut seat belt to release children.

Consumer has a child safety seat in the rear middle, when a person sits next to the child safety seat and buckles their seat belt, the release is on the side of the restraint and the child safety seat prevents access to the release, in an emergency the release would be impossible to get to and the consumer would like the design of the seat belt releases changed.