Seat Belt Related Problems of the 2001 Ford Explorer Sport Trac

Table 1 shows two common seat belt related problems of the 2001 Ford Explorer Sport Trac.

Table 1. Seat Belt related problems of Ford Explorer Sport Trac

Problem Category Number of Problems
Rear Seat Belt problems
1
Seat Belt problems
1

Rear Seat Belt problem #1

The contact owns a 2001 Ford Explorer Sport Trac. The center row center seat belt tightened by itself before the vehicle even moved. The contact's 8 year old child sustained a bruised hip. The dealer stated that the seat belt was engineered to tighten in that manner. The failure mileage was 20,000 and current mileage was 36,364.

Seat Belt problem #2

I had an accident I January 2016 and my airbag did not deploy cause me damage to my neck and both shoulder. Doctors say I need surgery on rotator cuffs. If airbags had deployed I would not have been thrust forward. I grabed steering wheel to brace my self and was thrust forward there for damagen both rotator cuffs in my shoulder and hurting my neck also. I have seen many other trucks of my make that air bags have not deployed and people getting hurt. I do not understand why they did not deploy. . Why are there not recalls on this air bags. Thank you. Virginia stuart.


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