Front Seat Belt Problems of Ford Windstar

When the contact's vehicle rear ended another vehicle both front seat belts disconnected. The passenger sustained a broken collar bone and bruised ribs. A police report was taken at the scene. The contact was not able to drive the vehicle. It has not been inspected to see why this occurred.

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The contact states that the seat belt straps are ripping apart. Two of the straps have completely ripped. One of the straps is fraying. Each of the seat belts is located in a different row. Two of the seat belts have been replaced.

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The driver 's side seat belt unraveled. The consumer noticed a tear between the retractor. The mechanic informed the consumer that the seat belts was not a life time warranty.

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Seatbelt on passenger side (front seat) of 1999 Ford Windstar rubbed plastic sleeve (where seatbelt retracts down into doorpost cover) causing excessive wear on the plastics edge causing it to be rough and jagged, which caused 1/4" of fraying into the edge of the seatbelt which continues to cut into the belt with each use. There seems to maybe be some kind of defect with the design. The drivers side has a warped (not supposed to be like that) plastic piece above the belt which pushes the belt away from the edge of the sleeve (hard to describe), making it not rub against the edge of the sleeve, so no problems with the drivers side seatbelt has developed.

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The front seat belts get lightly pinched between the interior door panels lower storage bin and the carpet on the floor. This can cause someone to think that their seat belt is on correctly when in fact it is not providing them any protection at all. The 12-18" of excess slack that is caught between the interior door panel and the carpet could allow a person to not be secured tightly in place during an accident.

Adolescent was caught in seat belt. It continued to lock tighter and would not release. Parent had to stop car and cut child free of belt to avoid internal injuries. Child went into shock and was driven to nearest for evaluation. No permenant injuries were noted at this time. Dt.

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When moving rear seat to middle position behind driver, there is no place to buckle the lap belt. In the rear position there is, vehicle is adverstised and owners manual shows that you are able to swap middle and rear seating. This is a serious safety defect.