Front Seat Belt Retractor Problems of Honda Accord

Failure of driver's shoulder seat belt to retract during major accident. While driving my 2005 Honda Accord, another driver failed to yield to oncoming traffic and I hit head on at 45 mph at my driver's left front to center front. Driver airbag deployed and seat belt was buckled, but there was no tension nor retraction of my driver's shoulder seat belt. I went above air bag, into and broke windshield and back up again. Sustained head, neck, back, chest and arm injuries. 2005 Honda was totaled by insurance company.

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Consumer was driving at approximately 40 mph and the side curtain air bags dropped down, but did not inflate. Also, the seat belt on the passenger's side did not retract. The headliner was ripped 6 to 8 inches toward the center of the vehicle. The plastic housing that retracts the seat belts did not operate either. Consumer contacted the manufacturer and told the story, but the manufacturer will not stand by its product.

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During a 35 mph rear end collision, the driver's seat belt gave slack and did not retract/lock. The consumer sustained injuries. Evoq filed janice levsen. The consumer stated the air bag did not deploy.

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On July 6th, 2004, I took possession of our new 2004 Honda Accord sedan with 132 miles on the odometer. I scheduled to have Honda accessories installed by the Honda dealership on July 15th-16th, and picked up my vehicle on July 17th. Upon picking up the vehicle (369 miles on odometer) the driver's side seatbelt would not retract. The seatbelt was completely pulled out and still would not retract. It took the dealership several hours, but they managed to replace the driver's side seatbelt which had failed. The replacement unit retracts very slowly and has to be manually maneuvered into place. Will need to schedule another appointment to have it looked at again. In addition to this major safety incident, the outside temperature gauge has malfunctioned and no longer reads the correct temperature.

Vehicle's passenger side air bag deployed inadvertently and the seat belt retracted.

While driving 65 mph, the front passenger side air bag inadvertently deployed. Also the front seat seat belt retracted. Upon inspection, the engineers believed that the consumer struck something based on a small scratch in the undercoating on the bottom of the vehicle. The consumer stated that the vehicle did not strike antyhing.

I own a 1998 Honda Accord and the retractor on the drivers side front seat has frequently failed to re-coil catching on the lever that moves the seat to a reclining position. Due to the fact that I failed to notice that this was happening until to late , it eventually caused the seat motor to "burn" out . The local Honda dealer wanted to charge me just under $800. 00 to replace the motor , obviously that is un -acceptable to me . Do I have any recourse ?.

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2002 Honda Accord - seat belt and airbags malfunctioned during a front impact collision. Car traveling approximately 40 mph. Seat belt did not restrain driver (pulled entirely out) and airbags did not deploy. Auto body shop exaimed safety features and in their opinion, safety features did not operate properly.

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I have a 1998 Honda Accord 4-door. Sometimes the seat belt on the driver's side does not recoil when I remove it. I gets hung up in the switch that moves the seat back. On the date below, I had my son in a forward facing car seat in the middle rear sear. I parked and unclipped my seat belt and opened the trunk. I got out of the car and shut the door but didn't realize that the seat belt was pushing against the seat back switch and lowered the seat back all the way down. It caught my son's foot between his car seat and the seat back. He was not seriously hurt, but this could have been much worse. It only took the time from me to get out of the car and go to the trunk to retrieve his stroller for this to happen.

Driver's seat belt will not retract.

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When rear seatbelt starts to retract, it will cause seatbelt to unlock, causing child seat to be unsecure. Dealer notified. Consumer states that he tried to get service per warranty, however the dealer advised him that the center rear belt was operating within normal parameters and refused service.

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Returned to car to find the driver's seat in the fully reclined position. It is apparant that the seat/shoulder belt will hang up on the adjusting lever of the seat and cause it to recline over a period of several minutes. The dealer ship was told of this on March 20, 2002. They said, "the problem is that the belt is twisted. " the invoice,number hocs256282 stated the seat belt was untwisted, on March 22, 2002, I found the seat fully reclined again.

My four year old son became trapped in the rear middle seat belt. It would not release and the more I tried to release it the tighter the belt became. Myself and several other adults tried having him change positions. I finally was abe to release the belt, however he was twisted in the belt and it locked and wouldn't give and became progressively tighter. I finally had to cut the seatbelt off because he was in pain , crying and having difficulty breathing. He has seat belt marks across his abdomen and trace blood in his urine maybe from this incident According to the pediatrician.

I was alone and stopped at a red light when a vehicle hit me from behind. I had no warning of the approaching car since the driver had fallen asleep. His airbag deployed. My car was knocked directly forward into the truck in front of me, and that truck was knocked into the van in front of it. My airbags did not deploy and my seatbelt/shoulder harness did not prevent me from fracturing my eye-socket on the steering wheel. Based on the force of the impact, I believe that my shoulder harness should have prevented this devastating injury. After repairs that did not include replacing the harness, I am still subject to the same type of injury.

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Rear seat belts tighten up & will not extend.

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All rear seat belts tighten when gas is appled,tight enough to dig into skin. Contacted dealer. Dealer said it was as a result of child restraint belt. Replaced belt, but it reoccurred. Consumer stated that tall or large passengers are affected by the seat belt. The seat belt digs into shoulder and gets tighter with no slack or freedom of movement after acceleration.

Left stop light & "t" boned another vehicle entering intersection. Upon impact with vehicle, neither air bag deployed. Also, driver's seat belt failed to restrain. Driver hit support between side window & front window.

Vehiicle hesistated when acclerating and it stalled. This condition almost caused a crash, which could have been fatal. Vehicle has been checked for trouble over 3 or 4 times in the last 6 months. Dealership has been unable to correct this problem. Vehicle has stalled at four occasions when trying to pull into traffic or accelerate. Brake rotors were warpped and rear drum were scored prematurely. Clincking noise in the steering column due to combo switch failure. Driver seat belt squeake when leaning forward or backward due to retracter failure.

Seat belt will not retract or come out.

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Consumer's 4- year old child was able to pull shoulder strap around his head and neck twice. When the child let the strap go it locked up, pulling child up to the window and choking him, almost to death. Child did survive the incident.

Rear seat belt won't retract, and the consumer can't use the rear seat belt.

Seat belt would not release from the seat back where it retracts into the seat causing passenger to be trapped in seat. Yh.

Rear seat belt failure. When the passenger leans forward, the belt locks and does not release. Once the passenger sits back again, the belt retracts and locks not allowing the passenger to move at all. Belt must be completely removed to release the lock.

All rear seat belts ratchet tight if you move just a little bit and pin you to the back seat, choking the passenger. It is very uncomfortable and the belt has to be removed and then rebuckled and my passengers feel so constricted that they do not feel comfortable wearing the seat belts at all!!!! not safe!!!.

Design: right frnt shoulder belt only retracts after it's fully extended, becomes tighter and tighter unil occupant is forced to unlatch seat belt. Occupant continues to ride unrestrained.

Seat belt failed to retract during an accident, also no deployment of driver's air bag upon impact, resulting in an injury.

Right front seat belt retractor gradually tightens until belt is disconnected.

Driver's seat belt does not release from retracting mechanism please give any further details.

Driver's side seat belt may not retract immediately when you exit the car. If it doesn't, it will retract, but will get caught on the power seat controls. When it retracts, it pulls the seat recline lever and causes the seat back to recline until it cannot do so because it is stopped by the rear seat. One time this happened, I was out of the car for five minutes and when I got back in, I could smell the power seat motor burning - the seat belt was forcing the driver's seat to recline. If one of my kids were in the back seat, she would have been pinned and could have been severely injured. I took the car to the dealer and they said nothing could be done (except for some type of guard over the power seat controls). I think this is a design flaw - not a manufacturing defect. Please let me know if others have had this problem. Its a great car other than this strange problem.

On the 3 rear seat belts, the emergency locking retractor locks under normal driving conditions therefore can not be unlocked unless you remove the belts and allow them to fully retract.

Seat belts gets trapped underneath seat back electric switch. Qcaw.

The passenger seat belt locks up holding the passenger tightly against the seat and can only be released if the seat belt is completely retracted. This can be done manually without the car driving. I have contacted our dealer and it says all is well. Looking at your database indicates having similar problems.

Driver's seat belt does not release from retracting mechanism, cauisng seat belt to become inoperable. Please give any further details.