Front Seat Belt Retractor Problems of Honda Civic

The contact owns a 2006 Honda Civic. While driving over a curb, the seat belt warning indicator illuminated and the seat belt failed to retract. The dealer stated that all the air bags were disabled. The vehicle was repaired, but the air bag indicator illuminated intermittently. The manufacturer was not notified. The approximate failure mileage was 31,000.

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The contact owns a 2006 Honda Civic ex. While driving approximately 45 mph he heard a loud popping noise, and then the front driver seat belt retractor system failed. Next the "air bag" warning light illuminated on the instrument panel. After turning off the engine the front driver side air bag deployed without warrant. However he noticed that the "side air bag turn off" warning light intermittently illuminated on the instrument control panel . The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer for inspection. The technician was unable to determine the cause of failure. The vehicle was inoperable and has not been repaired for the malfunction. The failure and current mileages were 66,000.

While driving to work with seat belt on had to stop short, seat belt would not retract into harness. While returning home was involved in serious accident causing injuries, broken ribs etc. If seat belt worked would not have been injured. Car was totaled.

I have owned 4 Honda Civic's over the past few years. An 1988 4 door sedan, 91 hatchback, 95 hatchback, and now a recently acquired 96 hatchback. They all have had problems with the seat belts failing to retract, and sometimes locking when not desired, like when turning my body to check my blind spot merging onto a busy highway , or backing up. They hang loosely around the occupant at times, and get shut in the doors damaging the interior panels because they fail to retract unless fed back into the retractor by hand. Many people have complained on the internet forums about this problem. I believe they are unsafe as they may not restrain the driver during an accident and may jam holding the driver tight in certain instances mentioned above. I have not replaced the seat belts at this time, I will be corresponding with our Honda dealer about replacement shortly.

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After being involved in an accident whereby the front end of the vehicle rear ended another at approximately 40 mph. The passenger side air bag deployed, the driver side did not. The seat belt retractor gave way and the consumers body was thrown forward.

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While pulling into a parking space, the vehicle suddenly accelerated and lurched into the air, resulting in a collision. The consumer's foot was on the brake pedal when the acceleration occurred. The dealership was not providing any assistance to determine what caused the failure. Also the driver's side seat belt failed to retract, it was loose. This resulted in the consumer impacting the steering wheel. Prior to this incident the seat belt recall repairs were performed 3 times. The air bag did not deploy as well.

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My 2003 Honda Civic hybrid has a faulty seat belt. The belt locks up as the passenger tries to bring it forward. This condition also occurred in my other 4 Honda cars. The seat belts also tend to ratchet up after being connected and cause discomfort to the passenger as they become excessively tight. The dealer claims that (1) the ratcheting of the seat belts is associated with child safety protection and (2) the ratcheting should only occur when the belt is extended far out for attaching to a child safety seat. I have duplicated the problem in the presence of the service mgr. The dealer alleges to have replaced the front passenger seat belt; however the problem continues. I have had other experiences with american Honda allegedly replacing a part (reference complaint # 10008215, ignition switch recall) only to find that Hondas statements and claims are highly questionable. I now ask myself whether Honda might be engaging in deceptive and fraudulent practices to protect its profit line in disregard of the safety of its customers. Honda has failed to respond to my concerns about the advertised fuel economy of the hybrid. After meeting with a customer service representative, eric catherine, from american Honda on 3/24/03, the representative made certain commitments to address my concerns and promised to get back with me in a couples of days. one of the commitments was to perform a fuel consumption test on my hybrid. As of 6/12/03, neither the representative nor anyone from american Honda has lived up to their commitments. According to the fuel economy guide posted on the vehicle, the hybrid is supposed to get 48 mpg/city and 47 mpg/highway. Even the fine print states that the actual mileage should range between 40 56 in the city and 39-55 on the highway. I have been tracking/documenting my actual mpg. My mpg has never exceeded 35. Since fuel economy is the primary reason for purchasing the hybrid, potential customers should be extremely skeptical of the claims.

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I was traveling about 25 mph and was hit head-on by a driver in a Ford taurs traveling about 40 mph in the wrong lane. Both air bags in the tarus deployed and mine, in the 1999 Honda Civic did not deploy. The impact of the crash has caused injuries to my chest from the seatbelt which probably could be expected, and saved my life; and injuries to my neck and back from the forward thrust caused by the head -on impact. But, the air bags should have deployed in the Honda. It is unreasonable to think they would not deploy based on the degree of the impact . The Honda body shop manager said the other car hit the Honda above the frame rails, which is why they did not deploy. If that is the case, the air bags will not deploy in most crashes that this vehicle is involved in. This is a vehicle design defect. I have digital pictures of the damaged Honda . Sincerely, bob hamilton, csp.

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Air bag light appears on the dashboard panel. Also, the passenger's side seat had broken while traveling on the highway. Dealership is aware of the problem. The consumer states that the passenger side seat slips, the seat belt on the drivers side will not retract and when its not in use it catches in the door, the speed controls main switch lamp had gone out.

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Consumer states that in a frontal left end collison . The driver side seat belt released and the driver went through the windshield on impact. Resulting injuries. Mr.

Driver airbag did not deploy when car crashed into ditch. The driver seatbelt locked properly but did not retract to prevent the driver from flailing from the second impact. The driver was the only occupant of the car.

6 year old child became entangled in rear center shoulder belt (unfastened). Belt retracted in the process constricting the child's abdomen. Mother could not free child due to locking mechanism built into seat belt. Auto dealership and police officer came to scene and could not free child from the belt. Belt constricted to the point that the child was unable to breath. Belt was cut freeing the child.

Was at a stop sign when vehicle was rearended. Seat belt failed to restrain driver. Driver sustained injuries, and had emergency room treatment.

Driver's seat belt retractor does not work. Seatbelt was replaced once under warranty, at this time seatbelt will not retract.

Was traveling 25mph & rearended another vehicle sitting too far out in the lane. Left front end pushed backwards. Driver's air bag failed to deploy upon impact. Seat belt did not restrain driver whose head hit the windshield. Had cuts to face & lips from broken windshield.

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Both headlight got water in them when car washed-replaced seals and lenses-warranty, windshield made howling noise at freeway speeds-resealed twice-warranty, left front seat would not move back and forth-replaced track-warranty, dead battery-replaced-warranty, rt front seatbelt would not retract-installed new seatbelt-warranty.

Seat belt fails to retract.

While driving at 25 mph consumer's vehicle hydroplaned and impacted another vehicle head on. Passenger's side seat belt didn't retract, and passenger's air bag didn't deploy upon impact, only the driver's side did.

Consumer stated that the seat belt will not retract back into position and can possibly cause the seat belt to become inoperative in the event of an accident. The dealer has been notified. Ts scc.

The seat belt does not fully retract, it only goes about half way in before slowing down or stopping. It then gets stuck in the door when you close the door. I would expect that this would weaken the belt. This has been a problem from day one. I've already had the car to the dealer to fix this and many other problems, and, even though I had an appointment, they decided that they were too busy to look into any problems. Honda has not acknowledged my "concern" submitted via the web before christmas.

The seat belt frequently fails to retract.