Front Seat Belt Buckle Assembly Problems of Jeep Cherokee

My 1996 Jeep Cherokee has the gen3 seat belts. While they have not yet failed, I want Jeep/Dodge to replace them with the gen4 belts. I have three child restraints in the back seat and the likelihood of the belts releasing in a crash is unfortunately very high. As a safe kids certified child passenger safety technician, and a parent, this concerns me greatly and I feel there should be a recall on the gen3 belts. Currently owners must pay out of pocket to have these unsafe belts replaced.

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Intermittently it was hard to unlock the front passenger seat belt. Dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem.

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My 2000 Jeep Cherokee (VIN: 1j4ff48s3yl198714) passenger side seat belt is hard to buckle up due to some mechanical interference inside the buckle itself. Both front seat belt latches are difficult to release because the release button does not allow the strap buckle to come out without a lot of manipulation causing this to be a safety problem.

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Consumer states that driver's side seat belt does not unlock. Dealer notified.

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While driving my 2001 Jeep Cherokee I had small objects fall off my center arm rest and hit my gen 3 seat belt latch causing it to open. This has happened twice. I have noticed that Jeep has upgraded to the gen 4 latch. Why hasn't there been a recall on this issue? every day seems to bring a new story of another fatal accident involving a daimler Chrysler product with a faulty seat belt latch.

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Seat belts. The seatbelt latch mechanism on this vehicle consist of a metal mechanism surrounded by a plastic cover. The plastic cover is poor fitting, allowing the seatbelt part to be inserted between the plastic cover and the mechanism, thereby not being fastened at all, and sometimes without realizing it until it comes apart as you drive. This is an ongoing problem which requires very careful insertion of seat belt part into mechanism, sometimes it takes several attempts to secure the seat belt.

Recall 00v136000 repairs have not corrected the recall problem. Rotors have been replaced 3 times since first taken into dealer for recall. Battery failed and was replaced. Dash gauges malfunctioned due to cluster harness failure. The air bag light stays on. Fog lamp switch failed. The front pinion seal was leaking. The buckle for rear middle seat belt broke.

While driving at 50mph on highway and after a front collision with another vehicle consumer was thrown out of vehicle 60 feet while wearing seat belt.

While driving, consumer turned to the right to avoid another vehicle, however vehicle skidded, hit a guardrail, and then rolled over, the orange button to release the seat belt was pulled up 1/4-1/2 inches, seat belt did not hold, causing driver to be tossed around during vehicle rollover, claim 47-4282-720.

Rear driver side seat belt buckle and middle rear lap seat belt buckle will not stay latched. Dealer notified, and replaced the parts under warranty.

Seat belt locks in docking position when temp is below 25 f , causing driver to not have a restrant if accident occurs.

When the weather is cold (I. E. Below 25 degrees) the driver side seat belt locks in the home possition. After multiple trys on multiple days the seat belt stays in the home position. When the weather warms up or the heater in the car has been on for a long time, then the seat belt will release so that it may be used.

When taking a right turn the seatbelt holding our 6 month old infant in his rear facing car seat unhooked and the entire car seat (including base)tipped over. He is in the center of the back seat. He was not injured, only startled.

Driver's seat belt was difficult to unlatch. Dealer notified ,and appeared not willing to assist in this matter.

While driving 60 mph and the occupant was in a seatbelt experienced a rollover accident, in which the seatbelt unlatched and the occupant was ejected out of the vehicle.

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Seat belt buckle latch plate is mispositioned, preventing buckle from latching.