Front Seat Belt Buckle Assembly Problems of Jeep Grand Cherokee

Jeep Grand Cherokee owners have reported 23 problems related to front seat belt buckle assembly (under the seat belt category). The most recently reported issues are listed below. Also please check out the statistics and reliability analysis of Jeep Grand Cherokee based on all problems reported for the Grand Cherokee.

1 Front Seat Belt Buckle Assembly problem of the 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee

Failure Date: 02/25/2025

The contact owns a 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The contact stated while driving 30 mph, the vehicle started to chime. The air bag warning light was illuminated. The contact pulled over to the side of the road to verify that the seat belt was buckled. The air bag warning light and the chime remained constant. The vehicle had not yet been taken to the dealer to be diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 61,000.

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2 Front Seat Belt Buckle Assembly problem of the 2023 Jeep Grand Cherokee

Failure Date: 07/15/2024

The contact owns an evenflo car seat, model number 37312370, model type: gold shyft dual ride. The manufacturing date was unknown. The car seat was being utilized in a 2023 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The contact stated that the the safety seat belt buckle is easily opened. The contact stated that her 10 month old daughter was able to easily unbuckle her self from the restraints. The failure occurred inside of the vehicle. The child was in the car seat at the time of the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure.

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3 Front Seat Belt Buckle Assembly problem of the 1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee

Failure Date: 03/07/2007

Driver side seat belt not retracting fully, latch difficult to press and unlatch.

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4 Front Seat Belt Buckle Assembly problem of the 1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee

Failure Date: 06/14/2006

: the contact stated the driver and passenger side seat belt latches failed to release unless the belt was pulled down to allow slack. The dealership has not been alerted. Updated 7/3/2006 - the consumer indicated that the release buttons have always been difficult to release but now they seem to be getting harder to push.

5 Front Seat Belt Buckle Assembly problem of the 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee

Failure Date: 11/20/2005

Contact stated the passenger front door will not unlock manually or automatically. There was no prior warning. Also, when pushing the button to unlatch seat belt the button was hard to push. This occurred with the driver and passengers seat belts. She contacted the dealer, and they offered no free remedy.

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6 Front Seat Belt Buckle Assembly problem of the 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee

Failure Date: 06/24/2005

In an automobile accident and the seat belts are suppose to lock to keep consumer from going forward ,and they did not lock.

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7 Front Seat Belt Buckle Assembly problem of the 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee

Failure Date: 07/10/2004

During a 50 mph rear end vehicle collision, the front air bags did not deploy. The front seat belt buckle unlocked. The vehicle was towed. Please provided more information.

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8 Front Seat Belt Buckle Assembly problem of the 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee

Failure Date: 06/15/2003

Faulty gen 3 seatbelts. Seatbelt unlatched for an unknown reason. This was noticed after my child had ridden in his car seat for several miles.

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9 Front Seat Belt Buckle Assembly problem of the 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee

Failure Date: 05/26/2003

Recall generation 3 seat belts. I have actually had problems with most manufacturer seat belts, including aircraft belts (pacific scientific). I selected "20" in the failures slot so this will get through. Using my skills as an aircraft tech. I have also inspected auto belts and found most of them regardless of manufacturer to be !@#$%.

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10 Front Seat Belt Buckle Assembly problem of the 1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee

Failure Date: 05/05/2003

On my 1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee, the driver's side seat belt has unlatched while I have been driving over 25 times. This is on smooth, straight roads. I believe this poses a serious risk to life and would like Jeep to recall and repair the belts.

11 Front Seat Belt Buckle Assembly problem of the 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee

Failure Date: 06/28/2002

Consumer could not unlatch rear seat belt. This could have caused consumer to get hurt. Cause unknown. Dealer notified.

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12 Front Seat Belt Buckle Assembly problem of the 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee

Failure Date: 12/24/2001

The front passanger seat belt locks in the fully retracted position (unfastened) when the temperature falls below 20f. Troy shaffer at the dealership said that my car was a texas car and refused to replace it under extended warrentee without seeing the defect. He recommended to my husband that he take the car up north to have it fixed.

13 Front Seat Belt Buckle Assembly problem of the 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee

Failure Date: 12/15/2001

Seat belt locks in cold conditions. Only usable when vehicle warms up.

14 Front Seat Belt Buckle Assembly problem of the 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee

Failure Date: 10/31/2001

On 10/31/2001, I took my Jeep in to my local dealer in response to daimlerchrysler recall notice #978. The work was done satisfactorily; however, the replacement parts that were installed for this recall are not acceptable. The new seatbelt buckle that was installed is significantly inferior to the original equipment. The flap of the buckle is cheap and its poor design causes the fabric belt invariably to "roll" (I. E. , to double-up on itself inside the opening in the metal flap) when the seatbelt is removed. This rolling interferes with the proper deployment and retraction of the belt. Worse yet, this rolling will inevitably lead to fraying and weakening of the belt's fabric. I have already noticed the beginnings of the deterioration of the fabric. A frayed seatbelt is a serious safety hazard -- "an accident waiting to happen".

15 Front Seat Belt Buckle Assembly problem of the 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee

Failure Date: 09/09/2001

Seatbelt button has to have a lot of pressure applied in order for seatbelts to release. Please provide any furhter information.

16 Front Seat Belt Buckle Assembly problem of the 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee

Failure Date: 08/03/2001

Jeep Grand Cherokee was involved in a virtual head-on collision with another vehicle. Other vehicle was traveling approximately 35-45 miles per hour. The air bags did not deploy, nor did the seat belts lock upon impact. Crash resulted in minor injuries to driver and passenger.

17 Front Seat Belt Buckle Assembly problem of the 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee

Failure Date: 07/04/2001

While driving, tire blewout and caused consumer to lose control, vehicle flipped and crashed into an embankment, the right rear seatbelt came loose, there were three injuries,no specific tire information was given, claim 40-2530-292.

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18 Front Seat Belt Buckle Assembly problem of the 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee

Failure Date: 01/01/2001

Seat belts in vehicle will come undone with a small bump. Consumer hit seat belt with her elbow, and the seat belt came undone. Contacted dealer, and dealer was not willing to do anything.

19 Front Seat Belt Buckle Assembly problem of the 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee

Please help us get the gen 3 seatbelts replaced.

20 Front Seat Belt Buckle Assembly problem of the 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee

Consumer noticed that driver and passenger seat belts are hard to latch and unlatch. Consumer has to press the release button hard to unlatch.

21 Front Seat Belt Buckle Assembly problem of the 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee

Seat belt locking clip can be placed into proper location as well as the improper location, giving the false impression that the belt is locked in place when it isn't.

22 Front Seat Belt Buckle Assembly problem of the 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee

Rear seat belt latch plate fails to cinch or tighten belt to be used with a child seat. Can pull on strap & belts would loosen up. Cannot install child seats due to cinch latch plate keep coming loose.

23 Front Seat Belt Buckle Assembly problem of the 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee

Buckles on seatbelts do not receive properly. When fastening buckle there is an allowance for buckle to go into the wrong slot. Dealer has seen vehicle.



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