Seat Belt Problems of Mazda RX8

The contact owns a 2005 maxda RX-8. The contact stated that the front seat belt was inserted into the rear seat receiver by a ten year old child. The child became trapped in the rear of the car. The harness was removed from the door so that he was able to maneuver his body out of the seat belt and exit the vehicle. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle had not been repaired. The failure and current mileage was 62,000.

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My stepdaughter placed her infant/carseat in the rear seat of our 2010 Mazda RX-8. She reached for the closest seatbelt (that turned out to be the front seatbelt) and latched the car seat in place. After she sat down in the front passenger seat, she realized her mistake. Three people attempted to press the belt release however all of us failed. Also, the belt rolled in as it's designed to so I could not gather enough slack to take the infant out while in the carseat. After a few minutes, we were able to remove her infant from the carseat, and then I forcibly removed the car seat. The seatbelt immediately rolled back again as it's designed to do so no matter how hard I tried, I could not get the seat belt released. I took the Mazda to the dealership and they stated they would have to break the seat buckle in order to free the belt. I would then have to purchase a new buckle since it was operator error related. I countered by asking why the design of the front and rear buckles were so similar citing a probable safety issue. In fact, the infants mother was traveling as a passenger and only realized the problem when she reached back for her passenger side seat belt. Should she have been the driver, she may not have realized the problem until it was too late. They did not have an answer and remained steadfast with their decision. They broke the buckle , and it was replaced.

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- the front seat belt in a 2005 RX-8 was inserted into the back seat receiver where the back seat belt would normally go. The individual that did this was unfamiliar with the car and ended up being trapped in the rear of the car. The individual who was trapped weight about 80-90 pounds ,and had to wiggle his way out of the seat belt to get out. The contact states that the fact that the individual was able to get the buckle locked into the rear receiver and could not disengage itwas a serious safety issue. Updated 1/29/2007 - child accidentally used the passeger side front seat belt and buckled it into the rear buckle. The child was unable to unbuckle the seat belt. The consumer went onto the passenger side to open the door and help the child but the belt had retracted preventing the passenger side door from opening.

The front seat belt in a 2005 RX-8 was inserted into the back seat receiver where the back seat belt would normally go. The individual that did this was unfamiliar with the car and ended up being trapped in the rear of the car. We had to cut the seat belt to get him out. We called the Mazda 800 road side assistance and after being on hold for 20 min were informed that there was no emergency release and would have to cut the belt. We were also informed that the Mazda dealer would take care of this as it should not have happened. Besides the fact that we had to cut the seat belt to get him out, the fact that he was able to get the buckle locked into the rear receiver and could not disengage it is a serious safety issue. 1. The belt would not provide the proper safety in a crash. 2. The inability to get out of the belt could have resulted in a fatality. Both the passenger side belt and the rear passenger side receiver have to be replaced at the owners expense. The repair has been scheduled for next week and is not being covered by Mazda.