Front Seat Belt Retractor Problems of Mercury Sable

The contact owns a 2000 Mercury Sable. The contact stated that the seat belt in his vehicle locks up and will not pull out. He purchased another seat belt assembly retractor and had it replaced by a mechanic, but the failure is recurring. The Ford manufacturer stated that there were no recalls regarding the seat belt retractor. The failure mileage was 154,000.

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The contact owns a 2002 Mercury Sable. The contact stated that the passenger side seat belt fails to retract. The failure prevents anyone from being able to sit in the passenger seat. The purchase date was unknown. The current mileage is 91,000 and failure mileage was 89,000.

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- the contact stated that the seat belt retractor on the passenger's side of the 2001 Mercury Sable will not retract. The dealership informed the contact the retractor was folding the belt over, which caused it to jam. The dealership advised the contact the seat belt retractor needed to be replaced. The contact spoke with the manufacturer. And they informed him this was not covered under the warranty. The current mileage on the vehicle was 28,000. The consumer provided the invoice for repair and pictures before the repair. Update 05/04/tr.

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Front passenger seat belt will not retract. Left rear seat belt will not retract.

Rear right passenger seat belt did not retract. Dealer stated the vehicle was not included in the NHTSA recall 99v25000. Also, rack and pinion steering had to be replaced because of a seal leak.

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(1) I purchased my 2000 Mercury Sable GS v6 from my father with appx. 38,000 miles on it. My father and I kept it well maintained as required in the manufactures warranty guidelines. He originally bought it new from the Mercury dealership in farmington, mi which is now located in dearborn, mi called jack demmer Lincoln Mercury. When I purchased the car from my father the seatbelts were both working fine. (2)on the Mercury Sable both seat belt harnesses (seatbelt rotator) locks up preventing you to allow you to put on the seatbelt. Consequences can cause serious injury, or even death. (3) I contacted the dealership. They stated that the car has 64,000 miles on it and is out of the 36,000 mile warranty so they are not obligated to replace the belts. They did offer to replace both seat belts for $200. 00 per belt as they said they wouldn't fix them as its a safety issue. The car to this date has not been repaired. I am concerned that this is a problem in other Mercury Sables and would like it investigated if possible.

Driver's side seat belt failed to stay latched properly. Consumer drove the vehicle to the dealer for inspection, and mechanic replaced the seat belt system.

The rear seat belts shoulder belts do not retract at all. This is a serious safety problem. After talking to dealership the warranty is only for 5 years 50000 miles. So is Ford saying that after this warranty is up on my 1999 Sable that my families life is worthless. . All seat belts should be warranted for the life of the car, not 5 years 50000 miles. . Shouldn't all satey related equipment in vehicles be warranted for life? there was a recall for the front shoulder belts on this vehicle. There should be a recall for the rear seatbelts also. They both have stopped working at the same time and that should say something is wrong with them. These seatbelts have not been abused or wear and tear is a bad call on this one. . This car is only is only 5 years old and wear and tear does not play into this at all. . This problem should be looked into. .

The driver's seat belt would not fully retract back, therefore it was loose on the driver. Dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem.

Seat belt retractors are failing in order of most frequent use (e. G. Driver, front passenger, rear passengers). The driver's belt retractor fails to pull the seat belt back into the columnar storage area 100% of the time (front passenger belt 50% and rear passengers ~10%). This presents a safety hazard as the belts will not provide the life saving tension required during an accident. The belt hangs limp over the wearer. Seat belts are required to be worn by law. Yet, auto manufacturers are not required to warranty these parts for the life of the car. The great majority of manufacturers only warrant seat belts for 3 years or 36000 miles. As consumers, are we to believe that this means manufacturers only expect the seat belts to function during this time period. This is absurd and should be changed via legislation requiring auto makers to warranty legally required safety devices for the life of the car. It would force manufacturers to make these parts to last instead of engineering them to last until just after the warranty period is over.

I purchased the used vehicle April 03. Early August, I went out to lunch with a friend-when he attempted to put on the vehicle seat belt in the front passenger seat it would not work. We drove his car instead. I thought it was a fluke. I decided to check the internet and located this problem as a manufacturer recall and figured it would be no problem for the dealer to take care of it. This problem continued to happen but because of my work schedule I was unable to get the vehicle to the dealer because of the hours of the service department. From August to date no one has been able to ride in the front seat. I was on vacation and I contacted the dealer to schedule a service appointment. I took the car in on 12/30/03 and was told that I needed to pay a $75 diagnostic fee as no information came up for this vehicle indicating a recall or a warranty. The warranty situation was corrected but I received a message from tonia cooper (service department) after I faxed over the recall information from NHTSA that my vehicle would not be covered under the recall. I thought this was absurd; I am experiencing the same problem that is noted on all of the documentation of the recall but because Ford neglected to include my VIN number no one would help me. What's worse is that I called fords' customer relations on 12/30/03 and spoke with syed who refused to give me a last name or an id# and he told me there was nothing I could do and no one outside of customer relations at the dealership that I could contact to get this matter resolved. I find it most irritationg that no one could conceive the notion that this VIN# (& perhaps others) were erroneously omitted from the recall. I looked at the 3 complaints from other owners & one has a VIN# very similiar to mine. Thank you for your assistance in this matter, I only wish that I could have resolved this matter with Ford directly. Passenger safety & michigan's "click it or ticket it" law has makes this an extrememly important issue!.

While driving at 35 mph, the consumer's vehicle hit another vehicle on the side. The air bags did not deploy and the passenger's side seat belt did not restrain the passenger. The consumer was inquiring about the status of the original complaint.

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All four seatbelts will not click in/ retract and will not hold.

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The passenger side seat belt retractor would not retract.

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The dealer replaced the right rear seat belt retractor twice, however the problem recurred. Scc.

Seat belt retractor failure. Dealer will not replace.

Rental car Ford taurus, front pass seatbelt tightened would not release, cutting into throat. Returned car. Rec'd Mercury Sable, same problem. Was stuck driving 17 hours from in to CT with belt cutting into throat. Used belt properly. When leaning over to pick up item from floor, or glove compartment belt would deploy completely. Upon returning body to upright position, belt made clicking noises and tightened with every upright movement. Became extremely constricting. Driver had to release belt for 17 hour trip. Pass retracted it completely, deploy it to use it, and tried to stay still and not move. When movement occurred belt would reach it's end and start clicking and constricting with every tiny movement. Needless to say after 17 hours of driving and tightening, skin under belt area is very tender, throat is sore, almost choked, almost cut. For part of trip had to place seat in laydown position to alleviate throat constriction of belt. Mfg states 'that is the way dot set up the regulations, and we just follow them. . . Belts are made for us. . . . . No recalls. . . . . No adjustments can be made'. It is my understanding others had to cut off the belt. Even went to test drive them, same thing happened. Belt is made for child safety? some type of sensor? no accident occurred at any time. Belt is malfunctioning when deployed all the way by just bending over or moving around. Before someone gets seriously hurt, someone needs to recall and restyle these existing belts. Drivers belt did not have any type of problems. Bending and leaning over deployed it completely and no retracting occurred at all. Very dangerous having driver, driving and trying to release passenger belt, and passenger unbelted while traveling retracting and resetting belt. We were lucky we were not in an accident while dealing with the belt issue. As the belt was unbuckled numerous times over 17 hours. Call if you have any questions at 860-623-7774. In good faith, doreen alfano.

Car handels poorly and goes all over the road at highway speeds, contacted the dealer, and was told nothing was wrong, contacted Ford and was ignored. Now the seat belt in the drivers side rear seat isn't operating properly and is unsafe to use. Is there a recall on this vehicle?.

While attempting to install a childs seat, the seat belt would not retract. It stays in the fully extended position.

The rear seat belt retractors never worked well, but last month one failed completely. The manufacturer said the problem could not be fixed under warranty. I believe this is a manufacturing defect and should be covered by Mercury.

Consumer states that the passenger side seat belt lock ups and will not release until the seat belt is unhooked,without applying brakes. Had seat belt replaced several times problem still reoccured. Nlm.

The seat belts on both sides of the front seat, driver's side and passenger's side became inoperable at approximately 50000 miles. We didn't notice that they were inoperable, only that the belts would catch in the door when we shut the door. After a while, after the warranty ran out, we realized that the reason that the belts were getting caught in the door was because they were not retracting properly. We took the car to the dealer, walser Lincoln-Mercury at the above address. The seat belts on both sides were replaced on 1/8/02. The passenger seat is used for less than half of the miles driven. I would not be surprised if one of the belts failed but don't think that both belts should fail. That seems like a manufacturing defect is likely.

The consumer noticed that the passenger seat belt did not retract properly. While pulling the seat belt it broke. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection and the mechanic determined that the retractor needed to be replaced.

Driver's rear seat belt was retracing and choking a five year old child. Was unable to release the belt, fireman had to cut the belt to free the child. Dealer notified and will replace belt without cost. The consumer says that the seat belt should be designed with a release on the retractors to avoid this kind of horifying accident.

Front passenger side seatbelt does not release from retracting mechanism, causing seat belt to become inoperable. Please give any further details.

Front passenger side seatbelt retractors do not retract in cold weather; temperatures of minus five degrees or less. Has to be brought inside to function correctly. Dealer can't fix.

Front passenger side and rear passenger side airbags do not retract properly, causing seat belts to grab or to be too loose. Retractors needed to be replaced.

Driver's side rear passenger seat belt does not retract. Dealer has been contacted.

Dash seatbelt indicator light only goes out after a period of time and the saftey belt does not lock tightly at all times.

The rear passenger seat seats three--there are two seatbelts with shoulder restraints on each side and a lap restraint in the middle. The buckle on the lap restraint came off when a 7-year old girl was attempting to buckle up. The other two seatbelts will not retract-they are useless.