Front Seat Belt Anchorage Problems of Oldsmobile Silhouette

Broken fibers were observed on the seatbelt for the right second row captains chair. Fibers were broken within 0. 25 inches of the rear edge at a location approximately 10. 5 inches from the lower attach point, a location corresponding to contact with the metal seat hinge when the belt was positioned over the seat. When using the evenflo on my way infant seat with seat base, the seat belt was positioned close to the seat back, and when tightened for a proper fit, the seat belt easily contacted the metal hinge, which led to wear failure of the fibers.

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The driver side seat belt snapped without cause. Oldsmobile refuses to stand behind the problem and fix it. The people I have spoken with at Oldsmobile just fed the company line of "the warranty is for 3 years or 30,000 miles. . . " when I asked to speak with someone higher, they refused to put me through, stating that I would get the same answer. The dealership in our area which will be fixing the belt is charging us almost 200. 00 dollars for this repair. This is an item that should never, ever break, and it did. Oldsmobile sees nothing wrong with this and refuses to replace the belt free of charge. I am now concerned for the safety of my family in this vehicle. What other defective safety items are yet to rear their ugly head? when will I discover them? when I need them most? a defective seat belt could have been the difference between life and death should my wife had gotten into an accident. Oldsmobile does not care. I will never buy another Oldsmobile, nor will I ever buy another gm product because of this experience. When I told the representative from Oldsmobile (the one who refused to allow me to speak with her supervisor) that I was speaking with an attorney to see if he could force the issue and get Oldsmobile to take soem responsibility for building a vehicle with defective safety features, the woman said she could no longer talk to me and hung up. I hope that there is something that the ntsa can do to hold Oldsmobile accountable in this, and any future defective safety equipment situation. It would be only right that they replace a defective seatbelt, irregardless of how long the warranty has been expired. Someone needs to hold the manufacturers accountable before another firestone tire-like disaster occurs.

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My approx 75lb dog was belted to the passenger seat belt while the car was parked to prevent him from accessing the contents of the rear compartment. Because his usual collar-to-seatbelt leash was in another vehicle, I accomplished this via a thin (ladies') silk scarf in a simple knot around his collar. When my husband came along a few minutes later, he opened the passenger door for the dog, not realizing the dog was restrained. The dog jumped out of the car: the seatbelt, not the silk scarf, tore! the sealtbelt tore literally in half. The tear is not at a seam or at the clip, but rather in the webbing itself. What if this had been a high speed collision? my husband and I are both physicians - my husband an er doc - and neither of us has heard of such a thing. We have contacted the dealer, who stated that it should not have happened, but wants approx $200 for the repair. In addition to safety concerns for other vehicles, I am reprting this because I think charging for a safety-related equipment failure is unreasonable. Thanks for your time! pat wells.

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My family and I were traveling when there was an explosion under the front passenger seat. There were sparks and smoke and the smell of something burning. I lost control temporarily and then I pulled over and we all got out of the car. The instrument panel went haywire meaning that some lights went out while other lights came on. The "airbag" and "service engine soon" lights came on. The compass when out. I took the car in to be serviced. At that time I was informed of another car like ours was brought in for the same problem. I was later told(1 week) the computer told the satbelt retractor to explode. They claim to have fixed the problem however, I feel that the safety of my family eand I are in serious jeopardy if we continue to drive this car.

Our seatbelt has not worked since we drove off the lot with our "new" vehicle. This poses a threat because we have five children, which means one child will not be strapped in during each ride. We have been to three different dealerships over the past three years and each report on all 16 visits that the seatbelt was replaced, however, it has not worked since day one. Gm customer service was contacted as well as the dmv, and attorney general. This is my only vehicle and I need satisfaction! I feel like the dealerships won't fix this problem until my extended warranty is expired! how long does it take to fix a seatbelt????.

Consumer stated that once child safety seat was installed seat belt retracted, allowing the child safety seat to be removed. When trying to reinstall the child safety seat the seat belt remained locked, making it impossible to reinstall the child safety seat once it had been removed.