NHTSA Complaint #11320496 — 2000 HONDA ACCORD

HAD DRIVER SEAT BELT BUCKLE REPLACED 6/11/20 AS SRS LIGHT CAME ON. UNAWARE THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL, WORK NOT DONE AT HONDA DEALER, PAID OUT OF POCKET. CODE 9-3. EXACT SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN IN EARLY JUNE 2018 WHERE SRS LIGHT CAME ON. WENT TO HONDA TO PURCHASE PART, LEARNED SEVERAL DAYS LATER THERE WAS AN ACTIVE RECALL FOR THE DRIVER SEAT BELT BUCKLE ISSUE. HONDA DEALER DID NOT ADVISE ACTIVE RECALL FOR ISSUE AT TIME PART WAS PURCHASED. PURCHASED PART, LEARNED OF RECALL, HONDA DEALER REPAIRED AT NO CHARGE TO ME. EIGHTEEN MONTHS LATER, EXACT SAME PROBLEM AND CODE. NO OPEN RECALL AT THIS TIME. CLEARLY THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE/SENSOR FAILING SO THE AIRBAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY. I AM NOT GOING TO PAY AGAIN TO HAVE THIS ISSUE RESOLVED. RECEIVED SAFETY RECALL NOTICE FROM HONDA AND I AM ON A WAITING LIST TO GET THE AIRBAG ISSUE RESOLVED AS THERE IS AN OPEN RECALL FOR THE AIRBAGS BUT THE SEAT BELT PROBLEM IS ONGOING. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY. STARTED CAR, SRS LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED, HAD CODE READ AND LEARNED IT WAS THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT BUCKLE THAT HAS GONE BAD AGAIN.