NHTSA Complaint #759192 — 2002 DODGE INTREPID

MY SEAT BELTS IN THIS CAR ARE TOO EASY TO OPEN. ALL IT TAKES FOR AN ARTICLE OF CLOTHING TO HIT THE BUTTON AND IT POPS OPEN. I HAVE THREE YOUNG CHILDREN RIDING IN MY CAR WITH ME AND THE OTHER DAY MY DAUGHTER DROPPED HER JUICE CUP ONTO THE LATCH WHEN SHE FELL ASLEEP AND IT OPENED. I WAS UNAWARE THAT IT OPENED UNTIL MY OLDER DAUGHTER STATED WHAT HAD HAPPENED. I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ISSUSED FOR THE SEATBELTS, HOWEVER I FEEL THAT THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. LATER THAT NIGHT MY HUSBAND WENT TO THE CAR AND JUST RESTED HIS ARM IN THE BACK ON THE BUTTON VERY GENTLY AS IF A CHILD MIGHT AND IT OPENED. I THINK THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, AS WELL AS OTHER PEOPLE MADE AWARE THAT THIS MIGHT HAPPEN TO THEM. *AK