NHTSA Complaint #764140 — 2000 FORD TAURUS

THE DRIVERS SEAT BELT DOES NOT RETRACT INTO THE SIDE POST ONCE IT IS UNBUCKLED. I STARTED NOTICING IT 2-3 MONTHS AGO BUT HAS GOTTEN WORSE TO THE POINT WHERE IT WILL NOT RETRACT AT ALL NOW. I'M CONERNED THAT IT WILL NOT WORK PROPERLY IN AN ACCIDENT. FORD TOLD ME THE SEATBELTS HAD WARRANTY UP TO 50,000 MILES BUT THEY WILL NOT HONOR THAT SINCE MY VEHICLE HAS OVER 50,000 MILES BUT THE PROBLEM STARTED WELL INTO THE 40,000 MILE RANGE. I PUT ON ABOUT 3,000 MILES PER MONTH. I'VE TALKED TO OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR 2000 TAURUSES. THE LOCAL SERVICE SHOP AT MCKIE FORD IN RAPID CITY, SD TOLD ME THEY HAVE HAD OTHER PEOPLE COME IN WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM BUT THAT IT WASN'T MANY PEOPLE SO THEIR IS NOT A CONCERN. THEY TOLD ME IT WOULD COST ME $200.00 TO REPLACE MY SEATBELT ASSY. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY DEFECT FORD SHOULD FIX WARRANTY OR NO WARRANTY.*AK