1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO Seat Beltsfrontretractor Problems

13 NHTSA complaints on file

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Seat Beltsfrontretractor Issues in the 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO

13 seat beltsfrontretractor complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 1999 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. Of these, 2 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 1 resulted in injury.

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All Seat Beltsfrontretractor Complaints

#10086771 | August 13, 2004

THE FUEL GAUGE SENDING UNIT FAILED (I GO BY MILEAGE TO KNOW IF I NEED FUEL OR NOT). DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT LOCKS UP WHEN YOU GO TO LOOK TO CHANGE LANES (DEALER COULDN'T REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM--SO IT'S NEVER BEEN FIXED). PASSENGER SEAT BELT LOCKS UP IF YOU JUST LEAN FORWARD TO ROLL DOWN THE WINDOW (WAS TOLD THIS WAS A MECHANISM FOR A BABY SEAT--DIDN'T THINK CAR SEATS WERE SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE FRONT SEAT). RIGHT SIDE DAYTIME RUNNING LAMP BURNED OUT A LONG TIME AGO. ABS MODULE FAILED (HAD TO PULL THE FUSE SO THE PUMP WOULDN'T BURN UP) THEREFORE THE TRUCK NO LONGER HAS ABS. DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT WHEEL HUB FAILED DUE TO LACK OF GREASE IN THE NON-CONSUMER MAINTAINABLE BEARING (THE WHOLE HUB HAD TO BE REPLACED). THE WATER PUMP HAS ALREADY FAILED (REPLACED THAT). THE TRANSMISSION IS STARTING TO SLIP HERE & THERE. THE...

#10075874 | June 8, 2004

THE RECALL REMEDY FAILED, WITHIN 19,000 MILES OF HAVING THE FRONT SEAT BELT RETRACTOR RECALL 01V159000 PERFORMED. THE FAILURE DESCRIBED IN THE RECALL OCCURRED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR. *AK

#10005715 | February 12, 2003

WHEN GOING OVER A BUMP THE RETRACTOR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT WILL LOCK AND NOT LET GO. CREATES A VERY UNCOMFTABLE RIDE FOR THE PASSENGER AND POSSIBLE INJURY.

#564422 | May 14, 2002

WHILE DRIVNG, CONSUMER ALL OF A SUDDEN LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, WHICH SPUN AROUND IN THE OUTSIDE LANE AND OFF THE SHOULDER, THE VEHICLE EVENTUALLY STOPPED SPINNING AND WAS SLIDING BROADSIDE DOWN A STEEP SLOPE, AFTER HITTING SEVERAL SMALL CEDAR TREES IT FINALLY CAME TO A STOP BROADSIDE AGAINST A LARGE CEDAR TREE ON THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR, CONSUMER STATED THE SEAT BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN THE PASSENGER PROPERLY CAUSING HER TO HIT THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR, AND WHEN THE VEHICLE CAME TO A VIOLENT STOP THE PASSENGER FLEW ACROSS THE CENTER CONSOLE AND UP AGAINST THE CONSUMER, THE SUDDEN STOP AND THE PASSENGER SLAMMING AGAINST THE CONSUMER CAUSED CONSUMER TO HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR POST, CONSUMER STATED WHEN THEY CLIMBED OUT OF THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR THEY NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGERS SEAT BELT WAS STILL LATCHED, BUT IT HAD UNSPOOLED IN THE RATCHED ASSEMBLY,...

#564422 | April 26, 2002

WHILE DRIVNG, CONSUMER ALL OF A SUDDEN LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, WHICH SPUN AROUND IN THE OUTSIDE LANE AND OFF THE SHOULDER, THE VEHICLE EVENTUALLY STOPPED SPINNING AND WAS SLIDING BROADSIDE DOWN A STEEP SLOPE, AFTER HITTING SEVERAL SMALL CEDAR TREES IT FINALLY CAME TO A STOP BROADSIDE AGAINST A LARGE CEDAR TREE ON THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR, CONSUMER STATED THE SEAT BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN THE PASSENGER PROPERLY CAUSING HER TO HIT THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR, AND WHEN THE VEHICLE CAME TO A VIOLENT STOP THE PASSENGER FLEW ACROSS THE CENTER CONSOLE AND UP AGAINST THE CONSUMER, THE SUDDEN STOP AND THE PASSENGER SLAMMING AGAINST THE CONSUMER CAUSED CONSUMER TO HIT HIS HEAD AGAINST THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR POST, CONSUMER STATED WHEN THEY CLIMBED OUT OF THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR THEY NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGERS SEAT BELT WAS STILL LATCHED, BUT IT HAD UNSPOOLED IN THE RATCHED ASSEMBLY,...

#888790 | May 21, 2001

A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL ON BOTH FRONT SEATBELT RETRACTORS. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS, LESS THEN A WEEK LATER, DRIVER'S RETRACTOR FAILED TO RETRACT. *AK *JB

#885222 | April 6, 2001

WHILE PASSENGE'S SEAT BELT IS BEING USED IT LOCKS UP AND WILL NOT EXTEND FROM RETRACTING MECHANISM, BECOMING VERY TIGHT ON PASSENGER. *AK THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES. THE DEALER STATES THAT THERE WAS NO USE INSTALLING ANOTHER PASSENGER SEAT BELT SINCE IT WOULD LOCK UP ALSO. *YH

#883840 | March 22, 2001

SEAT BELT RETRACTOR WILL NOT OPERATE JUST AS WAS STATED ON TWO RECALLS THAT CONSUMER HAD RECEIVED ON SEAT BELT RETRACTOR. *AK

#860928 | April 25, 2000

SHOULDER PORTION OF SEAT BELT ON DRIVER'S SIDE IS STUCK IN THE RETRACTOR. TRUCK WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY. *AK *ML

#859746 | April 5, 2000

SEAT BELTS WILL NOT RETRACT BACK. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS A SAFETY DEFFECT. *AK

#858532 | March 14, 2000 Crash

CONSUMER'S DAUGHTER WAS IN A CAR CRASH. PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT DIDN'T HOLD. THE PASSENGER AND DRIVER WERE EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE. ALSO, AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. *AK

#849924 | October 5, 1999 Crash

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, HAD A DIRECT FRONTAL IMPACT AND DRIVER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYED. BUT DRIVER, WHO WAS IN A SEAT BELT, HIT THE STEERING WHEEL AND SUSTAINEDMAJOR INJURIES. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN#. *AK

#831298 | November 24, 1998

CONSUMER EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH SEAT BELT ON PASSENGER SIDE. WHENEVER THE VEHICLE HITS ANY TYPE OF BUMPS IT CAUSES THE SEAT BELT TO TIGHTEN, EACH BUMP CAUSES IT TO TIGHTEN MORE. BECAUSE OF THIS CONDITION,CONSUMER HAD A HARD TIME GETTING THE SEAT BELT UNLATCHED FROM CSS. DEALER/ MFR. NOTIFIED. *AK

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