2000 FORD FOCUS Seat Beltsfrontretractor Problems

13 NHTSA complaints on file

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Seat Beltsfrontretractor Issues in the 2000 FORD FOCUS

13 seat beltsfrontretractor complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 2000 FORD FOCUS. Of these, 2 involved a crash, 1 involved a fire, and 3 resulted in injury.

Complaints

Crashes

Fires

Injuries

Deaths

All Seat Beltsfrontretractor Complaints

#10185673 | March 20, 2007

DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT PRETENSIONER MALFUNCTIONED. SEAT BELT DID NOT FUNCTION - PULLED ALL THE WAY OUT FROM THE DOOR PILLAR AND DID NOT RETRACT. CARWAS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. VEHICLE SHOULD BE RECALLED.*AK

#10143850 | November 28, 2005

SEAT BELT DOES NOT STAY SNUG AROUND MY BODY WHILE BUCKLED, BECOMES LOOSE AND DOES NOT TAKE UP ANY OF THE SLACK. WHEN THE SEAT BELT IS UNBUCKLED IT DOES NOT RECOIL, JUST LAYS THERE LIKE A DEAD SNAKE. I HAVE TO FEED THE SEAT BELT BACK INTO THE SEAT BELT TIER TO AVOID SLAMMING THE DOOR ON THE SEAT BELT. THIS SEAT BELT MALFUNCTION OCCURRED ON THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT SEAT. I HAD TO PAY $216 DOLLARS TO GET IT FIXED, THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOT WILLING TO COVER ITS SAFETY EQUIPMENT. *NM

#10138377 | October 3, 2005

DT: THE CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT WHICH WILL NOT PULL OUT. THIS HAPPENED ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2005. WHEN THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, THEY SAID THAT IT WAS LOCKED. THE CONSUMER THEN TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, WHO SUGGESTED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS PROBABLY DUE TO THE FACT THAT VEHICLE HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD. ALSO, THE MECHANIC TOOK THE SEAT BELT APART AND UNLOCKED IT SO THAT THE CONSUMER COULD WEAR THE SEAT BELT UNTIL THE REPLACEMENT WAS PLACED IN THE VEHICLE. *SC . *AK

#10081727 | July 12, 2004

SEAT BELT RETRACTOR ON PASSENGER SIDE DID NOT RETRACT ONCE IT WAS PULLED OUT, AND WAS NOT TO BE USED. VEHICLE WAS TAKENN TO THE DEALER, WHO SPRAYED A LUBRICANT, AND THE RETRACTOR WAS NOW WORKSING. HOWEVER, THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT IT WILL FAIL AGAIN.*AK

#10045807 | November 9, 2003

SEAT BELT RETRACTOR IS JAMMED AND DOES NOT ALLOW THE SEAT BELT TO BE WITHDRAWN FOR PROPER USE.*AK

#10013683 | March 30, 2003

DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT DOES NOT RETRACT. IF PULLED OUT, IT STAYS OUT UNLESS FED BACK IN BY HAND (WHICH MUST BE DONE CONSTANTLY WHILE DRIVING TO KEEP IT TIGHT ON YOUR SHOULDER). I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER I PURCHASED THE CAR FROM THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM AND MOST OF THE FOCUS' THEY HAVE SOLD HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. *NLM

#10012202 | March 20, 2003

THE DRIVERS SEAT BELT JUST HANGS AND DOES NOT RETRACT. THE DEALER HAD BEEN NOTIFIED. *NLM

#10008404 | March 5, 2003

I SENT THIS LETTER TO FORD IN MAY OF 2000 I PURCHASED A FORD FOCUS, THINKING IT WOULD BE A SAFE, LOW MAINTENANCE CAR, CONSIDERING IT HAD BEEN IN EUROPE SINCE 1997. I WOULD THINK THIS WOULD BE PLENTY OF TIME TO WORK OUT ANY BUGS YOU MAY HAVE. OR, SHOULD I CALL THEM RECALLS. I THINK A CAR THAT HAS 16 RECALLS, MOST OF THEM WHICH I WOULD CONSIDER SAFETY ISSUES, SHOULD BE RECALLED ENTIRELY. I HAVE HAD OTHER ISSUES WITH THIS CAR AS WELL. MY KEY WOULD NOT TURN, SEAT BELTS LOCKING FOR NO REASON, DOOR HANDLES NOT OPENING THE DOOR (THIS IS ALL HAPPENING AGAIN). AND ONE THAT HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED, BRAKES. I AM NOW ON MY THIRD SET OF FRONT ROTORS SINCE I HAVE PURCHASED THE CAR. THE SAME THING HAS HAPPENED EVERY TIME. THE DRIVER SIDE ROTOR AND PAD WILL WEAR COMPLETELY DOWN YET...

#8002399 | January 17, 2002

PASSENGER SIDE SEATBELT WILL NOT RETRACT BACK INTO THE RETRACTOR. CONTACTED DEALER PLEASE ADD VIN. *AK

#752052 | September 14, 2001 Crash

SEAT BELT/SHOULDER RESTRAINT FAILED TO RESTRAIN FRONT SEAT PASSENGER IN COLLISION. AIR BAG DEPLOYED, BUT THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER'S SEAT RESTRAINT FAILED TO HOLD PASSENGER IN SEAT. PASSENGER HIT THE WINDSHIELD.*AK

#750989 | August 27, 2001 Crash Fire

FORD FOCUS 2000. FACTS ABOUT THIS ACCIDENT INCLUDE THAT THE IMPACT WAS HEAD ON WITH THE DAMAGE TO LEFT FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE PASSENGER , JACOB, WAS BELTED , BUT THE SEAT BELT FAILED TO RESTRAIN HIM. THE AIR BAG DID NOT OPEN UNTIL HE HIT THE WIND SHIELD OF THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE AIR BAGS OPENED THE STEERING WHEEL CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNED..COMBUSTION WAS SUBSEQUENT TO THE AIR BAG OPENING AND THERE WAS A GREAT DEAL OF SMOKE THAT THE DRIVER INHALED BEFORE THE PASSENGER IN THE REAR SEAT , MICHAEL WILLIAMS, GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND PUT THE FIRE OUT. SHE WAS TRAPPED IN THE CAR BY THE SEAT BELT , IT WOULD NOT RELEASE BUT IT FAILED TO RESTRAIN HER AND SHE HIT THE WINDSHIELD ..NOT NEARLY AS BAD AS JACOB, BUT IT IS BROKEN. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS BURNED. MICHAEL SAW SOME SORT OF...

#882509 | March 8, 2001

DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR DOES NOT TAKE UP ANY SLACK IN BELT. *AK

#869327 | September 1, 2000

BOTH FRONT PLASTIC HOUSING COVERS FOE SEAT BELT RETRACTORS ARE BREAKING/FALLING APARTS. DEALER NOTIFED AND MAKING REPAIRS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS:*AK

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