1992 MAZDA MX3 — Complaint #106542
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NHTSA Complaint about SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING filed May 15, 1998
NHTSA complaint #106542 (ODI reference 823356) concerns a 1992 MAZDA MX3 and was filed on May 15, 1998. The owner reports the failure occurred on January 23, 1997. The report was geocoded to Vermont based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as seat belts:front:webbing, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same MAZDA MX3 cohort independently describe similar seat belts:front:webbing failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 1992 MAZDA MX3 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
SEAT BELT FUEL CELL IS DEFECTIVE AND CAUSES THE HARNESS NOT TO WORK PROPERLY. THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM IN OTHER MODEL MAZDAS. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED MAZDA MANUFACTURER TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM OR ADD ADDITIONAL MODELS, AND MAZDA INSISTS THERE IS NO PROBLEM. *AK
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 106542 |
| ODI Number | 823356 |
| Date Filed | May 15, 1998 |
| Failure Date | January 23, 1997 |
| VIN | JM1EC4310N0 |
Similar SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING Complaints for 1992 MAZDA MX3
TL* CONTACT OWNS A 1992 MAZDA MX3. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND THE CONTACT OBSERVED THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR DOES NOT EXTRACT THE WEBBING PROPERLY. THE AUTHORIZED DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND INF
SEAT BELT MALFUNCTION PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER RECALL 97V211000 IS RECURRING WITH SAME SYMPTOMS OF SEAT BELT NOT RETRACTING WHEN DOOR IS OPENED TO EXIT VEHICLE. IS THE CAUSE NOW THE SAME AS IT WAS W
RECALL WORK PERFORMED ON THE AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELTS (97V-211), HOWEVER FAILED AFTER REPAIR, ADDITIONAL COMPONENT REQUIRED TO FIX FAILURE. MJS
RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 97V211000 & CALLED DEALER. TOOK VEHICLE IN. MECHANIC CLAIMED TO REPAIR SHOULDER BELT. RECEIVED VEHICLE AND SENSORS WERE NOT REPLACED AFTER 3 HOURS. TOLD PART BROKEN & NEEDED T
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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