2016 FORD EDGE — Complaint #1852947
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NHTSA Complaint about SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER:RETRACTOR filed November 10, 2022
NHTSA complaint #1852947 (ODI reference 11493023) concerns a 2016 FORD EDGE and was filed on November 10, 2022. The owner reports the failure occurred on October 1, 2022. The vehicle had 70,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Wisconsin based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as seat belts:rear/other:retractor, 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 FORD EDGE cohort independently describe similar seat belts:rear/other:retractor 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 2016 FORD EDGE shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2016 Ford Edge. The contact stated that the passengerâs side rear seat belt failed to retract. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer where it was diagnosed and determined that the retractor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. Approximately two weeks later, the driver's side rear seat belt retractor became inoperable but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and referred him to the NHTSA Hotline. The approximate failure mileage was 70,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1852947 |
| ODI Number | 11493023 |
| Date Filed | November 10, 2022 |
| Failure Date | October 1, 2022 |
| VIN | 2FMPK4K99GB |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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