1991 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS — Complaint #185332
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NHTSA Complaint about SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE filed November 25, 1999
NHTSA complaint #185332 (ODI reference 715244) concerns a 1991 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS and was filed on November 25, 1999. The owner reports the failure occurred on July 17, 1998. The report was geocoded to Iowa based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as seat belts:front:anchorage, 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. No VIN was supplied by the filer, so this complaint contributes to model-year trend data but cannot be tied to a specific vehicle.
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 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS cohort independently describe similar seat belts:front:anchorage 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 1991 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
ACTUATOR (TIMING BELT TENSIONER) HAS GONE OUT 2 TIMES IN 4 MONTHS
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 185332 |
| ODI Number | 715244 |
| Date Filed | November 25, 1999 |
| Failure Date | July 17, 1998 |
Similar SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE Complaints for 1991 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1991 OLDSMOBILE CIERA. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED ABOUT A RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER IS 95V173000, SEAT BELTS FRONT, ANCHORAGE ON HIS YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL VEHICLE. THE, CONTACT HAD
THE FRONT SEAT BELTS IN MY VEHICLE HAVE A TENDENCY TO LOCK UP WHEN YOU START TO PULL ON THE BELTS TO PUT THEM ON. MY PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT IS NOW COMPLETELY UNUSEABLE BECAUSE THE BELT RETRACTOR HA
BOTH FRONT SEAT BELTS AND LEFT REAR SEAT BELTS ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY.*AK
NOSUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK
BOTH FRONT SEAT BELTS BIND.
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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