1986 HONDA CIVIC — Complaint #2075751
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NHTSA Complaint about SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR filed March 20, 2025
NHTSA complaint #2075751 (ODI reference 11649594) concerns a 1986 HONDA CIVIC and was filed on March 20, 2025. The owner reports the failure occurred on February 27, 2025. The vehicle had 135,368 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to California based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as seat belts:front: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 HONDA CIVIC cohort independently describe similar seat belts:front: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 1986 HONDA CIVIC shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 1986 Honda Civic. The contact stated that whether the vehicle was parked, stationary, or driven, the seat belt was difficult to retract. There were no warning lights illuminated. The contact stated that the seat belts became difficult to retract even more frequently over time. The contact tested the seat belts, and the seat belts stopped recoiling. The vehicle was not taken to be diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The dealer was made aware of the failure; however, the contact stated that the dealer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 135,368.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2075751 |
| ODI Number | 11649594 |
| Date Filed | March 20, 2025 |
| Failure Date | February 27, 2025 |
| VIN | JHMAF5332GS |
Similar SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR Complaints for 1986 HONDA CIVIC
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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