2001 NISSAN QUEST — Complaint #291810
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NHTSA Complaint about CHILD SEAT:RETRACTOR filed May 10, 2001
NHTSA complaint #291810 (ODI reference 745041) concerns a 2001 NISSAN QUEST and was filed on May 10, 2001. The report was geocoded to New Jersey based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as child seat: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 NISSAN QUEST cohort independently describe similar child seat: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 2001 NISSAN QUEST shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
OUR QUEST COMES EQUIPPED WITH BUILT-IN, FOLD DOWN CHILD SEATS IN THE SECOND ROW. HOWEVER, THE SAFETY BELTS FOR THESE SEATS (SIMILAR IN CONFIGURATION TO A REGULAR CARSEAT, THUS SECURING THE SHOULDERS, CHEST AND ABDOMEN) RETRACT SO SEVERELY THAT EVERY CHILD I'VE SAT IN THE SEATS COMPLAINS THAT IT'S "TOO TIGHT." AND IT IS. WHEN I GO TO PULL THE STRAPS LOOSE I HAVE TO TRY SEVERAL TIMES TO DISENGAGE THE LOCKING DEVISE IT SEEMS TO HAVE. THIS IS SCARY FOR THE CHILD, WHO IS TRULY BEING SQUEEZED AND WOULD BE TERRIFYING IN AN ACCIDENT IF REMOVING THE CHILD FROM THE SIT WAS AN URGENT MATTER. WHEN THE STRAPS LOCK MY SON HAS ALMOST TWISTED HIS ARMS BACKWARDS WHILE I'M TRYING TO RELEASE HIM. THE SEATS ARE VERY HELPFUL TO HAVE, IN THEORY. BUT BECAUSE THE STRAPS LOCK SO TIGHTLY I HESITATE TO USE THEM. RELATEDLY, ADULTS SITTING IN THAT ROW HAVE ALSO COMPLAINED THAT THE ADULT BELT LOCKS INTO A VERY TIGHT POSITION, REQUIRING THEM TO PULL ON THE STRAP SEVERAL TIMES UNTIL IT FINALLY LOOSENS A BIT, FOR A WH
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 291810 |
| ODI Number | 745041 |
| Date Filed | May 10, 2001 |
| VIN | 4N2ZN15TX1D |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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