1998 FORD TAURUS — Complaint #318816
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NHTSA Complaint about SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE filed October 16, 2001
NHTSA complaint #318816 (ODI reference 753129) concerns a 1998 FORD TAURUS and was filed on October 16, 2001. The report was geocoded to Missouri 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. 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 TAURUS 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 1998 FORD TAURUS shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 318816 |
| ODI Number | 753129 |
| Date Filed | October 16, 2001 |
| VIN | 1FAFP52U6WA |
Similar SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE Complaints for 1998 FORD TAURUS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WAS RIDING IN THE VEHICLE AS A PASSENGER IN THE FRONT SEAT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH. THE PASSENGER'S FRONT SEAT BEL
THE LEFT REAR SEATBELT BECAME STUCK AND COULD NOT BE RELEASED OR USED, THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THIS TO BE AN UNUSUAL FAILURE SINCE THE REAR SEATS ARE RARELY OCCUPIED, IT TOOK TWO VISITS TO REPAIR THE DE
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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