1991 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS — Complaint #381213
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NHTSA Complaint about SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE filed November 6, 2002
NHTSA complaint #381213 (ODI reference 769285) concerns a 1991 OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS and was filed on November 6, 2002. The owner reports the failure occurred on September 27, 2002. The report was geocoded to Indiana 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 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
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 HAS STOPPED WORKING. THIS BELT WILL NO LONGER RETRACT. ALSO, THE GUIDE LOOPS FOR BOTH SEAT BELT ARE CRACKED AND THE GUIDE WHERE THE SEAT BELT GOES INTO THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR IS ALSO CRACKED. DT
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 381213 |
| ODI Number | 769285 |
| Date Filed | November 6, 2002 |
| Failure Date | September 27, 2002 |
| VIN | 1G3WS14T4MD |
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
BOTH FRONT SEAT BELTS AND LEFT REAR SEAT BELTS ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY.*AK
ACTUATOR (TIMING BELT TENSIONER) HAS GONE OUT 2 TIMES IN 4 MONTHS
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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