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2001 HONDA ACCORD — Complaint #411540

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NHTSA Complaint about CHILD SEAT:RETRACTOR filed June 9, 2003

NHTSA complaint #411540 (ODI reference 10022648) concerns a 2001 HONDA ACCORD and was filed on June 9, 2003. The owner reports the failure occurred on June 7, 2003. The report was geocoded to Texas 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. 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 HONDA ACCORD 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 HONDA ACCORD shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2001 HONDA ACCORD
Component
CHILD SEAT:RETRACTOR
State
Texas

Complaint Description

CONSUMER'S 5 YEAR OLD CHILD ATTEMPTED TO SECURE HIMSELF IN THE REAR CENTER SAFETY BELT. DURING THE ATTEMPT, THE BELT WAS ACCIDENTLY SECURED AROUND CHILD'S NECK AND THE RETRACTOR LOCKED INTO PLACE. CONSUMER STOPPED VEHICLE AND TURNED OFF IGNITION, BUT RETRACTOR WAS STUCK AND BELT HAD TO BE CUT BY SCISSORS IN ORDER TO REMOVE.*AK

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 411540
ODI Number 10022648
Date Filed June 9, 2003
Failure Date June 7, 2003

Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.