1990 MAZDA RX-7 — Complaint #707085
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NHTSA Complaint about SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING filed February 5, 2009
NHTSA complaint #707085 (ODI reference 10257608) concerns a 1990 MAZDA RX-7 and was filed on February 5, 2009. The owner reports the failure occurred on June 30, 2008. The vehicle had 81,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Ohio based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as seat belts:front:webbing, 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 MAZDA RX-7 cohort independently describe similar seat belts:front:webbing 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 1990 MAZDA RX-7 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1990 MAZDA RX7. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER SIDE AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELT FAILED TO RETRACT. THE SHOULDER BELT WAS INOPERATIVE. THE AUTHORIZED DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 96V173000 (SEAT BELTS:FRONT,WEBBING), ALTHOUGH THE FAILURES WERE IDENTICAL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 81,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 82,000. UPDATED 3/16/09 *CN UPDATED 03/19/09. *JB
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 707085 |
| ODI Number | 10257608 |
| Date Filed | February 5, 2009 |
| Failure Date | June 30, 2008 |
| VIN | JM1FC3525L0 |
Similar SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING Complaints for 1990 MAZDA RX-7
DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO HONOR THE AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELT RECALL 96V173000. THE DEFECT ALREADY OCCURRED, BUT THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT IT WAS NOT THE SAME FAILURE AS STATED IN THE RECALL.*AK
SHOULDER BELTS ARE NOT WORKING AFTER BEING TAKEN TO DEALER. *AK
SYCAMORE FORD MAZDA SAID THEY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THE RECALL AND MAZDA MANUFACTURER SAID THE CONSUMER IS NOT INCLUDED, BUT HE RECEIVED NOTICE AND HIS SHOULDER BELT IS BROKEN. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAIL
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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