1997 LEXUS ES300 — SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR

Name: NHTSA complaint: 1997 LEXUS ES300 — SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
Start: 1999-12-15

crash · 249408 · 2000-10-10

Vehicle

Make: LEXUS
Model: ES300
Year: 1997
Manufacturer: Toyota Motor Corporation
Component: SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR

Severity

Deaths: 0
Injured: 0
Fire: No
Crash: Yes
Police report: Yes
Medical attention: No
Vehicle towed: No

Narrative

SEAT BELT DOESN'T RETRACT WHEN REMOVED AFTER CRASH REPAIR. DEALER CLAIMS THIS IS NORMAL WHEN CAR GETS OLD! BELT MUST BE MANUALLY PUSHED BACK INTO RETRACTOR AFTER EACH TIME IT'S USED. I'M AFRAID BELT MAY NOT WORK PROPERLY IN A SEVERE CRASH.

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 733916
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown