NHTSA complaint: 1998 PONTIAC TRANS SPORT — UNKNOWN OR OTHER
type: Event
additional type: https://schema.org/AccidentReport
start date: 2003-08-15
description: THE THIRD-ROW SEATS WERE KNOCKED OUT OF THEIR ANCHORS WHEN A FORD ESCORT HIT MY VAN IN THE REAR. I WAS STOPPED TO TURN WHEN I WAS HIT. THE ESCORT WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 TO 45 MPH, AND MY REAR BUMPER TOOK THE FULL FORCE OF THE IMPACT; AFTERWARDS, I NOTICED THAT BOTH THIRD ROW SEATS WERE OUT OF THEIR ACHORS AND LAYING BACK TOWARDS THE REAR GLASS. THE REPAIR SHOP WAS ONLY ABLE TO RE-SEAT ONE OF THE SEATS; THEY HAD TO ORDER A FRAME FOR THE OTHER ONE. THE COST OF THE NEW SEAT FRAME WAS $650.00. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF DAMAGE TO MY VAN EXCEEDED $3,400.00. THE SEAT FRAME WAS THE SECOND MOST EXPENSIVE ITEM. MY WORRY IS THAT IF MY CHILDREN HAD BEEN WITH ME, SERIOUS INJURY COULD HAVE OCCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE SEATS COMING OUT OF THEIR ANCHORS. SECONDLY, THE SEAT BELTS ARE ATTACHED TO THE SEATS INSTEAD OF THE FLOOR, SO THESE ARE USELESS IN A REAR COLLISION. IF THE SEATS COME OUT THE SEATBELTS GO WITH THEM. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF BOTH THE SEATS AND THE SEATBELTS, I AM VERY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH PUTTING ANYONE IN THE THIRD ROW. THE BOTTOM LINE HERE IS THAT THE 1998 PONTIAC TRANS SPORT IS VERY UNSAFE WHEN IT COMES TO COLLISIONS.
organizer: General Motors, LLC
publisher: AI Analytics
license: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
source: https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/
source organization: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation

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property ID: NHTSA Complaint ID
value: 471408

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