# 2005 CHEVROLET UPLANDER — SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER
> NHTSA complaint `620164` · 2007-04-11 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CHEVROLET
- **Model:** UPLANDER
- **Year:** 2005
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER
- **Miles at failure:** 50,000
## Narrative
ON MARCH 17, 2007 AT APPROXIMATELY 6:00 PM MY HUSBAND, MYSELF AND 4 CHILDREN ARRIVED HOME.  WE OWN A 2005 CHEVROLET  UPLANDER.  MY OLDEST DAUGHTER 7 WAS SITTING ALL THE WAY TO THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE  WHEN SHE UNBUCKLED THE  SEAT BELT AND SHE STARTED YELLING  THAT SHE COULDN'T GET OUT!  MY HUSBAND WENT TO THE BACK TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG ,AND SHE WAS COMPLETELY ENTANGLED IN THE SEAT BELT.  SHE WAS CRYING HYSTERICALLY, AND WAS SCARED TO DEATH!  SOMEHOW WHEN SHE UNBUCKLED THE SEAT IT  RETRACTED SO FAST THAT IT WAS TWISTED AND ENTANGLED AROUND HER WAIST.  IT LOCKED AND KEPT GETTING TIGHTER AND TIGHTER!,  IT WAS SO TIGHT THAT I COULDN'T GET MY FINGERS BETWEEN THE BELT AND HER WAIST.  MY HUSBAND TRIED UNLOCKING THE SEAT BELT BUT IT JUST KEPT GETTING TIGHTER.  WE HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO CUT IT OFF  ON  HER.  IT WAS SO TIGHT THAT IT LEFT BRUISES AND MARKS COMPLETELY AROUND HER WAIST.   CURRENTLY,  SHE AND MY 3 YEAR OLD SON ARE SCARED TO DEATH TO GET INTO THE CAR.  I CONTACTED GM AND THE DEALER RIGHT AWAY.  GM SENT AN INSPECTOR TO TAKE PICTURES.  GM CLAIMED THAT THEY FOUND NO DEFECT WITH THE BELT, AND IT WAS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO FIX IT.  THEY SAID THAT IT WAS OUR CHOICE TO CUT THE  SEAT BELT.  I EXPLAINED TO THEM THAT WE HAD NO CHOICE, AND IF IT SOMEHOW GOT WRAPPED AROUND HER NECK THAT IT WOULD HAVE KILLED HER.  GM INSPECTOR INSISTED  THAT MY DAUGHTER MUST HAVE BEEN PLAYING WITH THE SEAT BELT.  SHE WAS NOT!  I TOLD HER THAT I DO HAVE THE PICTURES OF THE INJURIES THAT IT DID ,AND I WOULD T
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