1999 Ford Mustang Seat Belts

MY SEAT BELTS DO NOT FUNCTION WELL. SOMETIMES, THEY RETRACT VERY SLOW, LOSE AND SOMETIMES THEY DO NOT EVEN RETRACT. ALSO, SOMETIME THEY GET STUCK. WHEN I BRAKE HARD, THEY STUCK AND TOO TIGHT....ON THE OTHER HAND SOMETIMES THEY ARE VERY LOSE AND DOESN'T STAY TIGHT TO MY CHEST, SAME IS THE CASE WITH THE NAVIGATOR SEAT BELTS AND ALSO THE REAR SEAT SEAT BELTS. IT BEEN HAPPENING FOR COUPLE OF WEEKS.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD MUSTANG. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT BELTS HAVE MALFUNCTIONED. THE SEAT BELTS HAVE FAILED BY NOT RETRACTING ENOUGH NOR DOES IT SECURE THE PERSON PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER WHO ADVISED HIM THAT HE HAD TO REPLACE THE SEAT BELTS. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 36,000.

MUSTANG REAR PASSENGER SEAT BELT STUCK. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD MUSTANG. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT BELTS WOULD NOT RETRACT SIMILAR TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 99V250000 (SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED TO HAVE THE ENTIRE MECHANISM FOR BOTH SIDES REPLACED. THE CONTACT DID NOT INFORM THE MANUFACTURER NOR WAS THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 92,658 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGES WERE UNKNOWN.

DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT SEAT BELT AND PASSENGER SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT AND LOCKS UP. IT APPEARS THAT THE SEAT BELT WILL NOT WORK IN AN EMERGENCY AS REQUIRED. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD MUSTANG. THE CONTACT WAS REPAIRING HIS VEHICLE WHEN HE NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT LATCH DID NOT WORK. THE MECHANIC ADVISED HIM TO REPLACE THE SEAT BELT. THERE IS A RECALL ON THE VEHICLE'S SEAT BELTS, BUT THE RECALL # WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 12,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD MUSTANG. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SEAT BELT ON THE PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE WOULD NOT RETRACT PROPERLY UPON ENTERING OR EXITING THE VEHICLE. SHE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER REPAIRED THE VEHICLE, BUT THE FAILURE STILL PERSISTS. THE DEALER IS CHARGING HER $100 TO REPAIR THE FAILURE AGAIN. THE NHTSA RECALL # WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 88,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR WILL NOT PULL OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHICH DETERMINED THE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN ALERTED, NO REPAIRS WERE MADE.

DT: THE CONTACT STATES THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 99V250000 CONCERNING THE FRONT SEAT BELT ANCHORAGE. THIS VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL, BUT IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. THE REAR PASSENGER SEAT BELT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. IT WORKED ENOUGH TO HOLD A CHILD SAFETY SEAT SECURELY, BUT WILL NOT COME OUT ALL OF THE WAY. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. *AK UPDATED 01/25/06. *JB

THE SEAT BELT FRONT RETRACTOR ON OUR 1999 FORD MUSTANG COBRA IS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. IT HAD HAPPEND ABOUT 1 YEAR AND 3 MONTHS AGO AND THE FORD DEALERSHIP HAD FIXED IT AT NO COST THAT TIME. NOW IT IS NOT FUNCTIONING AGAIN. I HAVE CALLED FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND THE FORD DEALERSHIP BOTH WHICH ARE TELLING US THAT IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND WILL BE AT OUR COST. THIS IS A PROBLEM DUE TO BEING PART OF THE SAFETY RESTRAINT OF THE VEHICLE, AND SHOULD BE FIXED AT NO CHARGE. IT WAS NOT FIXED PROPERLY THE FIRST TIME AND FORD SHOULD TAKE CARE THE ISSUE.

THE REAR PASSENGER SEAT BELTS DO NOT EXTRACT. THIS INCLUDES ALL OF THE REAR SEAT BELTS. THE REAR PASSENGERS ARE UNABLE TO USE THE SEAT BELTS. *NM

THE FRONT SEAT BELTS MALFUNCTIONED, THEY WILL EITHER NOT RELEASE FROM HOLSTER, OR WHEN RELEASED WILL NOT RETRACT BACK INTO THE HOLSTER WITHOUT EXCESSIVE FORCE BEING APPLIED. THIS CAUSED THE BELTS TO FRAY AT THE EDGES. DEALERSHIP WILL NOT PROVIDE ANY REMEDY OR CAUSE FOR THIS PROBLEM.*AK SEAT BELTS STARTED GETTING HARD TO PULLOUT AND WOULD NOT ROLL BACK UP . *TC

BOTH FRONT AND THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT FAILED TO RETRACT BACK INTO ITS HOLSTER WHEN THEY WERE UNFASTENED. DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED, BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED.*AK

HELLO, TSB 99S26 STATES THAT THERE IS A RECALL ON THE SAFTEY BELT RETRACTOR ON THE 1999 FORD MUSTANG COBRA. I HAVE HAD THE DRIVERS SIDE REPAIRED AT MY COST THEN FOUND THIS RECALL NOTE. HOWEVER THE DEALER AND FORD BOTH CLAIN THAT THIS IS NOT A RECALL FOR MY PARTICULAR VIN#. I FIND THIS HARD TO BELIEVE AS NOW THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR IS NOT WORKING. IS THERE A WAY TO FIND OUT IF MY CAR IS COVERED BY THIS SAFETY ISSUE? FORD AND THE DEALER STATE THAT THEY DO NOT SHOW ANYTHING AND THAT THIS IS THE DEPARTMENT THAT CAN HELP OUT.THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. JOHN MILLER. *AK

MY SEAT BELT (DRIVERS SIDE)DOES NOT RETRACT REAL WELL YOU HAVE TO PUSH IT BACK INTO THE SIDE WALL OF THE CAR. I HAVE NOTICED THAT OTHER VIN NUMBERS HAVE HAD A RECALL BUT NOT MINE. I CALLED FORD IN MICHIGAN TO ASK THEM HOW TO GET A RECALL STARTED AND THEY TOLD ME THAT I CAN NOT. THEN I ASKED THEM TO FIX MY PROBLEM FREE OF CHARGE AND THEY TOLD ME IF I WANTED IT FIXED THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. I TOLD THEM THAT IT WAS A SAFTY ISSUE AND THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR IT FREE OF CHARGE. DT

THIS IS A COPY OF THE E MAIL:: PRODUCT SAFETY ALERT! I WANT TO FIRST STATE: I DO NOT CURRENTLY OWN A FORD VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE THAT CONCERNS ME IS 1999 MUSTANG WITH POWER DRIVER'S SEAT WITH SWITCHES MOUNTED ON THE FRONT OF THE SEAT (AND LIKE VEHICLES) I WAS RECENTLY INSTALLING A REMOTE CAR STARTER/ALARM FOR A CUSTOMER WHO OWNS A 1999 FORD MUSTANG CONVERTIBLE, AND I WAS POSITIONED UNDER THE DRIVER'S SIDE DASHBOARD (ON MY BACK/SIDE, IN THE FOOTWELL) AND WAS SECURING A MODULE UNDER THE DASHBOARD AND I MOVED SLIGHTLY, AND THE ELECTRIC SEAT STARTED TO MOVE FORWARD (THE SIDE OF MY TORSO MADE CONTACT WITH THE ADJUSTMENT SWITCH) AT THAT POINT THE SEAT WAS POWERING FORWARD PINNING THE SWITCH TO MY TORSO IN THE FORWARD POSITION (I WAS UNABLE TO REACH IT) I WAS BEING CRUSHED! AND COULD NOT STOP THE SEAT! MY NECK WAS BENT AT AN UNNATURAL ANGLE AND MY FACE WAS COMING IN CONTACT WITH A RATHER HOT SHOP LIGHT THAT WAS POSITIONED NEAR THE ACCELERATOR PETAL. I WAS ALONE IN THE SHOP, LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO SOUND THE HORN AND GET ASSISTANCE FROM A FELLOW EMPLOYEE WHO WAS IN OUR SHOWROOM, AT THE POINT HE RESCUED ME (BY STUFFING HIS HAND BEHIND MY BACK AND RELIEVING THE PINNED SWITCH, LUCKILY HE WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE SWITCH LOCATION) I WAS PINNED BETWEEN THE KNEE BOLSTER AND THE SEAT IN (APX A 6" SPACE) AND UNDER THE STEERING WHEEL, AND I AM A LARGE MAN OF 290LBS! THE SEAT WAS STILL CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD. I WAS UNABLE TO FREE MYSELF AND COULD NOT BREATH OR EVEN YELL FOR HELP BECAUSE MY BODY WAS SO COMPACTED, WHEN I EXHALED I WAS UNABLE TO INHALE AGAIN TO YELL OUT. AT THIS VENTURE I STILL HAVE DISCOMFORT IN MY BACK, NECK, AND RIBS FROM THIS INCIDENT (I AM NOT SUGGESTING YOU CONTACT YOUR LAWYERS) BUT I AM ASKING YOU TO PLEASE ALERT YOUR TECHNICIANS, OWNERS, ETC., WHO MIGHT BE PUT IN THIS SAME DEADLY/DABILITATING SITUATION. CONTACT YOUR DESIGN DEPT. FOR SWITCH RELOCATION ETC. IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS! I HOPE THAT YOU WILL RETURN THIS EMAIL/TAKE ACTION ON THIS VERY DANGEROUS EVENT.

BOTH FRONT SEATBELTS HAVE STOPPED WORKING. THEY GET TWISTED AT BELT GUIDE LOOP, AND WILL NOT RETRACT. DEALER REPLACED BOTH FRONT SEATBELTS.*AK *YH

RECALL 99V250000. THIS VEHICLE NOT AFFECTED BY THIS RECALL, ALTHOUGH IT HAS SAME PROBLEM. PASSENGER'S SEATBELT WILL NOT PULL OUT.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT GETS TIGHTER AND TIGHTER WHEN GOING OVER A BUMP, TO THE POINT WHERE CONSUMER CAN'T BREATH. CONSUMER HAS TO EITHER UNDO BELT WHILE DRIVING, OR HOLD BELT IN HAND TO AVOID BEING SQUEEZED TO DEATH. CONSUMER HAS TO HOLD SEATBELT IN HAND WHILE DRIVING. THIS COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. DEALER SAID SEAT BELTS WERE MADE FOR A BABY SEAT, AND THAT THEY ALL WERE MADE THAT WAY. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. *AK

THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT IMPROPERLY INSTALLED CAUSING IT TO TWIST. YH