1998 Toyota Corolla Seat Belts

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 TOYOTA COROLLA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT BOTH THE DRIVER AND THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELTS WOULD NOT RETRACT AFTER BEING UTILIZED. IN ADDITION, THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT FAILED TO RETRACT AT ALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 185,000. UPDATED 4/30/15*CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE SEAT BELTS WERE REPLACED. THE CONSUMER STATED THE REASON THE SEAT BELT FAILURE, WAS BECAUSE PRIOR TO PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, IT WAS IN AN ACCIDENT; UPDATED 05/07/15*JB

THE SEAT BELT WILL NOT STAY LOCKED INTO THE SEAT BELT LATCH. *TR

1998 TOYOTA COROLLA. CONSUMER STATES SEAT BELT DEFECTIVE. *TGW SEVERAL YEARS AGO, THE SEAT BELT BEGAN FRAYING AS A RESULT OF BEING SCRAPED BY THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE MECHANISM AS IT SLID THROUGH THE SLOT. THE SEAT BELT HAS LOST ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF ITS WIDTH. THE DEFECT APPEARS TO BE THE SLOT IN THE SEAT BELT MECHANISM. SO, MERELY REPLACING THE SEAT BELT WOULDN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM. *JB

THE SEAT BELT INDICATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE SEAT BELT SENSOR MAY HAVE MALFUNCTIONED AND CAUSED THE LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE. *NM *NM

THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT FASTENER LATCH IS DEFECTIVE. IT IS NO LONGER LATCHES, ENABLING THE DRIVER TO USE THE SEAT BELT. *CB

THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT BUCKLE WAS DEFECTIVE, WHICH CAUSED THE BELT NOT TO LOCK.*JB *TS

DEFECTIVE SEAT BELTS IN MY 1998 TOYOTA COROLLA. IN MAY 03 AND JULY 03 I HAD 2 OF MY 5 SEATBELT BREAK. BOTH APPEAR TO HAVE BROKEN IN THE SAME FASHION. *AK

THE CONSUMER'S SON WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH HE WAS INJURED BY COLLIDING WITH THE WINDSHIELD AS THE RESULT OF SEAT BELT FAILING, TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT. *YH

UPON BEING HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE ON PASSENGER SIDE, THE DRIVER SIDE SHOULDER HARNESS BOLT PULLED OUT CAUSING THE DRIVER TO BE THROWN ABOUT. *YH

DUE TO HEIGHT THE CONSUMER MUSH THE DRIVERS SEAT AS FAR BACK AS POSSIBLE FOR COMFORT, WHEN THE SEAT BELT IS RETRACTED IT TWIST 90% OF THE TIME AN CANNOT RETRACT CONSUMER BELIEVES THIS IS DUE TO THE LIMITED AMOUNT OF SPACE BETWEEN THE SEAT AND THE DOOR. NLM

THE MIDDLE SEAT BELT IN THE REAR SEAT COMBINED LAP/SHOULDERHAS A BELT EXTENDER. THE LAP BELT COMES UP HIGHER THAN THE SIDE OF THE SEAT. SHOULDER STRAP DOES NOT LOCK SECURELY. DEALER SUGGESTS TO PUT THE CHILD IN THE SEAT ON THE SIDE BECAUSE THE CHILD SEAT CANNOT GO IN THE MIDDLE SEAT. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

REAR SEAT BELT DESIGN DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY WITH CHILD SAFETY SEAT. (QCAW)