1993 Dodge Colt Complaints

RECALL 97V073002/DRIVER'S SIDE GUIDE RAIL: PASSENGER SIDE CABLE DROPPED OUT OF CHAMBER AND SHOULDER BELT ANCHORAGE BECOME STUCK, LEAVING OCCUPANT WITHOUT PROPER RESTRAINT. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT RECALL WAS ONLY FOR DRIVER'S SIDE, AND ANY REPAIRS WOULD BE AT CONSUMER COST. *AK *ML

RECALL 97V073002/ SEAT BELT BUCKLES. TWO YEARS AFTER THE RECALL HAD BEEN PERFORMED THE GUIDE RAIL FAILED. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. DEALER WILL REPAIR THE VEHICLE AT THE OWNER'S EXPENSE. *AK

RECALL 97V0730000; PASSENGER'S SEATBELT MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE SEATBELT TO BECOME INOPERATIVE, WHICH WONT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN EVENT OF A CRASH. PREVIOUSLY, THE DEALER FIXED THE SEATBELT UNDER RECALL REPAIRS. BUT THE PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED. PROBLEM REPAIRS AT CHRYSLER'S EXPENSE. *AK *ML

THE DRIVER'SIDE SHOULDER BELT WAS REPLACED THROUGH RECALL IN 1997. IT HAD ORIGINALLY FAILED SEVERAL MONTHS PRIOR TO THAT. AT THAT TIME, I REQUESTED THE PASSENGER SIDE SHOULDER BELT ALSO BE REPLACED, BUT DEALER INFORMED ME IT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL. SINCE THEN, THE PASSENGER SIDE SHOULDER BELT HAD FAILED NUMEROUS TIMES, IN THAT IT FAILED TO RETRACT AS DESIGNED WHEN I STARTED THE CAR. I COULD OFTEN MAKE IT DEPLOY BY OPENING AND CLOSING THE DOOR AND "TIMING" THE IGNITION JUST RIGHT--BUT THIS DIDN'T ALWAYS WORK. FINALLY, IT FAILED COMPLETELY; IT HAS NOT WORKED AT ALL FOR MOST OF 1999. THE DRIVER'S SIDE ALSO OCCASIONALLY SHOWS THIS SYMPTOM. BUT IT ALSO SOMETIMES RETRACTS WHILE I'M DRIVING, WHICH PUTS IT IN A PLACE WHERE IT RESTRICTS MY ABILITY TO STEER THE CAR. CALLS TO FUSZ HAVE ONLY GOT ME RUDE RESPONSES. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. MY PASSENGERS AND I ARE NOT PROTECTED. I WANT TO WEAR PROPER RESTRAINT--I DON'T NEED A LAW TO TELL ME SO--BUT I AM PREVENTED FROM IT THROUGH...

FRONT LAP BELT HAS WORN OUT, THE MATERIAL IS UNRAVELING ON THE SIDE, AND THERE IS A HOLE IN THE MIDDLE. THE PARTS ARE NOT BEING MANUFACTURED ANYMORE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK