2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer seat belts problems

49 complaints about seat belts have been filed for the 2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer, which is 3% of all its NHTSA complaints.

Complaints: 49 3% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 49,000 miles 19 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 5 and 1
Injuries and deaths: 5 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When seat belts problems show up

Based on 19 complaints that include mileage. 58% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.

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Mileage	Complaints
0k to 20k miles	4
20k to 40k miles	4
40k to 60k miles	3
60k to 80k miles	2
80k to 100k miles	2
100k to 120k miles	2
120k to 140k miles	1
140k to 160k miles	1
160k to 180k miles	0
180k to 200k miles	0
200k+ miles	0

What the data shows

Of the 19 seat belts complaints that report mileage, the median is about 49,000 miles, and 58% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 5 crashes, 1 fire, 5 injuries.

What owners wrote

Consumer lost steering and hit a tree head on. In addition, the seat belt failed to lock causing injuries to the consumer (driver). (lawyer on behalf of client rebecca doyle). The airbag also burned/injured the passenger. The vehicle experienced electrical problems with the brake lights, tail lights, fuel gauge, left seat belt, dash (computer readout) and the brakes pulled.

September 2003 CrashInjury

Sharp turn steering locks up. Passenger seat belt gets tighter and tighter doesn't release pressure. 4 wheel drive not working . Tapping sound in engine. The only thing the dealer has done is replace power steering pump and within 5 miles it was not working again.

Reported at 35,000 miles, November 2004

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