1998 Ford Explorer seat belts problems
Owners reported seat belts problems in 38 complaints for the 1998 Ford Explorer, 2% of the complaints on file.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 38 2% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 5 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 12 and 2
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 5 crashes, 12 injuries, 2 deaths.
What owners wrote
Severe blowout, rollover 4 times resulted in paralized back seat occupant, shoulder belt did not deploy, only lap then released at 3 rollover( DOT number: )
Consumer was complaining about seat belt problem on driver's side. When belt was latched into the buckle, it didn't hold.
Other problems reported for the 1998 Ford Explorer
- Tires 750 complaints
- Cruise control 287 complaints
- Engine 200 complaints
- Electrical system 120 complaints
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 117 complaints
- Suspension 116 complaints
- Brakes 102 complaints
- Steering 74 complaints