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1997 Ford Mustang seat belts problems

19 complaints about seat belts have been filed for the 1997 Ford Mustang, which is 8% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
19 8% of this year's complaints
Crashes and fires
3 and 0
Injuries and deaths
3 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

What the data shows

These complaints mention 3 crashes, 3 injuries.

What owners wrote

Both front seat belts are jammed and will not retract. I have always had this problem with both belts, but have always managed to have them retract back. Now both belts are sitting in the front seats as both belts are too short to fasten when driving. This is a huge problem and is dangerous to both front seat passengers. Nlm

Reported at 48,000 miles, January 2003 Injury

Seat belts on driver's side failed about 2 years ago and were replace dwith one from junk yard. Now the one on the passenger side is locked up (belt won't extend). This is on a 1997 ford mustang v-6.

Reported at 98,000 miles, March 2005

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