1991 Ford Probe seat belts problems
149 complaints about seat belts have been filed for the 1991 Ford Probe, which is 75% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 149 75% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 3 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 4 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 3 crashes, 4 injuries.
What owners wrote
Consumer was hit in the front and the seat belt retractor failed, consumer hit the steering consumer states she was involved in an auto accident with another vehicle that was making an illegal left hand turn, and pulled out in front of her, which resulted in a front end collision and consumer hit the steering wheel which resulted in a deeply bruised sternum, consumer felt that shoulder belt did not hold her in enough to restrain from the impact, it was a low speed impact, consumer states she does have some…
Dt*: the contact stated immediately after purchasing a vehicle, it was noticed the seat belt did not retract and was jammed in the rail rendering the belt inoperative. The contact checked for recalls on the NHTSA website and found the NHTSA recall campaign # 96v172001 covered the defect. The manufacturer was contacted who informed the vehicle was not included in the recall due to the VIN. The contact was very concerned because the description in the recall matched exactly the problems, the vehicle's seat belt had.