1998 Honda Accord seat belts problems
29 complaints about seat belts have been filed for the 1998 Honda Accord, which is 2% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 29 2% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 4 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 5 and 1
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 4 crashes, 5 injuries, 1 death.
What owners wrote
White house follow-up to previous communication of 12/22/05 death of mother in car accident involving airbags and safety belts possible defective. The driver lost control of the vehicle and collided with a fire hydrant, training wall and a telephone pole. The driver suffered massive head injuries which resulted in death. The frontal air bags failed to deploy and the seat belt shoulder straps failed to restrain the driver from being thrown forwards into the vehicle's steering wheel.
I have a 1998 honda accord. The SRS light has been on for some time, and I did not know about the issues of them with the 98-2002 accords until just now. Many people have filed complaints about this issue because honda refuses to correct the issue. It makes driving he vehicle dangerous because you no longer have your secondary backup system to help keep you safe in a accident. And from what I am understanding it also minimizes the effectiveness of the seat belt as well.
Other problems reported for the 1998 Honda Accord
- Electrical system 319 complaints
- Transmission 239 complaints
- Engine 150 complaints
- Fuel system 83 complaints
- Air bags 79 complaints
- Body & structure 77 complaints
- Cruise control 69 complaints
- Suspension 65 complaints