1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee seat belts problems
17 complaints about seat belts have been filed for the 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee, which is 1% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 17 1% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 4 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 7 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 4 crashes, 7 injuries.
What owners wrote
Jeep grand cherokee was involved in a virtual head-on collision with another vehicle. Other vehicle was traveling approximately 35-45 miles per hour. The air bags did not deploy, nor did the seat belts lock upon impact. Crash resulted in minor injuries to driver and passenger.
1 driver getting into the drivers seat, preparing to leave by buckling the seatbelt and pushing it firmly into the buckle lock 2 the cause is unknown after many failures, as the belt simply begins to wind back to the b-pillar as if the driver had just exited the vehicle. No noise is made, no force needs to be exerted on the belt to recreate the failure, in which recreation is impossible. Often failure may occur after an extended amount of driving time. 3 unknown to date.
Other problems reported for the 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee
- Transmission 383 complaints
- Brakes 188 complaints
- Fuel system 173 complaints
- Engine 84 complaints
- Drivetrain & axles 79 complaints
- Body & structure 69 complaints
- Electrical system 63 complaints
- Steering 41 complaints