Ford seat belts problems
Across all Ford models in NHTSA's complaint database, 5,743 complaints involve seat belts. The Explorer accounts for the largest share (12%). The single worst model year is the 1990 Probe with 291 seat belts complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 5,743 about seat belts, all Ford models
- Most affected
- Explorer 12% of these complaints
- Typical mileage
- 67,000 miles 1,975 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 808 and 46
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Which Ford models
Worst model years for seat belts
- 1990 Ford Probe291 complaints
- 1995 Ford Escort162 complaints
- 1991 Ford Probe149 complaints
- 1993 Ford Escort112 complaints
- 2019 Ford Expedition112 complaints
Seat belts complaints by model year
View the numbers
| Model year | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 1990 | 418 |
| 1991 | 321 |
| 1992 | 225 |
| 1993 | 282 |
| 1994 | 230 |
| 1995 | 381 |
| 1996 | 293 |
| 1997 | 217 |
| 1998 | 226 |
| 1999 | 253 |
| 2000 | 263 |
| 2001 | 394 |
| 2002 | 230 |
| 2003 | 133 |
| 2004 | 81 |
| 2005 | 77 |
| 2006 | 66 |
| 2007 | 61 |
| 2008 | 64 |
| 2009 | 26 |
| 2010 | 36 |
| 2011 | 58 |
| 2012 | 110 |
| 2013 | 257 |
| 2014 | 186 |
| 2015 | 132 |
| 2016 | 133 |
| 2017 | 106 |
| 2018 | 80 |
| 2019 | 168 |
| 2020 | 101 |
| 2021 | 43 |
| 2022 | 42 |
| 2023 | 28 |
| 2024 | 14 |
| 2025 | 6 |
| 2026 | 2 |
Among the 1,975 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 67,000 miles.
Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.