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1997 Toyota Camry seat belts problems

Owners reported seat belts problems in 26 complaints for the 1997 Toyota Camry, 4% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
26 4% of this year's complaints
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
4 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

What the data shows

These complaints mention 4 injuries.

What owners wrote

The new seat belts that if pulled out they lock up. Driver's son got tangled up and had to be cut out. The more one moves the tighter it gets.

June 1997 Injury

Seat belt retractor failure. Seat belt was extended to use, but once extended and secured will not retract to proper tension. Has now happened a third time to separate belts. Twice on driver's side, once on passenger's side in the front.

Reported at 155,000 miles, May 2007

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