1998 Toyota Tacoma seat belts problems
Owners reported seat belts problems in 23 complaints for the 1998 Toyota Tacoma, 6% of the complaints on file.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 23 6% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 130,000 miles 12 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 4 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 4 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When seat belts problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 0 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 1 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 0 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 0 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 3 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 1 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 3 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 3 |
What the data shows
Of the 12 seat belts complaints that report mileage, the median is about 130,000 miles, and 8% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 4 crashes, 4 injuries.
What owners wrote
Consumer was driving at approx 20 MPH hit another vehicle head on.seat belt did not hold, locked up. Due to this defect, it caused the consumer to hit windshield ,shattered glass. Also caused neck injuries. Toyota claims cannot find problem, and claims air bag should not have deployed.
The driver side seat belt started fraying and after while locked up ,would not retracted or pull out. Now the passenger side is fraying and now it is locked up, it does not matter if the engine is running or not it will not retracted or pull out.
Other problems reported for the 1998 Toyota Tacoma
- Body & structure 99 complaints
- Air bags 47 complaints
- Tires 32 complaints
- Suspension 30 complaints
- Brakes 25 complaints
- Cruise control 17 complaints
- Engine 15 complaints
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