2016 Ford Explorer Seat Belts Problems

The system that failed is the seat belt buckle on the 40 seat (of the 60/40 second row seating). The clip inside the seatbelt broke while securing my child in the seat. This faulty belt buckle put my child's safety at risk.

Plastic casing in seat belt housing for 2nd row captain chair broke and seat belt will not snap into housing. No accidents or misuse; 11 yr-old son went to buckle seat belt and was unable to buckle. Plastic casing had fallen into space where buckle unit housed; we removed the broken piece with needle-nose pliers.

Takata recall I have a 2016 ford explorer platinum I have identical twin boys so the safest place for them is in the middle seat their car seats are facing forward now because they're over two years old the seat belt goes underneath the car seat and buckles in it's a britex snaptight carseats the seatbelts have airbags on them I highway patrol had never seen this type of situation before and informed me that this is very dangerous because if those seat belts were to be set off they would inflate underneath the car seat and can hurt my children there's nothing in the ford handbook that says you can't have car seats in this vehicle but twins I have to have one on each side I can't put them both in the middle in between the drivers in the passenger seat in the middle row there's nowhere else to put them and the highway patrol informed me to contact you because this is very unsafe and can hurt or possibly kill my children if I was to get in an accident and those seatbelt airbags were to go off.

The contact owns a 2016 Ford Explorer. The contact stated that the exterior A-pillar trim had detached from the front windshield and the metal studs were showing. The contact stated that the seat belt light warning light was illuminated.

The contact owns a 2016 Ford Explorer. The contact stated that while the vehicle was started, the air bag warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the seat belt retractor was faulty and needed to be replaced.

The seat belt buckle for the second row passenger-side broke, making it impossible for the seat belt buckle to lock. Ford said the part was back ordered. When the part arrived and the car was being fixed, we received a call from the service manager advising the second row driver-side buckle broke as well.

The contact owns a 2016 Ford Explorer. The contact stated that the middle row passenger’s side seat belt malfunctioned and could no longer be retracted. The vehicle was taken to the local mechanic who diagnosed that the seat belt assembly needed to be replaced.

On September 11th, 2019 we had to replace (while still under warranty) the seat belt buckle assembly on the rear (middle seat, driver side) because it would no longer buckle. On January 23rd, 2023 we returned to our local Ford dealership because the other rear (middle seat, passenger side) seat belt buckle assembly would no longer buckle.

The contact owns a 2016 Ford Explorer. The contact stated that the driver’s side second-row seat belt mechanism had malfunctioned and remained locked. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer who diagnosed that a plastic piece inside the receiving latch assembly fractured and the entire latch needed to be replaced.

The Passenger second row seatbelt will not latch, The Ford Dealer want's $240.00 to diagnose the problem. The passenger second row seatbelt has an airbag built in, so it will be an expensive replacement, something I do not feel should be at a cost to the consumer. Major Safety issue in my opinion!

We purchased this vehicle through CarMax and there were several items that required repair/replacement. One of which is the front passenger seat belt. There is a small tear in the seat belt.

Tl* the contact owns a 2016 ford explorer. The contact stated that the passenger middle row seat belt failed to latch correctly. The contact spoke with bredemann ford (2038 waukegan rd, glenview, il 60025, (847) 510-5585) who stated that the seat buckle needed to be replaced.

Tl* the contact owns 2016 ford explorer. The contact stated upon entering the vehicle, the front driver's side seat belt failed to latch securely. The contact called town and country ford (7800 e lloyd expy, evansville, in 47715) however, the vehicle was not taken to be diagnosed nor repaired.

Tl* the contact owns a 2016 ford explorer. The contact stated that the second-row middle seat failed to unlatch as designed. The contact stated that his child was confined in the seat while strapped into the seat belt.

Tl* the contact owns a 2016 ford explorer. While the vehicle was parked, the contact noticed that the seat belt latch fractured. As a result the contact was unable to buckle the seat belt.

Second row passenger seatbelt reciever is broken and part has not been available for over 2 years. Part # db5zz786004eb. This is a major safety issue and ford has no idea when they will resume making this part.

Middle row, passenger side seat belt buckle is broken & will not latch. This is where my 9yr old sits & there is no reason or cause for this to break. My vehicle has the inflatable airbag seatbelts on this row.

2nd row seat seat belt not working is loose and will not reset. Took it to ford they want to charge me a lot of money, it's a safety issue

Randomly one of the captain chairs seat belts no longer buckles. It's a airbag seatbelt with a different type of latch. We have numerous problems with these type of buckles since we bough the vehicle.