1999 Honda Odyssey Seat Belts Problems

THE SECOND ROW PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT FAILED TO RETRACT AND WAS REPLACED A FEW MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE. THE SEAT BELT WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. THE SEAT BELTS LOOKED AND FELT LOOSE. *SC *JB

PROBLEM IS NOT WITH CAR SEAT BUT SEAT BELT ON THE HONDA ODYESSY 1999. THE MIDDLE ROW, PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT HAS FAILED THREE TIMES. IT LOSSES SPRING ACTION, AND HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES BY THE HONDA DEALERSHIP IN THE PAST 6 MONTHS. OUR FOUR YEAR OLD SITS IN THE SEAT WITH A BOOSTER. ATTENDING A CAR SEAT SEMINAR THROUGH THE COUNTY WE LIVE IN, THEY STATED THAT ONCE THE BELT IS FASTENED IT MUST BE FULLY EXTENDED TO THE LOCKED POSITION. WITH THE FIRST TWO REPLACEMENTS OF THE SEAT BELT THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME IT WAS CORRECT TO EXTEND AND LOCK THE SEAT BELT. UPON THE LAST REPLACEMENT THEY RECOMMENDED THAT WE DO NOT EXTEND AND LOCK THE SEAT BELT. WE FEEL THIS IS NOT PROPER OPERATION FOR FULL SAFETY. WE ALSO FEAR FOR OUR CHILD'S SAFETY IF WE DO EXTEND AND LOCK THE BELT, DUE TO THE THREE FAILURES. *LA

DURING A CHILD BELT SAFETY CHECK DONE IN MY COMMUNITY IT WAS FOUND THAT THE SEAT BELT MY 8 1/2 MO . OLD CHILD WAS USING DID NOT WORK. THE SEAT BELT WAS LOOSE ,AND THE REASON WAS THAT IT WASN'T RETRACTING. THE SEAT BELT WAS BROKEN. IF I HAD'NT GONE TO HAVE THE SEATS CHECKED I WOULD NEVER HAVE KNOWN THAT IT WASN'T WORKING RIGHT AND MY CHILD COULD HAVE BEEN INJURED IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT.

CONSUMER'S DAUGTHER OF 46 POUNDS/ 46 INCHES, AND 7 YEARS OLD GOT STRAPPED ON MIDDLE SEAT BELT OF LAST ROW OF VEHICLE WHERE LAP BELT WAS INTALLED CORRECTLY, BUT SHOULDER ONE WAS BEHIND HER BODY, WHERE IT WAS GETTING TIGHTER AND TIGHTER. CONSUMER HAD TO CUT WEBBING TO RELEASE CHILD. CONSUMER PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

RETACTORS WILL NOT STAY LOCKED, CAUSING CSS TO MOVE. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND WAS WILLING TO HELP IN THIS MATTER. *AK

THE SEAT BELTS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AND DRIVER SIDE LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE ROW OF SEATS IN OUR MINIVAN BOTH FAILED, WITHIN 4 MONTHS OF EACH OTHER. WE HAVE SMALL CHILDREN AND USE CHILD CAR SEATS FOR THEM. MY WIFE KNOWS MORE ABOUT CAR SEATS THAN MOST PEOPLE WHO WORK AT THE CAR DEALERSHIPS, AND WE USE THEM IN THE MANNER THEY WERE INTENDED TO BE USED. YET, BOTH SEAT BELTS FAILED. I'VE NEVER OWNED A VEHICLE WHERE A SEAT BELT HAS FAILED. TWO FAILURES REGARDING THE SAME PART (ALBEIT, ONE IS THE LEFT SIDE AND THE OTHER IS THE RIGHT SIDE) IS UNACCEPTABLE, AND STRONGLY SUGGESTS THERE IS A DEFECT. WE HAD TO WAIT DAYS FOR THE SEAT BELT PART TO ARRIVE AT THE HONDA DEALER, THUS WE WERE FORCED TO DRIVE A VEHICLE THAT WAS NOT SAFE. WE SIMPLY DID NOT ALLOW OUR CHILDREN TO USE THE FAILED SEAT BELTS. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE RETRACTOR SOMEHOW GETS STUCK, AND THE SEAT BELT IS COMPLETELY INOPERATIVE. AGAIN, 2 FAILURES OF THE SAME PART IS MORE THAN A COINCIDENCE. ARE THE SEAT BELTS SAFE IN THIS VEHICLE? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN/IF THERE'S A CRASH. THE HONDA DEALERS CLAIM THERE THEY HAVE NOT NOTICED A PROBLEM WITH THE SEATBELTS, BUT I FIND THAT HARD TO BELIEVE. SOUNDS LIKE A COVERUP.*AK

THE RETRACTOR ONLY GOES IN AND WILL NOT RELEASE UNTIL IT GOES IN COMPLETELY. THIS HAPPENS WITH THE 4 REAR SEATBELTS. OWNER'S CHILD WAS CAUGHT IN SEATBELT. DEALER SAID IT WAS PART OF DESIGN FLAW. IT WAS NECESSARY TO CUT THE TIGHTLY TWISTED BELT FROM AROUND CHILD'S WAIST. *AK *YC

MIDDLE ROW PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELTS DO NOT RETRACT, AND ARE FULLY EXTENDED OUT. BELTS CANNOT BE USED. DEALER IS REPLACING SEAT BELTS. *AK

THERE IS SO MUCH PLAY WITHIN THE REAR SEAT BELT THAT THE REAR SEAT BELT WILL GET SO TIGHT THAT CONSUMER'S CHILD GOT STUCK IN THE REAR SEAT BELT. CONSUMER HAD TO USE A PAIR OF SCISSOR'S TO CUT THE CHILD OUT OFF THE REAR SEAT BELT. *AK