1999 Jeep Cherokee Seat Belts Problems

Your seat belt buckle is difficult to fasten and requires excessive force to unbuckle, making it unsafe and impractical to use. Additionally, the dashboard warning light and alarm don't activate when the belt is left unbuckled, so you won't get a safety reminder. The buckle mechanism appears to be worn or damaged and needs replacement or repair.

MY COMPLAINT IS REGARDING MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE AND THE LEFT REAR SEAT BELT. THE SEAT BELT HAS WORKED FINE UNTIL THE OTHER DAY WHEN IT JUST UP AND QUITE WORKING. NOW THE SEAT BELT WILL NOT SNAP BACK INTO POSITION. I THOUGHT I WOULD CHECK TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY RECALLS ON THIS AND NOTICED THERE WERE RECALLS ON 1999 MODELS LIKE MINE, BUT THEY DID NOT INCLUDE MY VEHICLE IN THIS RECALL. THE NHTSA RECALL # FOR THE REAR SEAT BELTS IS 98V276000. I FIND THIS KIND OF STRANGE THAT THERE WOULD BE A RECALL ON (1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE) THE SAME THING THAT I AM NOW HAVING THE PROBLEM WITH. I HAVE ORDERED THE PART AND IT IS GOING TO COST ME $97.45 TO GET IT FIXED NOT INCLUDING INSTALLATION. *JB

WE HAVE HAD MANY RECALLS ON OUR JEEP,TRANSMISSION TWICE REAREND THREE TIMES. THE REAREND WAS REPAIRED IN2001 AND THE BEARINGS ARE GOING OUT AGAIN AND CHRYSLER WANTS US TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS. I WAS TOLD THAT CHRYSLER WAS REPLACING THE COMPLETE REAREND BECAUSE IT WAS MACHIND WRONG.*AK

THE SEAT BELTS IN MY JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE COME UN LATCHED, THIS CONCERNS ME BECAUSE I HAVE TWO CHILDREN IN CAR SEATS. *CB

THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT WILL LOCK AND NOT PULL OUT THIS RENDERS THE BELT USELESS. IT DOES NOT MATTER IF YOU PULL EASY OR HARD THE BELT WILL NOT PULL OUT. IN A DAY OR TWO IT WILL WORK FINE. THIS HAS OCCURRED 5 OR 6 TIMES IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS. WITH A 4 YEAR OLD AND A 6 YEAR OLD IN REAR BOOSTER SEATS I FIND THIS VERY DANGEROUS. *CB

THE FAILURE OF REAR PASSENGER SEAT BELT MECHANISM HAS ALLOWED THE OCCUPANT TO HIT THE FRONT SEAT BEFORE LOCKING. *LA

CONSUMER STATES THAT DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT DOES NOT UNLOCK. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

FAULTY GEN 3 SEATBELT INSTALLED ON 1999 JEEP CHEROKEE

ALTHOUGH WE HAVE NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT OURSELVES, I HAVE A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE AND WOULD LIKE THE SEAT BELTS REPLACED DUE TO THE NUMBER OF FATALITIES AND INJURIES RELATED TO THE GENERATION 3 UNLATCHING PROBLEMS. I HAVE ONLY ONE CHILD, A 4 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, AND WOULD BE DEVASTATED IF ANYTHING HAPPENED TO HER THAT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED. WE SPENT $20,000 ON THIS VEHICLE AND EXPECT IT TO PROTECT OUR FAMILY. *JB

SEATBELT COULD NOT BE EXTENDED FROM RETRACTOR TO ALLOW USE.*JB

PASSENGER RESTRAINTS WILL NOT RELEASE FROM DOOR POST ASSEMBLY THEREBY PROHIBITING THEIR USE.

SEAT BELTS. THE SEATBELT LATCH MECHANISM ON THIS VEHICLE CONSIST OF A METAL MECHANISM SURROUNDED BY A PLASTIC COVER. THE PLASTIC COVER IS POOR FITTING, ALLOWING THE SEATBELT PART TO BE INSERTED BETWEEN THE PLASTIC COVER AND THE MECHANISM, THEREBY NOT BEING FASTENED AT ALL, AND SOMETIMES WITHOUT REALIZING IT UNTIL IT COMES APART AS YOU DRIVE. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WHICH REQUIRES VERY CAREFUL INSERTION OF SEAT BELT PART INTO MECHANISM, SOMETIMES IT TAKES SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO SECURE THE SEAT BELT.

CONSUMER FINDS THE SEATBELTS IN VEHICLE ARE INCORRECT. WHEN THEY BUCKLE UP THE SEATBELTS, THERE ARE TWO SLOTS, THE MALE PORTION OF THE SEATBELT SLIDES IN. CONSUMER STATES;, ONE OBVIOUSLY, IS THE CORRECT SLOT. THE OTHER SLOT, HOWEVER, IS INCORRECT, AND THE PERSON FINDS THAT UPON ARRIVAL AT THEIR DESTINATION, THEY ARE INCORRECTLY BUCKLED. (THIS IS LIFE THREATENING)CONSUMER SAYS THAT HER HUSBAND NEVER DRIVES THIS VEHICLE DID NOT REALIZE THAT THEIR SON WAS INCORRECTLY BUCKLED, UNTIL THEY REACHED THEIR DESTINATION. CONSUMER EXCLAIMS, HE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED AND THIS HAS ACCIDENTLY HAPPENED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.*SCC

SEATBELT RETRACTOR IS BROKEN. CONSUMER IS NOT ABLE TO HAVE SEAT INSTALLED BECAUSE RETRACTOR IS BROKEN SO DEALER WILL NOT INSTALL. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER COULD NOT UNLATCH REAR SEAT BELT. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED CONSUMER TO GET HURT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

BUCKLES ON SEATBELTS DO NOT RECEIVE PROPERLY. WHEN FASTENING BUCKLE THERE IS AN ALLOWANCE FOR BUCKLE TO GO INTO THE WRONG SLOT. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE. *AK *YH

ON 10/31/2001, I TOOK MY JEEP IN TO MY LOCAL DEALER IN RESPONSE TO DAIMLERCHRYSLER RECALL NOTICE #978. THE WORK WAS DONE SATISFACTORILY; HOWEVER, THE REPLACEMENT PARTS THAT WERE INSTALLED FOR THIS RECALL ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE. THE NEW SEATBELT BUCKLE THAT WAS INSTALLED IS SIGNIFICANTLY INFERIOR TO THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. THE FLAP OF THE BUCKLE IS CHEAP AND ITS POOR DESIGN CAUSES THE FABRIC BELT INVARIABLY TO "ROLL" (I.E., TO DOUBLE-UP ON ITSELF INSIDE THE OPENING IN THE METAL FLAP) WHEN THE SEATBELT IS REMOVED. THIS ROLLING INTERFERES WITH THE PROPER DEPLOYMENT AND RETRACTION OF THE BELT. WORSE YET, THIS ROLLING WILL INEVITABLY LEAD TO FRAYING AND WEAKENING OF THE BELT'S FABRIC. I HAVE ALREADY NOTICED THE BEGINNINGS OF THE DETERIORATION OF THE FABRIC. A FRAYED SEATBELT IS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD -- "AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN".*AK

THE FRONT PASSENGER SEATBELT DOES NOT WORK WITHOUT PULLING AT IT FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. NLM

PASSENGER'S RESTRAINT RETRACTOR MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING OCCUPANT TO BE UNRESTRAINED.*AK

SEAT BELTS NEED EXTENDERS. *SLC

WHILE CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA DRIVER'S SEAT BELT CAME APART.*AK THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE RELEASED WITHOUT DEPRESSING DUE TO POSSIBLE BROKEN SPRING OR OTHER INTERNAL COMPONENT. *YH

OUR JEEP WAS HIT FROM BEHIND BY A COMMERCIAL VAN WHILE WE WERE SITTING AT A COMPLETE STOP. THE IMPACT WENT MOSTLY THREW THE TRAILER HITCH ON THE BACK OF THE JEEP. MY SHOULDER HARNESS FAILED TO CATCH AT THE POINT OF IMPACT. THE LAB BELT DID MANAGE TO HOLD ME IN PLACE. I HAD MILD BACK PAINS SOON AFTER THE ACCIDENT. THE PAIN PROGRESSIVELY GOT WORSE OVER TIME. I LATER FOUND THAT I DEVELOPED A HERNIATED DISC FROM THE ACCIDENT. THIS NOW IS GOING TO REQUIRE SURGERY TO CORRECT. I'M 22 WITH NO PREVIOUS BACK PROBLEMS. THE COLLISION DIDN'T SEEM TOO SEVER. THE OTHER VEHICALS SPEED IS UNKNOWN. THERE WERE 3 OTHER PASSENGERS IN THE JEEP AT THE TIME. THEIR SELT BELTS WORKED FINE. THEY ARE ALL DOING OKAY.*AK

DRIVER'S SEAT BELT WAS DIFFICULT TO UNLATCH. DEALER NOTIFIED ,AND APPEARED NOT WILLING TO ASSIST IN THIS MATTER. *AK

VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER FOR RECALL 00V034000/ SEAT BELT MOUNTING BOLT REPAIRS. LATER ON, CONSUMER LEARNED THAT RECALL WAS DONE THROUGH ANOTHER DEALER/ LEON ROSSER JEEP, BESSENER, AL; ASKING NHTSA TO SHARE SOME LIGHT ON THIS MATTER. *AK

CONSUMER IS UNHAPPY WITH DEALERS RECALL REPAIR, EXCESSIVE TIME TO COMPLETE (98V-276). YH

CONSUMER IS UNHAPPY WITH DEALERS RECALL REPAIR, EXCESSIVE TIME TO COMPLETE (98V-276). YH

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH THE VEHICLE FLIPPED OVER, AND THE PASSENGER'S SIDE REAR OCCUPANT WAS EJECTED OUT THE VEHICLE DUE TO SEAT BELT FAILURE, KILLING THE OCCUPANT OF THE SEAT. INSURANCE COMPANY STILL LOOKING INTO THE MATTER. UNSURE IF THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

REAR SEAT BELTS DO NOT ALLOW FOR PROPER INSTALLATION OF CHILD SAFETY SEAT AND ARE UNCOMFORTABLE TO PASSENGERS IN THE REAR. MJS

REAR SEAT BELT WILL NOT SECURE CHILD RESTRAINT

DRIVER IS SHORT, THEREFORE SEAT HAS TO BE MOVED FORWARD, HOWEVER SEAT BELT CAN'T BE LATCHED WHEN DRIVERS SEAT IS IN THE FORWARD POSITION.