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NHTSA recall 92V113000

Seat Belts · Ford Motor Company

August 17, 1992report date
565,000units affected
Vehicle recalltype
Details

What's wrong: The rigid mounted safety belt buckles are defective in three ways. First, a fastened safety belt buckle will not unlatch when the release button is depressed. This results from interference between the buckle ejector finger and the buckle tongue window. The second defect is the safety belt buckle may not latch. The third possible defect is that the tongue may be retained by the buckle, but it may not be latched…

Why it matters: An insufficiently latched or unlatched safety beltincreases the risk of injury to seat occupants in the event of a sudden stop oraccident. If the safety belt buckle will not unlatch, it will not allow theoccupant to get out of the vehicle in an emergency situation.

The fix: Ford will replace the rigid mounted safety belt buckles with end release safety belt buckles designed to prevent latch problems.

Affected vehicles on MotorDeets

All model years NHTSA lists

1991 Ford Explorer, 1989 Ford Taurus, 1990 Ford Taurus, 1989 Mercury Sable, 1990 Mercury Sable.

Recalls can cover only some VINs. Check yours on NHTSA's official recall page for 92V113000.

Source: NHTSA recall records. Summary shortened; the official notice has the full text.