DASHBOARD DEFECT INTERFERENCE WITH AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT - DUE TO MANUFACTURER DEFECT THE DASHBOARD HAS MANY LONG CRACKS THAT EXTEND FROM THE A/C VENTS AND GLOVE BOX ACROSS SECTIONS OF THE DASH, INCLUDING AROUND THE AIRBAG. I AM FEARFUL THAT IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH THE AIRBAG WOULD NOT DEPLOY AS DESIGNED, DUE TO THE DEFECTIVE DASHBOARD. AS OF YET THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL OR MANUFACTURER AMENDS TO THIS PROBLEM. IT IS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN TO ME DUE TO INTERFERENCE WITH THE PROPER FUNCTIONING OF THE AIRBAG. *TR
2000
SEAT BELTS:REAR
CHILD WRAPPED REAR SEAT BELT AROUND NECK. SEAT BELT WOULD NOT RELEASE. HAD TO CUT SEAT BELT TO RELEASE CHILD. THIS WAS THE REAR SHOULDER HARNESS. CHILD WAS HANGING BY THE NECK. SHOULD NOT HAVE TO FULLY RETRACT SEAT BELT TO HAVE SOME SLACK. I HAVE HAD OTHER PASSENGERS REFUSE TO WEAR THE OTHER SEAT BELTS COMPLAINING THEY "LOCK UP" AND SOMETHING WAS WRONG. A CHILD COULD BE CHOKED TO DEATH. *NLM