1999 Toyota Camry Seat Belts Problems

Your front passenger seatbelt won't click into the latch when you try to fasten it. This means the passenger won't be properly secured in a crash. The seatbelt buckle or latch mechanism likely needs to be replaced or repaired.

TL*-THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 TOYOTA SOLARA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURY TO THE HEAD DUE TO THE WINDSHIELD IMPACT. THE DRIVER SEATBELT WAS ENGAGED WITH A DEPLOYMENT OF THE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG. THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THERE WAS NO MENTION OF A POLICE REPORT FILED OF THE INCIDENT. THE CAUSE OF FAILURE HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 190,000. UPDATED 11/05/10. *LJ

REAR DRIVER-SIDE PASSENGER SEAT-BELT HAS FAILED. AUTOMOTIVE: TOYOTA CAMRY CE, 4 DR, 1999 MODEL, BLACK. AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT WOULD NOT PROPERLY LATCH INTO THE BUCKLE. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT IT WOULD COST $200 TO REPAIR THE SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. SHE IS IN THE PROCESS OF NOTIFYING THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 90,000.

SEAT BELT BROKE WHEN INSTALLING CHILD CAR SEAT. *TR

REAR PASSENGER SEAT BELT ON THE LEFT SIDE FAILED TO RETRACT. I CAN NOT ANSWER A QUESTION ABOUT OEM, BECAUSE I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT IS. COULD YOU BE MORE CLEAR ON YOUR OFFICIAL FORMS, PLEASE.*AK

DRIVER'S SIDE REAR SEATBELT FAILED TO RETRACT IN OCTOBER, 2002. REPLACED BY TOYOTA OF DURHAM. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, THE PASSENGER'S SIDE REAR SEATBELT FAILED TO RETRACT. *TT

WHILE DRIVING ON A LONG DISTANCE DRIVE, MY 6 YEARS OLD DAUGHTER WAS IN THE REAR LEFT SEAT WITH HER SEAT BELT ON. SHE PULLED THE SEAT BELT ALL THE WAY OUT TO LAY DOWN AND TAKE A NAP WHILE RESTRAINED IN THE SEAT BELT. WHILE ASLEEP SHE HAD TAKEN HER HAND OUT OF HER SEAT BELT AND THE SEAT BELT WAS WRAPED AROUND HER WAIST. WHEN SHE WOKE UP, IN ORDER TO FREE HERSELF FORM THE WRAPED SEAT BELT, SHE UNBUCKLED HER SEAT BELT WHILE THE SEAT BELT WAS STILL WRAPPED AROUND HER, THIS IS WHEN THE PROBLEM HAPPEND. THE SEATBELT'S RETRACTION SYSTEM ONLY RETRACTED THE SEAT BELT IN, MAKING IT TIGHER AND TIGHTER AROUND HER STOMACH. THE RETRACTION SYSTEM DID NOT LET HER LOOSEN THE SEAT BELT. IN FURTHER EFFORT TO FREE HERSELF, SHE LIFTED HERSELF AND THE SEATBET BECAME TIGHER AROUND HER STOMACH. I PULLED ALONG THE HIGHWAY TO FREE HER FROM THE SEATBELT, BUT THE RETRACTION SYSTEM DID NOT ALLOW ME TO GET THE SEAT BELT LOOSE. I DID NOT HAVE ANY POCKET KNIFE WITH ME TO CUT THE SEAT BELT. I FINALLY FLAGED A MOTARIST WHO HAD A POCKET KNIFE AND CUT THE SEAT BELT AND FREED HER. THE SEAT BELT HAD BECOME SO TIGHT THAT SHE HAD GOTTON INJURED ALL AROUND HER WAIST AND STOMACH. IF THIS HAD HAPPEND WITH A SMALLER CHILD IT COULD HAVE EASILY KILED THE CHILD IF NOT HELPED IN TIME. *AK

DRIVER'S PASSIVE RESTRAINT BELT SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE WHEN DRIVER REACHED FOR BELT PRIOR TO STARTING THE ENGINE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK *ML

CONSUMER TRIED TO INSTALL A CHILD SAFETY SEAT INTO THE VEHICLES REAR SEAT, VEHICLE WAS DESIGNED WITH SWITCHABLE SEAT BELTS AND WHEN THE CHILD SEAT BECOMES SECURE AS TO NOT MOVE AN INCH EITHER WAY THE SWITCHABLE SEAT BELT RELEASES. *ET

WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH TOOK FOOT OFF OF THE BRAKE PEDAL AND VEHICLE ACCELERAT CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES AGAIN, AND VEHICLE KEPT ACCELERATING. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON AND WON'T GO OFF. ALSO, DRIVER'S SIDE SHOULDER BELT WASN'T WORKING.*AK