2007 Ford Escape Seat belts Problems

“I attempted to push the seat belt release button and the seat belt would not release. I had to stretch the belt and pull it over my head to climb out of the car. My husband attempted to release the button, but the seat belt would not release. I have to have the whole thing replaced and was quoted $450.00 as it will have to be rewired also.”

“On august 27th of 2009 I was driving my 2007 Ford Escape while correcting my children in the back seat I hit a wet spot in the road and lost control of my vehicle I rolled 2 times and stopped with a front end collision. The seat belt did not catch causing me to bash my face into the steering wheel at least two times. The air bags also did not work either. …”

“Was driving in town with passengers properly buckled in seat belts in our 2007 Ford Escape with 67,000 miles. Sudden stop and the passenger in the rear passengers seat had the seat belt pull loose from the connector. Inspection showed that the seat belt stitching on that particular seat belt had apparently never been properly stitched and there were only a few threads holding the seat belt together. Close inspection of the other seat belts in the car showed the rest had a white inspection tag while this seat belt did not have one at the supposed sewed joint. …”

“I was traveling north and this person was going south, crossed the centerline and slammed into me, pushing me between two trees and totaling my vehicle. It was a head on collision and my airbag did not deploy and my seat belt did not restrain me from slamming my forehead into the steering wheel. I contacted Ford motor company and they told me they would do nothing and send no one to see why the air bag did not deploy. I ended up being brought by ambulance to the hospital where x-rays showed my neck was sprained and I had a scrape to my forehead from the steering wheel.”

“The contact owns a 2007 Ford Escape. The contact stated that the key was difficult to remove from the ignition on several occasions. The contact had to turn the steering wheel and maneuver the key from the off to on position frequently in order to move the key and start the vehicle. The contact also indicated that the driver side seat belt became stuck multiple times. The belt had to be adjusted to get out of the seat belt. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failures. The approximate failure mileage was 93,000.”