1996 Honda Civic Seat belts Problems

“I was driving down a residential street in my 1996 Honda Civic when a 2004 gmc yukon SUV came hurling around the corner of an intersecting street ahead of me. The driver of the yukon failed to stay in his lane as he rounded the corner and hit my Honda Civic head-on. Upon impact my head hit the windshield so hard that it left a bubble protruding out on the driver side of my windshield. In the shape of my head ( I have photos of windshield damage) right before the airbag deployed. I was also wearing a seat belt with shoulder restraint. As a result of the collision I sustained a brain concussion. …”

“I have owned 4 Honda Civic's over the past few years. An 1988 4 door sedan, 91 hatchback, 95 hatchback, and now a recently acquired 96 hatchback. They all have had problems with the seat belts failing to retract, and sometimes locking when not desired, like when turning my body to check my blind spot merging onto a busy highway , or backing up. They hang loosely around the occupant at times, and get shut in the doors damaging the interior panels because they fail to retract unless fed back into the retractor by hand. Many people have complained on the internet forums about this problem. …”

“Both headlight got water in them when car washed-replaced seals and lenses-warranty, windshield made howling noise at freeway speeds-resealed twice-warranty, left front seat would not move back and forth-replaced track-warranty, dead battery-replaced-warranty, rt front seatbelt would not retract-installed new seatbelt-warranty.”

“The seat belt became twisted around the seat adjuster lever. The consumer believed that in a sudden stop the passenger will not be properly restrained, because the seat belt was not locked in position. Please provide any further information.”

“Whenever shoulder belts are locked, they would loosen up. Would not stay tight. Had called dealer & told will not repair unless owner pays. Also seat belt is out of warranty.”