1. Honda Civic
  2. Problems
  3. 1989
  4. Buckle Assembly

1989 Honda Civic Buckle Assembly Problems

8
Owner complaint records in our dataset

Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.

Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.

Among these 8 stored complaint records:

  • 3 indicate a crash
  • 3 indicate injury
  • 0 indicate fire

What owners report

  • seat belt · 9 records
  • belt buckle · 4 records

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
60–100k mi1

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • August 7, 2003 · 90,000 miles

    Buckle Assembly

    Honda issued a recall of the front seatbelts in the 1989 honda. The belt can spontaneously come unlatched. This is a serious problem in my fiance's 1989 honda. The passenger side front seat belt often spontaneously unlatches -- that is where i sit. We have taken the vehicle to planet honda in golden, colorado on three occasions. But they have not been able to get the belt to unlatch when we were at the dealer, so…

    ODI 10031036

  • July 4, 2000

    Buckle Assembly

    Was driving vehicle when another vehiclecrossed from another lane in front suddenly. Consumer applied the brakes & rear ended vehiclein front. Upon impact with vehicle, driver's seat belt failed to lock up to restrain driver. Seat belt buckle locking mechanism broke. Driver was thrown forward, but not injected. Driver suffered whiplash & released from emergency room. *ak

    Crash reported · 1 injury

    ODI 869887

  • January 27, 2000

    Buckle Assembly

    Consumer was concerned about the safety of the vehicle, especially on the seat belt buckles. There have been no problems with the vehicle. Owner contacted previous owner and found that there had been a recall on the seat belts and that it had already been fixed. *ak *ml

    ODI 855646

  • October 21, 1995

    Buckle Assembly

    Vehicle was impact 8:00 position speed 30mph, driver buckle did not hold, recall related 95v103001. Tt

    Crash reported · 1 injury

    ODI 974091

  • October 18, 1995

    Buckle Assembly · Seat Belts

    The owners daughter was driving and was involved in an accident and the faulty seatbelt unlatched and caused her further injuries.tt on impact of the accident seat belt unlatched, consumer was hit in the head and causd head injury.*jb

    Crash reported · 1 injury

    ODI 974579

  • June 25, 1995

    Buckle Assembly

    Passenger seat belt buckle jammed/willnot lock in place. *sd

    ODI 485681

  • April 26, 1995

    Buckle Assembly

    Takata seat belt failure, difficulty unlatching belt buckle. Tt

    ODI 964409

  • Buckle Assembly

    The driver side seat belt buckle will not lock . Tt

    ODI 971313