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2015 Polaris SLINGSHOT Seat Belts Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1374518
Internal NHTSA #	10981465
Manufacurer	Polaris Industries, Inc.
Brand	POLARIS
Model	SLINGSHOT
Model Year	2015
File date	13/08/16
Component	SEAT BELTS
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	August 13, 2016, my brother was killed while operating his 2015 polaris slingshot, when he collided with another vehicle. He was wearing his seat belt, helmet and operating within legal speed limits at the time of the accident. A subsequent investigation was conducted on november 29, 2016. Present were polaris engineers, their attorneys, our family's hired engineer and attorney. Upon dis-assembly, it was discovered that the slingshot's seat belt retractor had exploded. (see photos). This failure allowed the internal parts of the retractor to be ripped from their mounts and allowed the seat belt to release. In my opinion this caused my brother to receive his fatal injury, a severed spinal cord when he was partially ejected from the vehicle. Because of the failure of this important safety equipment, our family was certain that polaris would voluntarily recall all vehicles equipped with this obviously flawed safety device in an attempt to spare other families the heart break our family has suffered. Obviously with no recall issued to date, we were incorrect in this assumption. I therefore formally ask that the national highway traffic safety administration formally investigate this serious safety equipment failure in an effort to save other lives.
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Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	SOUTH LYON, MI
VIN pattern	57XAAPFA0F5XXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	Y
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	Y
Was medical attention required?	Y
Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	1
No. of fatalities	1
Date of purchase	08/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2015 Polaris SLINGSHOT Seat Belts Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2015 Polaris SLINGSHOT Seat Belts Problems, Complaints and Defects

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