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2010 Subaru FORESTER Seat Belts Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	945472
Internal NHTSA #	10479683
Manufacurer	SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC.
Brand	SUBARU
Model	FORESTER
Model Year	2010
File date	10/10/12
Component	SEAT BELTS
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	I took my 2010 subaru forester this morning to farrish subaru of fairfax, virginia to have the center seat belt replaced per the above recall. Farrish subaru replaced the defective center seatbelt. When i returned home, i inserted all male handles into the female buckles. Since i had never ridden in the rear seat, i did not realize that all rear seat belts had been installed in an unsafe manner. In this situation the two center female buckles were toward the outside rear doors, while the right and left female seat buckles were on the inside center position. I returned to farrish subaru where service consultant jack lindeman found that my rear seat belts were in an improper order. He called it a "birth defect", meaning that the installation had been done improperly at the factory. Lindeman agreed with my assessment that when all three seat belts were buckled, the straps crossed over the red release buttons. This made it impossible to reach the buttons to release the belts from the buckles. I asked lindeman to correct the problem. Farrish subaru placed the buckles in the correct order with both female center buckles in the center and the right and left female buckles toward their respective outward positions. However, when i tried to insert the male center handle into its respective female buckle, the female center buckle fell below the seat cushion. Neither i nor lindeman was able to raise the female buckle above the cushion to its proper height except with great difficulty. This is a dangerous situation because the male handle cannot be inserted into the female buckle while that buckle is below the seat cushion. When i asked service consultant lindeman to fix the sinking seatbelt problem, he said he was unwilling to do anything further. This is a very dangerous situation. For the moment i have taped the female buckles together to prevent them from falling below the seat cushions. If there is a permanent solution, i would appreciate learning about it.
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Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	VA, VA
VIN pattern	XXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
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Date of purchase	07/08/26
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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2010 Subaru FORESTER Seat Belts Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2010 Subaru FORESTER Seat Belts Problems, Complaints and Defects

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