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Honda Accord Seat Belts Safety Report | Apr 20, 2013
Reported on Apr 20, 2013
| WE WERE TRAVELING IN MY 2012 HONDA ACCORD AND STOPPED FOR FUEL AT A GAS STATION IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. I TURNED THE CAR OFF, REMOVED THE KEYS AND EXITED THE VEHICLE TO START FUELING IT. MY 6 YEAR OLD GRANDSON ASKED PERMISSION TO EXIT THE VEHICLE TO USE THE RESTROOM. HE UNBUCKLED THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT THAT I HAD FASTENED HIM INTO HIS BOOSTER SEAT WITH A FEW HOURS EARLIER. BUT SOMEHOW THE SEAT BELT HAD GOTTEN TWISTED AROUND HIS WAIST WHILE IN HIS BOOSTER SEAT AND HE COULD NOT GET OUT. THE SEAT BELT APPEARED TO BE LOCKED SOMEHOW AT THE TOP OF THE SHOULDER AREA AND WE COULD NOT PULL IT OUT AT ALL. IN FACT, IT JUST KEPT RETRACTING FURTHER AND GETTING TIGHTER AND TIGHTER AROUND MY GRANDSON'S CHEST AND WAIST. NO MATTER WHAT WE TRIED WE ABSOLUTELY COULD NOT FREE HIM. EVERY MOVE THAT MY GRANDSON MADE, OR THAT WE MADE TO TRY TO GET SLACK IN THE SEAT BELT TO FREE HIM, CAUSED THE SEAT BELT TO RETRACT FURTHER AND GET TIGHTER AROUND HIS CHEST AND WAIST. WE SLID THE BOOSTER SEAT OUT FROM UNDER HIM TO TRY TO GET SOME SLACK IN THE SEAT BELT, BUT THAT CAUSED THE BELT TO RETRACT EVEN FURTHER AND GET MUCH TIGHTER AROUND HIS CHEST AND WAIST. AFTER AT LEAST 10 MINUTES OF MULTIPLE PEOPLE TRYING TO FREE MY GRANDSON, THE SEAT BELT WAS STILL WRAPPED AROUND HIS WAIST AND CHEST, WAS STILL LOCKED AND WAS STILL TRYING TO RETRACT EVEN FURTHER. THE SEAT BELT JUST KEPT GETTING TIGHTER, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS UNBUCKLED AND THE ENGINE WAS OFF WITH THE KEYS OUT OF THE IGNITION AND IN MY HAND. MY GRANDSON WAS IN SERIOUS PAIN AND WAS STARTING TO HAVE TROUBLE BREATHING WHICH WAS MAKING HIM VERY ANXIOUS AND HYSTERICAL. WE HAD TO GET SHEARS FROM THE GAS STATION AND CUT THE SEAT BELT TO FREE MY GRANDSON AND PREVENT SERIOUS INJURY. THIS WAS VERY DANGEROUS AND CLEARLY A SERIOUS MALFUNCTION OF A SAFETY FEATURE INTENDED TO PROTECT A PASSENGER. *TR | |
| Make: | Honda |
| Model: | Accord |
| Manufactured by: | Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Was a crash reported? | N |
| Was an injury reported? | 0 person(s) were injured. |
| Was a death reported? | 0 person(s) died. |
| Was a fire reported? | N |
| Location: | SPRINGFIELD IL |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 1HGCP2F86CA |
| Mileage: | 14901 miles. |
| Speed: | 0 MPH |
| Number of cylinders: | 4 |
| Vehicle type: | |
| Vehicle fuel: | GAS |
| Was a police report filed? | N |
| Tire size: | |
| Dealer name and location: | |
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