Ford seatbelts problems

I've had plenty of Ford in the bay over the years, and the seatbelt complaints on these don't surprise me. 734 on the NHTSA record across 87 model-year entries (2005–2023) is not a fluke. The complaints are spread across the lineup — no single model is doing all the work. That tells you it's an engineering or supplier pattern, not a one-off bad year. 4 fatality reports on file with NHTSA tied to this category on Ford vehicles. That elevates this from nuisance to safety-critical. Average shop fix runs about $500 — not catastrophic, but it adds up over time. Across the 171 complaints reporting odometer mileage, the median failure lands at about 63,603 miles. Drive it across the conditions it will actually see — heat, cold, highway, stop-and-go. Pattern complaints surface under load, not in the dealer parking lot.