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seat belt problems anyone? Posted by MJM [Email] (#872) [Profile/Gallery] (more from MJM) on Mon, 26 Nov 2001 08:56:29 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
I've had an intermittant problem with the drivers' side seat belt retractor locking up when I pull on it to put it on. Most of the time simply releasing tension on the belt with reset the locking mechanism, but sometimes the belt will stay locked.
A call to my service manager revealed that they rarely, if ever, have seatbelt problems come in. Apparantly these don't fail.
Well, as of this past Saturday the belt seems to have locked up for good. For most of the day (running errands) the belt wouldn't budge at all. I really didn't like driving around without a seatbelt, especially since the seats don't provide any sort of lateral support. Anyway, yesterday I was able to get the belt to come out far enough to buckle, but it has no tension and won't retract. Interestingly, a quick yank on it will lock the spool, so I guess it's still at least sort of safe.
From the shop manual it looks like the belt, spool and emergency tensioning device (explosive?) is all one unit, so I'm sure it's $$$ to replace?
Does anyone have any tricks for getting the spool to work again?
thanks, Mike
'95 SET
80k
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