"F.D. Nussbaum" <nospam@net.com> wrote in
news:RJVMb.29404$6y6.674050@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net:

> I've read my Haynes guide and scoured the Web to see if this is a
> simple problem involving a fuse - something I can fix - before
> bringing the car to my mechanic. I can't find anything. Has anyone
> experienced this or something similar? Aside from being unable to
> ferry passengers in the passenger seat, since it no longer has a
> functional shoulder belt, the seat belt warning signal keeps beeping
> and beeping.... It's driving me crazy!
>
> Several odd things: If I manually force the shoulder belt anchor up on
> its track six inches or so, opening the door makes it immediately
> slide down back to its 'passenger unloading' position. So it's not the
> retracting motor per se; and it's not a matter of the car not being
> able to sense whether the seat belt should be up or down.
>
> So, even if I can't figure out the problem exactly, what *general
> area* does this problem sound like it falls into?
>
>
Had the same thing happen to my car on the driver's side. Dealer
wanted something like $980US to replace the solenoid and motor
that retract the seatbelt. A bit much, so I just had them move
the unit back into the locked position, deactivate the sensor that
triggers the alarm and buckle myself in manually.

If you have mechanical skills and a place to work (I have neither),
it would probably be a simple matter to scavenge a working unit
from the junkyard and replace it yourself for much cheaper.

Eugene

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