> 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.

I thought seatbelts were warrantied for the usefull life of the car?

Roger