Six problems related to front seat belt retractor have been reported for the 1998 Buick Park Avenue. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Consumer states: passenger seat belt won't work, the seat belt will not pull out from the retractor. Had trouble with it normally, can pull on it and it will come out, but now it's stuck. Consumer adds seat belt was hard to retract and now has failed completely. There is a recall but vehicle did not qualify.
Retractor is not working. Unable to pull seat belt all the way out to hook it.
The seat belt fails. Can`t be used to provide safety to front passenger.
Front seat lap belt will not retract. Please provide further information.
Sometimes seat belt on the passenger's side will not pull out of the mechanism. The dealer/manufactuer are aware of this problem. Car has been serviced 4-5 times for this problem. Problem has not been corrected.
Driver's side lap belt becomes jammed in the retracting mechanism ,causing the seat belt intervals to become inoperable. Please give any further details.