Front Seat Belt Buckle Assembly Problems of Buick Park Avenue

- the contact owns the 2000 Buick Park Avenue. The contact stated that the safety belt on the front passenger's side was stuck and it will not work . The buckle of the seat belt was stuck and cannot be moved. The contact stated that the dealer from whom he purchased the vehicle went out of business. The contact stated this problem started on 03/11/2007, and continued since that date. The current and failure mileage were both 72000. Update 4/9.

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Vehicle to which this report refers is a 2001 Buick, Park Avenue ultra, 4 door, sedan. The VIN # is 1g4cu541414147784, with 20,724 miles. Shortly after purchase I noticed a slight separation in the drivers side seat belt latch. Since it did not pose an immediate danger I took no action to have it replaced. This month the belt became inoperative, came apart, and I had it replaced. This could pose a real danger to the driver if the there was an accident and the seat belt failed. The failed part is available.

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Driver's side seat belt, shoulder harness would not extend. Several days later the passenger's side harness would not extend either. There was a recall on seat belt, but consumer's vehicle was not included.

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The passenger side seat belt failed to retract, and seat belt interlock will not lock. Ninety percent of the time the front passenger seat belt will not unlatch. You have to pull and pull inch by inch until it releases. It is very slow in retracting and sometimes won't retract at all.

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Lap belt buckle does not function properly, being difficlt to be released from buckle anchor.

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Consumer contacted dealer regarding recall no 00v117000/ manufacturer's recall 00039, dealer corrected the problem consumer noticed shoulder belt was locking when making any slight movement. The driver side seat belt is still does not retract.

The seat belts will not stay tensioned due to misshaped slot in the seat belt guide which allows the seat belt to double and jam during normal driving motions. This was corrected in the 1999 models by reshaping of the slot in the plastic guide. Buick customer service originally said there was a service bulletin to cover the problem, but now says this was an error. The dealer investigated possibility of putting new guide slot same as 1999 model, but sid could not be done. This is a constant road hazard due to inability to keep seat belts tight.