Front Seat Belt Retractor Problems of Buick Park Avenue - part 1

Several years ago the front passenger seat belt ceased working on my 1997 Buick Park Avenue. Since the car was no longer under warranty, I paid for a new seatbelt assembly and installation. Then, on August 6th (two weeks ago) 2007, the driver side seatbelt became inoperable(the seatbelt will not retract), therefore making it useless. I have been driving another vehicle until I can get this repair done.

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The contact owns a 2003 Buick Park Avenue. The contact is experiencing failure with the retractor in the front passenger seat lap belts. The seat belt must be isolated in order to be released. The retractor was replaced under warranty in August of 2006, but the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer and they diagnosed the failure as mechanical. The manufacturer stated that the seat belt could be replaced; however, the vehicle was no longer under warranty. The cost for the repair would be $296. The current mileage was 84,000 and failure mileage was 52,000.

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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.

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Nhtsa recall campaign 00v117000; daimler Chrysler issued a shoulder belt recall. This vehicle was not included in the recall due to VIN, but had problems retracting back to normal position.

Front passenger seat belt will not retract from it retractor, leaving passenger without any restraint while driving. Dealer notified. Seat belt on front passenger side will not extend retractor is locked up.

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The seat belt will not pull out of the retractor. Contacted the dealer. However, the problem recurred.

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The consumer complained that the passenger's front seat belt did not retract. The dealer replaced the seat belt at the consumer's expense of $545. 00. Refer to recall#77955.

From time to time the front set passenger shoulder seat belt becomes stuck in the retractor. It usually takes several minutes of playing with it to get it unstuck so that the seat belt can be used as designed.

Driver's side shoulder belt stuck in the release position. As a result, consumer was unable to tighten the belt. Dealership replaced the entire seat belt, but the cause of the failure was yet to be determined.

The vehicles' passenger side shoulder seat belt fails to retract from shoulder retractor. Please provide more details. Ts.

Front passenger seat belt will fully retract after use and then for no reason seat belt will not release. The seat belt is unavailable for use for extended periods of time. Thus causing us to use the vehicle with out the use of a safety feature that is required by law to be buckled when automobile is in use. Had dealer look at car and was informed that seat belt would need to be replaced at a cost of $600. 00. I see that there are other complaints about the seat belts not working yet no service bulletin has been issued or a recall for this very important safety devise.

Driver's seat belt cannot be or is very difficult to pull from the fully retracted position.

The driver side shoulder belt would not retract. The belt had about 18-18 inches of slack at all times.

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.

At 21,470 miles, driver's side seat belt will not retract when used, and passenger's seat belt intermittently will not retract from retractor. Dealer and manufacturer were notified. Passengers right front lap belt is not stuck and will not release, dealer stated in the beginning that he would correct the problem, however when he found out the cost, he declined his offer.

Driver's seat belt locked up, consumer could not turn body, has been repaired.

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Consumer received recall notification #00039 for front shoulder belt retractor, consumer made an appointment to have repair completed only to be told parts were not available, second occasion parts were in consumer returned vehilce and was advised by dealership repairs were made, but after checking to see if problem was fixed consumer realized seat belt was still exhibiting same problem, consumer went back to dealership a third time and was advised that parts had to be ordered, the last time consumer received a call from dealership stating there were no parts and the vehicle did not require repair of the defect, consumer was later advised that mechanic stated consumer did not understand the recall and that the dealership was finished.

Either left or right front seat belt fail to extend from the retract mechanism when the seat belt has been fully retracted. Service dept. And Buick's dealer district manager, state that seat belts are working as "designed"! when this condition occurs there is an unknown amount of time that will pass before the seat belt will "release itself" from this "fully retracted position" and allow the person to extend the belt and buckle to the latch receptacle. When this "condition" occurs, [ the service manager and the Buick district manager have seen the condition occur on my Buick and also on '2000 Buick p/a, VIN: 1g4c65415y4269824'. The Buick district manager as "o. K. 'ed the replacement of the seat belts, but under the statement "that the replacement seat belts will have the same design" implying that I can expect the same conditions. I did not purchase this vehicle to sit in the garage. My wife and I expect to drive the Buick. We need seat belts that work correctly, not one's that have defects that will not allow them to be extended in a normal operation and buckled in the latch. Please provide assistanc e to me and other gm and Buick product owners. This condition was also demonstrated on the 2001 Buick lesabre on the show room of the dealer. Vehicle detail not available, this condition exist on multiple years of vehicles and must be resolved quickly! there are perhaps numbers of persons operating their gm and or Buick vehicles without having their seat belts buckled due to this defect in seat belt design. ***help!***.

Driver's shoulder belt is sticking , will not retract, causing a loss of protection. Dealer has installed a redesigned seat belt in Nov 1999, but defect has reoccurred.

Factory replacement of defective seat belt retractor sept 1998 same as before. This dangerous problem persists; service manager told me that Buick could do nothing. Passenger can extend seat belt, but it often folds & jams, leaving 1-2 ft of loose belt which voids the safety of seat belt. Warped brake rotors were replaced. The defective power steering problem is a known defect to Buick who has last week suggested a trial of changing hoses.

Driver's side seat belt is twisted & fails to retract properly. The seat beltis suppose to lock up. Also, front end has a scrapping noise while being driven. Been to dealer's & was test driven, twice by mechanic. Nothing was found.

Pe99056, driver's and passenger's seatbelt system malfunctioned due to design flaw. When the seatbelt is on and the occupant turns either way, the seatbelt becomes twisted in the housing and won't retract back, which won't protect the occupant in event of a crash. Dealer replaced driver's and passenger's seatbelts 2 times. Problem still exists. Please provide further information.

Fornt seatbelts twisted, allowing webbing to be jammed into the retractor. A recall has been issued on the vehicle make; however this vehicle was not included due to VIN.

Seat belts wrinkle and jam into retractors from ordinary movement of passenger and /or driver. They become useless. Conversations with dealers service manager states that is a "manifacturers defect" and nothing can be done about it. Discussions with manifacturer is no help. They refer us back to the dealer.

The driver's and passenger's side seat belts will not retract. The belts are extended to the utmost position. Consumer has contacted the dealer.

Driver's and passengers seat belts will not release from retracting mechanism.

Seat belts become twisted and unable to use due to jam of the retracting mechanism.

Driver's seat belt does not return to the retracting mechanism , cause unknown.

Front seat lap belt will not retract. Please provide further information.

Seat belt inoperative due to the retracting mechanism jamming. Mjs.

The front passenger's seat belt is inoperative. Consumer cannot pull it down,out of casing to strap it across and lock it. Dealer has been contacted.

Front seat belts continuously fail to retract and twist. Units have been replaced once, however problem continues.

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.