general problems of the 2000 Chevrolet Silverado

Two problems related to seat belt have been reported for the 2000 Chevrolet Silverado. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Seat Belt problem

Failure Date: 09/02/2008

The contact owns a 2000 Chevrolet Silverado. Whenever the contact attempts to use the passenger side seat belt, the belt will not release out of the retractor. This prevents the contact from using the seat belt. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and they stated that the retractor spring needed to be replaced. The contact did not notice any differences in the seat belt prior to the failure. The VIN was unknown. The current and failure mileages were 80,000.

2 Seat Belt problem

Passenger's side seatbelt keeps locking up, and will not release unless passenger unbuckles ,causing a loss of protection. Dealer has replaced seatbelt once, but defect keeps occurring. Dealer will not replaced it again.




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