Two problems related to front seat belt have been reported for the 1998 Saturn SC2. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
The indicator lights do not work properly. I get the proper maintenance required, yet the oil is now running out everywhere (69,000 mi. ). Why doesn't the warning light come on, or flash - anything to warn me when the oil doesn't even register on the dip stick? I checked the oil, 1 minute later I drove 35 miles at a top speed of 67. The temperature guage wasn't even at the 1/2 way point, but when I stopped the car I could smell the car was hot, & the oil did not register on the dip stick. The only indicator light that works properly is the low fuel. The car has always rattled, & the glove box handle just broke off. The front seat belts do not retract most of the time, causing the strap & buckle to get caught in the door. The passenger seat would slide back when accelerating & forward when braking (seat belt not locking into place either). Now it is stuck in one position. I have taken it to the dealer on 1 occassion for that, at least 2 times for the interior light, 2 times for sensors, & more. To end this, I am distraught at the moment, it appears as if my car has bathed in oil from the middle of the engine, all the way down & all over the underneath of the car. The plug gasket was mangled, changed, & still did not remedy the situation. My only transportation to a job interview this week!.
Passenger side front seat belt has never worked properly. The problem is intermittent. While vehicle is in motion it will tighten up so that the passenger cannot move, and passenger panics. At times, when passenger enters vehicle, belt will not pull out. . . Sometimes the door has to be opened and closed, and the belt fiddled with before it will pull out in order to be used. I do not want to drive with unrestrained passengers. My brother and I have owned this vehicle since new, and we have had this in the shop several times. The belt was replaced several times, and it did not make a difference. No problem with driver side belt. I took it in again today and was told again that there was nothing wrong with it. I beg to differ. . A belt that refuses to pull out and/or tries to strangle my passengers has something wrong with it!!!.