Front Seat Belt Retractor Problems of Toyota Sienna

At times when the driver quickly pulls out his shoulder belt the belt doubles over itself inside the guide on the door post behind and to the left of the driver's shoulder. If the driver continues to pull the belt the amount of overlap increases causing the belt to jam very tighly inside the belt guide. When this happens it is almost impossible to undo the doubled over belt (without damaging the belt) unless the trim panel and mechanism that attaches the belt guide to the car frame is removed. The shoulder/seat belt cannot be used when the belt is doubled over and jammed tightly inside the guide since the belt length cannot be adjusted. As such, when this fault occurs, the driver would be unbelted when operating the vehicle.

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Front seat passenger unfastened front seat belt when exiting vehicle and noted that seat belt wouldn't retract.

The lights for both front seat belts flash when the seat belts are fastened. When they are not fastened and are fully retracted into the door post, the lights go off. This began first with the passenger side a couple of months ago and started on the drivers side this month. Additionally the seat belts don't always retract properly.

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Driver seat belt fails to retract as the strap gets caught in the opening where it retracts. It did this on rare occasion under warranty but now does it constantly. There fore the seat belt is very loose and does not restrain the occupant. The rear belts were recalled for this type of defect and were working fine at the time of the recall. This problem has been ignored by the dealer under warranty and now they simply work it free when we bring it in, despite us telling them that it recurs daily.

The driver side seat belt sometimes fails to retract. When I pulled the belt out, it stayed out and would not retract. I inspected the area and found no interference. This happened on a sat. I drove the vehicle sat. And sun with a faulty belt. I called the dealers service dept. Told them the problem but couldn't get in for a week. In the meantime, the belt began to work again. The dealer said"bring it back when it doesn't work. " I have a phobia not knowing when the seat belt will fail again. The vehicle is a 2004 Toyota Sienna. I purchased it new from the same dealer. Carmax in kenosha WI. I sent this same e mail to Toyota.

: the contact stated the front passenger side seat belt retractor locks up while in use. The seat belt must be released, and then put back on. The dealership determined this was a safety feature for child safety seats. The dealership stated it was illegal to replace the front seat belt assembly.

The contact owns a 2005 Toyota Sienna. Shortly after purchasing the vehicle, the driver side seat belt became stuck and would not fully retract. The failure began intermittently, but currently the seat belt is inoperable. The vehicle is no longer under warranty. Previously, the second row passenger seat belt did not retract and was sticking. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and repaired. The contact will take the vehicle to the dealer later this week to be repaired again. The current mileage was 56,000 and failure mileage was 15,000.

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While at a complete stop, my vehicle was struck at the seven o'clock position. During the accident, the seat belt retractors allowed the belt webbing to extend beyond 25 mm without restraining the occupants. All seat belted occupants struck the vehicle interior directly in front of their prospective position. The force of acceleration and subsequent secondary impact was sufficient to cause moderate facial lacerations. Elr performance is believed to be non-compliant with cfr title 49 part 571. 208 - 571. 209 of the federal motor vehicle safety standards and regulations.

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The front passenger side seat belt retractor would not retract. Dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem.

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Passenger's side seat belt in middle row of the captain chair will not retract. Dealer is aware of the problem. Driver is concerned because he picks up and transports children from place to place.

The way the middle seat is located and designed it has a split in the plastic. The seat belt gets caught in the split, and as a result, the seat belt fails to retract. Dealership replaced the seat belt, but problem still exists.

Consumer states child in the rear passenger seat was strangled by the seat belt, the driver was trying to remove child from seat and the seat belt continued to get tighter. Nlm consumer had to, as a last resort, cut child from seat belt. The pressure from the tightening seat belt became unbearable.

Middle to rear seat w/failure; the seat belts lock-up upon movement where the shoulder portion gets tighter with the slightest movement. In order to maintain usage of the shoulder belt, the occupant(s) must remove the seat belt and refasten. Please describe details. Ts.