1993 CHEVROLET LUMINA APV Seat Belts Problems

RECALLS 94V027 AND 94V015 DO NOT COVER MY VAN, BUT DESCRIBE THE PROBLEMS I AM HAVING EXACTLY. SINCE WE BOUGHT THE VAN IN 1995 THE REAR SEATBELTS HAVE LOCKED UP AT THE ODDEST TIMES. ALL OF THE BACK SEAT BELTS (NOT JUST THE ONES DESCRIBED IN 94V027) LOCK UP AT TIMES AND WILL USUALLY UNLOCK WITH A FEW DAYS OF DRIVING. ALL OF THE REAR SEATBELTS WILL LOCK ON AN INCLINE (AS DESCRIBED IN 94V015) AND NOT UNLOCK UNTIL THE VAN IS MOVED TO LEVEL GROUND. MY KIDS KNOW THAT SOMETIMES THEY CAN NOT PUT ON THEIR SEATBELTS UNTIL THE VAN IS MOVING. MY CONCERN IS THAT THE RECALLS SHOULD COVER MORE SEATBELTS AND MORE VANS THAN LISTED. THE LEFT REAR SEATBELT (ONLY) OF MY VAN APPEARS TO BE COVERED BY A RECALL, YET ALL THE SEATBELTS ARE THE SAME. '94 SEATBELTS ARE COVER BY THE RECALL 94V015, BUT MINE ARE NOT, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AND APPEAR TO BE THE SAME SEATBELTS. CHEVROLET REPLACED ALL OF THE SEATBELTS UNDER WARRANTY ONCE MANY YEARS AGO, AND THE SITUATION IMPROVED UNTIL THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. *TR

Mileage: 33,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1993 CHEVROLET LUMINA APV. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR SEAT BELT RETRACTORS LOCK AND WILL NOT RELEASE THE SEAT BELTS. IN ADDITION, THE SEAT BELTS THAT ARE CLOSEST TO THE SLIDING DOOR BECOME STUCK INSIDE OF THE DOOR. GENERAL MOTORS STATED THAT RECALL # 94V100000 (SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING) AND RECALL # 94V027000 (SEAT BELTS:REAR) ARE NOT RECOGNIZED AND DO NOT APPLY TO HIS VIN. IN ORDER TO USE THE SEAT BELTS, THE CONTACT MUST DRIVE OVER A FEW BUMPS IN THE ROAD FOR THE SEAT BELTS TO RELEASE. THE BODY STYLE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 160,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.

Mileage: 30,000

THE MIDDLE PASSENGER SEAT BELT FAILED TO RETRACT WHEN RELEASE. IT STAYED IN THE RELEASE POSITION. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE BUT THE DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO TELL IF THE RECALL APPLIED TO THE CONSUMER VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER BECAUSE THE RECALL WAS 10 YEARS OLD. *JB ALSO, THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT FAILED TO RETRACT. *SC

Mileage: 130,000

THE DRIVERS' SEATBELT RETRACTOR BROKE. *NLM

Mileage: 134,000

CONSUMER STATES THE SEAT BELT IS INOPERATIVE.*YH

3 SEAT BELT RETRACTORS FAIL TO RETRACT. FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BACK IS LOOSE, FALLS BACK WHEN LEANED ON. FRONT PASSENGER SEAT ARM REST IN UNMOVABLE. CHEVROLET SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE TO REPAIR THESE SAFETY COMPONENTS.*AK

THE SHOULDER BELT ON THE DRIVER SIDE AND THE 2 REAR SHOULDER BELTS DO NOT RETRACT WHICH WONT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN EVENT OF A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

I HAVE RECENTLY EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH MY 1993 CHEVROLET LUMINA APV VAN. SHORTLY AFTER BUYING THE VAN NEW IN FALL 1992 I FOUND THAT THE GAS GAUGE WOULD NOT ACCURATELY REFLECT THE FUEL WHEN NEAR THE BOTTOM 1/4. I REPORTED IT TO THE DEALER TWICE WITH NO CHANGES MADE. IN JANUARY OF 1999, THE REAR TRUNK LID LOCK FELL OF AND AFTER HAVING IT REPLACED, I HAD TO RETURN IT AS THE MECH WAS LOOSE AT WHICH TIME I WAS TOLD THEY NEEDED TO REPLACE THE POWER LOCKING SYSTEM AS THAT WAS THE PROBLEM. ON APRIL 3, 1999, WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE WITH THE FACTORY INSTALLED CRUISE CONTROL SET, I NOTICED THE SPEED STARTED TO INCREASE. I APPLIED THE BRAKES TO DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL AND IT WOULD NOT DISENGAGE. I HAD TO USE THE BRAKES TO CONTROL THE SPEED AS I COULD NOT TURN OFF THE CRUISE CONTROL. WHEN I SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED IT THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RACE SO I TURNED IT OFF AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED IN. THE DEALER SAID THE CRUISE HAD GONE BAD SO I HAD THEM DISCONNECT RATHER THAN PAY $600. TO REPLACE IT. IN THE LAST WEEK I HAVE HAD TWO OF THE SEATBELT RETRACTORS STOP WORKING (FRT PASSENGER AND 2ND ROW LEFT). WHEN I TOLD THE DEALER, THEY SAID THEY COULD REPLACE THEM FOR $400. I FELT COMPELLED TO REPORT THE PROBLEMS SPECIFICALLY THE CRUISE AND SEATBELTS AS THEY ARE SAFETY ISSUES AND THE CRUISE IS POTENTIALLY A HAZARD. THE SEATBELTS MAKE THE CAR LEGALLY UNABLE TO TRANSPORT PASSENGERS UNLESS I PAY $400. TO HAVE THEM FIXED. AND THERE ARE 5 MORE RETRACTORS THAT I SUSPECT MAY FOLLOW THE FIRST TWO. THANKS FOR YOUR INTEREST. *AK

WE HAVE HAD FOUR DIFFERENT SHOULDER BELTS GO OUT ON THIS 93 APV. THE FIRST TWO WERE REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. SINCE THEN TWO OTHER BELTS HAVE GONE OUT. THE ONLY REASON THE BACK TWO PROBABLY HAVEN'T GONE OUT IS THEY HAVEN'T BEEN USED THAT MUCH. TWO BELTS STILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT FOR 4 BELTS TO BREAK IN A FIVE YEAR OLD CAR. BUT THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALLS ON THIS VAN.

SEAT BELT RETRACTOR; IMPROPER SHOULDER BELT RETRACTION, DOES NOT PROVIDE ADEQUATE PROTECTION, DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT. *AK

PASSENGER SIDE RETRACTOR FAILURE, BELT WILL NOT RETRACT. TT

REAR SEAT BELTS LOCKED UP PRIORV TO RECALLL (94V-027). *AK