1993 SATURN SL Seat Belts Problems

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE FRONT SEAT BELTS WOULD NOT EXTRACT. THE DEALER DETERMINED BOTH RETRACTOR MODULES NEED TO BE REPLACED.

Mileage: 135,310

WHILE STARTING VEHICLE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT WILL WORK ON DIFFERENT OCCASIONS SEAT BELT TENDS TO BE INOPERABLE. HAS HAD SEAT BELT SERVICED. THIS WILL BE THE 2ND TIME FOR SERVICE ON SAME PROBLEM.*AK

DRIVER'S SIDE RESTRAINT DOES NOT RETRACT, LEAVING DRIVER UNRESTRAINED. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK *SLC

THE SHOULDER BELT RETRACTORS ARE JAMMED ON DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDES, LEAVING OCCUPANTS UNPROTECTED. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN. *AK

AUTOMATIC SEATBELT HARNESS MOVES BACK AND FORTH WHILE CAR IS IN MOTION. AT TIMES THE HARNESS HAS FROZEN PART WAY THROUGH THE TRACK OFFERING THE DRIVER NO PROTECTION.

CONSUMER WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5-10MPH SHE WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER DRIVER . WHEN THROWN AGAINST THE SEAT BELT, THE THE SEAT BELT DISCONECTED AND CONSUMER WAS INJURED. *AK

VEHICLE WAS REAR-ENDED AND PUSHED INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF CONSUMER. HAD BOTH FRON TAND RAE IMPACT. DRIVER'S AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY, AND SHOULDER BELT DID NOT LOCK IN TIME TO PREVENT DRIVER FROM FALLING FORWARD, HITTING HEAD ON STEERING WHEEL. ALSO, SEATBACK COLLAPSED, DRIVER FELL BACKWARDS AND HIT BACK OF HEAD. SUSTAINED INJURIES, AND VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK

THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AUTOMATIC SHOULDER RESTRAINT SYSTEM HAS FAILED. BOTH HAVE INTERMITTANT PROBLEMS, THEY WILL OPEN AND CLOSE AT WILL FOR NO APPARENT REASON, SAFETY ALARM SOUNDS RANDOMLY ETC. I CONTACTED THE LOCAL SATURN (OF ESCONDIDO) DEALER AND THEY STATE THAT IT IS MAY PROBLEM AND NOT SOMETHING COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. HAVE OTHER SATURN OWNERS REPORTED PROBLEMS OF THIS NATURE? I HAVE CONTACTED SATURN THROUGH THEIR WEB SITE BUT HAVE NOT HEAR FROM THEM.

WHEN DRIVING THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT SHOULDER BELT BECAME VERY TIGHT, MAKING IT VERY IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE DRIVER TO MAKE ANY TYPE OF MOVEMENT WHEN DRIVING. ALSO, ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THE PROBLEM. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

SEAT BELT DEFECTS. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM DEFECTS--POWER ACCESSORIES DON'T WORK.

SHOULDER BELT FAILED TO RESTRAIN DRIVER IN ACCIDENT, CAUSING INJURY.

SEAT BELTS LOCK WHEN VEHICLE SHUTS OFF.

THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR SOMETIME DON'T RETRACTS FORDWARD AND BACKWARD , PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

PASSIVE RESTRAINTS WILL LOCK IN OPEN POSITION ON PASSENGER SIDE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

PASSIVE RESTRAINTS WILL LOCK IN OPEN POSITION ON PASSENGER SIDE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

THE DRIVERS SEAT BELT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THE THREADS WERE BREAKING. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK