have the same problem with my 91 civic DX the passenger die belt will not
retract but there are some times where it will start working out of nowhere
and stay working for a period of time and then stop again


"Imabug" <BLAHeugenem@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:Xns947381F34472Feugenemixnetcomcom@207.69.154 .206...
> "F.D. Nussbaum" <nospam@net.com> wrote in
> news:RJVMb.29404$6y6.674050@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net:
>
> > I've read my Haynes guide and scoured the Web to see if this is a
> > simple problem involving a fuse - something I can fix - before
> > bringing the car to my mechanic. I can't find anything. Has anyone
> > experienced this or something similar? Aside from being unable to
> > ferry passengers in the passenger seat, since it no longer has a
> > functional shoulder belt, the seat belt warning signal keeps beeping
> > and beeping.... It's driving me crazy!
> >
> > Several odd things: If I manually force the shoulder belt anchor up on
> > its track six inches or so, opening the door makes it immediately
> > slide down back to its 'passenger unloading' position. So it's not the
> > retracting motor per se; and it's not a matter of the car not being
> > able to sense whether the seat belt should be up or down.
> >
> > So, even if I can't figure out the problem exactly, what *general
> > area* does this problem sound like it falls into?
> >
> >
> Had the same thing happen to my car on the driver's side. Dealer
> wanted something like $980US to replace the solenoid and motor
> that retract the seatbelt. A bit much, so I just had them move
> the unit back into the locked position, deactivate the sensor that
> triggers the alarm and buckle myself in manually.
>
> If you have mechanical skills and a place to work (I have neither),
> it would probably be a simple matter to scavenge a working unit
> from the junkyard and replace it yourself for much cheaper.
>
> Eugene
>
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have the same problem with my 91 civic DX the passenger die belt will not
retract but there are some times where it will start working out of nowhere
and stay working for a period of time and then stop again


"Imabug" <BLAHeugenem@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:Xns947381F34472Feugenemixnetcomcom@207.69.154 .206...
> "F.D. Nussbaum" <nospam@net.com> wrote in
> news:RJVMb.29404$6y6.674050@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net:
>
> > I've read my Haynes guide and scoured the Web to see if this is a
> > simple problem involving a fuse - something I can fix - before
> > bringing the car to my mechanic. I can't find anything. Has anyone
> > experienced this or something similar? Aside from being unable to
> > ferry passengers in the passenger seat, since it no longer has a
> > functional shoulder belt, the seat belt warning signal keeps beeping
> > and beeping.... It's driving me crazy!
> >
> > Several odd things: If I manually force the shoulder belt anchor up on
> > its track six inches or so, opening the door makes it immediately
> > slide down back to its 'passenger unloading' position. So it's not the
> > retracting motor per se; and it's not a matter of the car not being
> > able to sense whether the seat belt should be up or down.
> >
> > So, even if I can't figure out the problem exactly, what *general
> > area* does this problem sound like it falls into?
> >
> >
> Had the same thing happen to my car on the driver's side. Dealer
> wanted something like $980US to replace the solenoid and motor
> that retract the seatbelt. A bit much, so I just had them move
> the unit back into the locked position, deactivate the sensor that
> triggers the alarm and buckle myself in manually.
>
> If you have mechanical skills and a place to work (I have neither),
> it would probably be a simple matter to scavenge a working unit
> from the junkyard and replace it yourself for much cheaper.
>
> Eugene
>
> --
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Eugene Mah, M.Sc., DABR eugenem@ix.netcom.com
> Medical Physicist maheug@musc.edu
> "For I am a Bear of Very Little
> Brain, and long words Bother
> http://radinfo.musc.edu/~eugenem/blog/ me." - Winnie the Pooh
> http://www.netcom.com/~eugenem/ ICQ 3113529
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