Stuck Driver side seatbelt issue revisited....
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4orced4door  Out Standing
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posted 05/27/03 05:29 PM
quote: Originally posted by blacksheep: Paul - I tried what you said on my passengers side door, but could not replicate this like you mention.
Was the car on when you tried? Just checking. I know I could make the seat belt go by doing what I posted above.
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Hertz  OneTitle to rule them all. 77/2000
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posted 05/28/03 12:37 AM
quote: Originally posted by blacksheep: Hertz and Dave- you both probably wont believe me, but since my belts work intermitently, it just did on my drive back from work. I pulled into my driveway, shut off the ignition and the belt retracted all of a sudden.
Okay, so I think we all agree that in a normally operating VR-4, with the door closed, ignition on, the driver's seat belt retracts when you either a) open the door, b) remove the key. The passenger seat belt retracts only when the door is opened, regardless of key.
Both seatbelts only close when the car is on and the respective door is closed.
So at no point should you be stuck with the seatbelt closed and your key removed and the door open because either of those conditions should cause the belt to retract.
I think it is unlikely that BOTH switches/sensors would fail -- so the obvious condition would be that the ETACS thinks that the seatbelt is retracted. Figure out the position sensors on the track itself (if they exist?) and you'll find the cause of the problem.
If you can open/close the door with the ignition on and the seatbelt doesn't move it could be the door switch (likely). If turning the car on/off/on/off with the door closed doesn't move the belt it could be the ignition switch (unlikely).
If you're KC it is neither of the above and you're cursed to be tortured by a sadistic car.
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