The seat belts twist and jam in the belt guides. I have been able to unjam them every time with some fiddling. However it is time consuming and sometimes it happens with the belt on and this makes it very difficult to drive with the belt locked in one position. The steering column lock failed to disengage and the steering wheel won't turn. I am in a corvette club and this is a common problem with 1997, 1998, and early 1999's. Ref. In ea02-031
1998 Chevrolet Corvette seat belts complaints
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Both driver and passenger seat belt webbings often fold over while retracting. Once the folded webbing is pulled into retractor the retractor jams. Further use of seatbelt is impossible. This is dangerous and illegal. The entire molding must be disassembled each time to get the belt to release and be usable again. This requires tools and .5 hours of time. This has happened to me no less than 20 times in a 2 month period. When picking my daughter up from school the retractor often jams forcing her to not wear a safety belt. Dealer has been no help. Gm has been no help. I have a $38000 car that is both dangerous and illegal to drive. Someone please help, this is a very common occurence on all 1997 and up corvettes and gm knows about it. The federal safety agency database lists campaign id number 00v111000 for this exact problem but gm just blows me off and tells me there is no fix and no recall.
While backing out of the driveway all of a sudden the steering wheel locked up. Dealership was not aware of this problem. Nothing was done about this problem. Also seatbelt does not retract. *ak *ml ref. In ea02-031
Seat belt will not latch.
Seatbelt buckle locks up in the upright position which wont protect the occupant in event of a crash. Dealer replaced passenger's seatbelt 3 times. Please provide further information.
Driver's seat belt latch. Seat belt unhooks itself.
Seat belt.
The seatbelts get easily twisted and fail to retract, rendering them usless. Dealer is aware of many customer complatins but stated that gm doesn't have a fix. This is very dangerous to be traveling when you get out of the vehicle and then can't wear the seatbelt for the rest of the trip, until you go to the dealer to get them to fix it. They wont replace the part since they don't have fix for it. Know many 1998-1999 corvette owners that have complained about the same problem. Something needs to be done to force gm to fix this design problem.
Automatic transmission fluid leaks (serviced 4 times with many components replaced), passenger seatbelt retractor fails to retract (dealer replaced)
Passenger side seat belt failed.
Passenger seat belt would not retract. Yh
Passenger's side seat belt retractor isn't working properly. Also, gear shift is causing the vehicle to shift from 1st to 4th, leading to an unpredictable slowing of the vehicle. *ak
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