2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee: seat belt won't latch or retract

Filed Sep 20, 2025 · Seat belts · AZ

driver's side seat belt will not buckle unless button is pushed on the buckle

Filed Jul 30, 2025 · Seat belts · MI

Something is wrong with both front driver and passenger seat belt buckle. When attempting to fasten the seat belt, something in the buckle prevents from clicking in the belt unless you press the button down. The seat belt sign stays on, raising safety concerns while operating the vehicle.

Filed Apr 15, 2024 · Airbags, Seat belts · MD

On this vehicle both front eat seatbelt receivers are faulty. This was not caused by an accident or excessive wear of the seatbelts. When you push the seatbelt into the receiver, it will not accept the seatbelt without first pushing down on the seatbelt button. Additionally, the vehicle does not recognize when the seatbelts are in use and the light on the dash stays on regardless. This issue started some time ago, however, more recently (past 3 weeks) the airbag light started coming on intermittently. I took the vehicle to a shop (not a dealer) and they diagnosed the airbag light as being caused by the driver's side seatbelt retractor spring malfunction. They were unable to repair and directed me to a dealer. Upon contacting the dealer they are only offering replacement of the seatbelts faulty seatbelts as customers expense. I have contacted Dodge customer service and asked what assistance they my provide. That issues is currently open under case number 89679478.

Filed May 13, 2021 · Seat belts · 92,000 miles · OR

Must press red button to get driver and passenger seat belt to latch. Seat belt chime stays on.

Filed Oct 9, 2020 · Airbags, Seat belts · 156,000 miles · TX

I own a used 2006 jeep grand cherokee laredo 4x4. The driver's and passenger's side seat belts are not latching unless I press down on the red button. The red seat belt indicator light won't go off and the audible chimes continuously and will not shut off while driving. The vehicle manual does describe a method in which you can disable the seatbelt indicator chime. However, to be able to do this you must be able to have the seatbelt in the buckled position, which the vehicle is not able to detect as the seatbelts are faulty. The only way to stop the chime is to snip the seat belt sensor and ground wires coming from the vehicles computer underneath the driver and passenger seats and splice them together. This will ground out the sensor but it also causes the airbag warning light to come on. So, you have to choose between either having airbags and a nonstop seatbelt indicator chime, or no chime and no airbags. This is troublesome.

Filed Oct 7, 2020 · Seat belts · 95,000 miles · CA

Seat belt buckle won't latch properly. Seat belt chime does not stop when seatbelt is latched. Thousands of complaints online about this major safety issue. Passenger must depress the unlock button on seatbelt, then insert the buckle. Chime will not stop while driving.

Filed Aug 16, 2019 · Seat belts · CA

Seat belts will not latch unless release is depressed prior to inserting latch. The chime and light go off continuously as you drive because it is not registering that the seat belt is buckled.

Filed Aug 26, 2018 · Seat belts · TX

Seat belts will not latch unless release is depressed prior to inserting latch. The chime and light go off continuously as you drive because it is not registering that the seat belt is buckled.

Filed Dec 27, 2017 · Electrical, Seat belts · 93,000 miles · PA

Seat belt don't retract, heater only runs on high, headlights are not clear and dim.

Filed Nov 21, 2017 · Seat belts · 120,000 miles · IL

In the last month or so, I've noticed that the seatbelt won't stay completely latched with the buckle in the driver and passenger seats. This causes the seatbelt light to come in at random times. In order to buckle the seat belt, you also need to depress the red buckle button slightly and insert the latch plate.

Filed Aug 10, 2017 · Airbags, Seat belts · 154,000 miles · OH

Less then 30 days ago I purchased a used 2006 jeep cherokee laredo 4x2. The dealer said the airbag sensor just needed replaced no big deal. Now I am experiencing the same thing as alot of older people. The driver's side seat belt started not latching unless I press down on the red button. So then the red seat belt indicator light won't go off and the audible chimes continuously and will not shut off while driving no matter what I do. Moving the seat belt around to try and get the chime to stop as well as the audible chiming while driving makes it very annoying and distracting from the road. I need answers on why this should be at my cost when between the airbag and seat belt sensors are truly safety issue. Their is no warranty at 154457 miles. Please advise on the airbag recall etc... The airbag light was on when purchased 7/18/17. The seat belt chiming and light started staying on 8/10/17.

Filed May 14, 2017 · Seat belts · 123,000 miles · GA

Seat belt latch on passenger front will not latch without pushing the red button in and will not turn off red indicator light on dash. All the interior door latch handles are breaking or are already broken making it nearly impossible to open door from inside. Both would be dangerous in an accident situation.