Seat belt latch pulled up approx 8 to 10 inches. Found bolt on floor of vehicle. Vehicle had not been in any situation where belt was put under stress.
Oldsmobile Intrigue seat belt problems
16 of the 1,140 owner complaints about the Oldsmobile Intrigue describe seat belt won't latch or retract, most of them for the 1998 model year.
- owner complaints
- 16
- worst model year
- 1998
Is there a fix? There are 3 recalls for this area of the car. See below
By model year
- 20021
- 20001
- 19991
- 199813
Often reported together
What owners say
Due to two previous services for the federal safety agency recall 00v044000 concerning seat belts dealer will not service a third time. *ak right rear seat belt will not pull out. Consumer have been driving gm vehicles for 35 years and have never experienced a seat belt failure unrelated to excess wear. This vehicle has had 2 replacement indicates a design flaw or manufacturing problem. Consumer feels this a safety item , should be replaced free of charge with a belt that does not incorporate the flaws that seem to accompany the original design.
Rear seat belt locked up and did not retract. Driver took the vehicle to the dealer for analysis, and mechanic noticed that the seat belt retractor needed to be replaced.*ak rear seat belt retractor was repaired four times, twice due to recall, problem still occur.
Seat belt doesn't latch on driver side of car.
The rear seat belt failed to come out of the retractor.
Consumer stated passenger side rear seatbelt will not retract. The seat belt will sometimes become inoperable.*jb consumer adds he uses the car as transportation to work with passengers in the back seat. There have been 3 occurances where the passengers could not use the seat belt.
Rear passenger side shoulder seat belt keeps getting stuck, will not move out of retractor, causing loss of protection.
Consumer had taken vehicle to dealer four times for rear seat belt repairs on passenger's side. Seat belt will not latch, and each time that had taken vehicle to dealer, dealer said that vehicle had been repaired, but still problem exists.
The rear seat belt became stuck in the retractor and would not release, consumer recieved a recall and took the vehicle to be repaired after repair was completed the consumer was billed for repair because the vehicle was out of warranty. Nlm
Rear seat belt would twist whenever it retracted. It would jam up & could not be released. Been repaired by the dealership at least 5 times, but it still would happen.
Related recalls
Seat belts
- What is wrong
- Vehicle description: certain passenger vehicles, equipped with sunvisor located air bag labels, fail to conform to federal motor vehicles safety standard no. 208, "occupant crash protection." these vehicles have a message area less than 30 cm which does not meet the requirements of the standard.
- Risk
- These vehicles do not comply with the standard.
- Remedy
- Gm will mail a new bilingual air bag label with installation instructions. However, the customer may bring the label to their dealer for installation free of charge. Owner notification began may 4, 2001. Owners who do not receive the free label and installation instructions within a reasonable time should contact oldsmobile at 1‑800‑442‑6537 or buick at 1‑800‑521‑7300.
Recall number 01V109000 · Recall details
Seat belts
- What is wrong
- Vehicle description: passenger vehicles, light duty trucks, sport utility vehicles, and mini vans equipped with trw seat belt buckle assemblies. The buckle base of these seat belt assemblies were not properly heat treated and therefore do not pass the load bearing requirement of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 209, "seat belt assemblies."
- Risk
- In the event of a vehicle crash, the occupant may not be properly restrained.
- Remedy
- Dealers will inspect the vehicle's safety belt buckle assembly date codes and, if necessary, will replace any safety belt buckle assembly.
Recall number 00V228003 · Recall details
Seat belts
- What is wrong
- Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. Some of these vehicles were built with rear seat shoulder belts that could twist, allowing the webbing to be jammed in the retractor. When the shoulder belt webbing becomes jammed in the retractor, the seat belt becomes unusable.
- Risk
- This could prevent a person from using the seat belt system, and a risk of injury to an unbelted person in a crash would be increased.
- Remedy
- Dealers will remove any twists from the rear shoulder belt(s) and install clips to the belt web guide to prevent twisting.
Recall number 00V044000 · Recall details
Questions about the Oldsmobile Intrigue seat belt
Which Oldsmobile Intrigue years have seat belt won't latch or retract problems?
The model years with the most reports are 1998 (13 complaints), 1999 (1 complaints) and 2000 (1 complaints).
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