Porsche Boxster seat belt problems

Filed Mar 26, 2014 · Airbags, Seat belts · 54,000 miles · OH

Tl* the contact owns a 1997 porsche boxster. The contact stated that the air bag light sporadically illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who diagnosed that the seat belt buckles, harness and control unit needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 54,000. Updated 5/13/14*cn

Filed Mar 25, 2014 · Airbags · 45,000 miles · VA

The air bag light illuminated on the car spontaneously and stays lit at all times indicating a fault in the system. From all reports on various porsche discussion forums (thousands of incidents that have been reported and discussed), this is a common problem in the first generation porsche boxsters. It is a defect in the seat belt buckle and seat belt ground caused by corrosion of the contact points for the seat belt that triggers the light. The purpose of an air bag light is to inform you of a defect in this safety system and to notify you that the system will not operate as it should. While there is apparently a tsb that was issued by porsche, once your vehicle is out of warranty they will not repair it under the tsb for free. This is a widespread and common safety defect that doesn't appear until after the car is out of warranty. The cost to repair this problem is approximately $1500.00 through porsche. Considering most porsche boxsters from 1997-1999 suffer from this problem, it should be a safety recall and repaired by porsche at their expense.

Filed Apr 8, 2012 · Seat belts · 80,000 miles · AR

The seat belt on my vehicle, when buckled, has a tendency to not latch completely and allows for the release without pressing the release button. Also when it is latched, there is a tendency for it to get caught and not release without significant pulling force on the buckle.

Filed Aug 29, 2009 · Airbags · 60,200 miles · TX

1998 porsche boxster airbag light, related to seat belt buckle, known issue with a fix that has a part number, but porsche never had a recall so the only way they will replace it for free is if the light came on within the warranty time. Cost out of warranty $500 to $1500. This should not be a warranty issue but a safety issue, if they knew that the part was faulty they should have recalled the part and fixed every model that came out with the old design. There are many reviews all over the internet by 97' to 99' boxster owners. 99' is this year they came out with the fix, but if you kept your porsche clean and garage kept it would be well past the warranty before the wires faulted and the light come on. Although they say it is not a safety issue and that the airbag will still deploy, by having this fault active, you will not be able to tell if a true airbag fault that will affect the airbag operation really went off.

Filed Jan 11, 2007 · Airbags, Electrical · 20,000 miles · NY

Airbag warning lamp staying on due to a poorly designed sensor system that relies on seat belt buckle and grounding system electrical resistances being incredibly stable over time. This is a design flaw that has been addressed by redesigned seat belt receptacles and replacing wires. If you don't fix this problem, you will never know if you have a real problem with the airbag system, which is obviously a safety issue. If you want to clear this lamp indication, you must shell out $500 to $1500 to do so. How does porsche have the nerve to charge customers for an obvious design flaw on their part which leads to an airbag warning lamp being illuminated, which is a safety issue if not corrected. My incident is far from an isolated one. I've checked out other complaints via the internet.

Filed Apr 11, 2006 · Seat belts · 69,876 miles · NY

Dt*: the contact stated the driver and passenger side front seat belts in the vehicle have been replaced twice. On the first incident the passenger side seat belt would come unlocked when the child tugged on it. The dealership replaced the seat belt and the buckle assembly. On 2-01-06 the seat belts wouldn't retract. The dealership replaced the seat belts and the buckle assembly again. Now the seat belt is inoperable.

Filed Dec 6, 2005 · Airbags · MN

2001 porsche boxster air bag system failed. Repair to the seat belt buckle that is linked to the airbag system was not performed and the airbag LED was aggressively ripped out of the instrument panel cluster. *ts

Filed Feb 6, 2004 · Airbags · 20,000 miles · FL

I have had a reoccuring airbag light coming on, the dealer has had it on 5 occasions, and the previous owner had it to two different dealers ons 4 occasions. I thought that the dealer had it repaired in january of 2003, then it came back on again in jan of 2004. The dealer states that the repair is the seat belt buckles. They have replaced them 3 times, I dont know what the prevoius repairs were prior to my owning the vehicle. This time when I took the vehicle in for repair, it was no longer under warranty, and I was given a goodwill by the manufacturer for 50% of the repair bill. What is going to happen in a year when this comes on again? What would happen if I had an accident when the light was on because of this? The thing that stikes me the most is that the dealer has had the parts in stock every time and they have stated that this is a common problem, should there nt be a safety recall if this is the case?

Filed Feb 1, 1999 · Seat belts · CA

Passenger side seat belt failed. Nlm

Filed Dec 7, 1998 · Body, Electrical · LA

Coolant liquid started to pour out of vehicle ,vehicle was in service three times.cannot determine defect. *aktailpipe cover came off, convertable top motors out of adjustment causing noise on the right side,ecu had to be recoded to accept key head, left headlight lense reflector replaced, the air bag light illuminated the dealer replaced r/f seatbelt lock was inoperative. Sb