Consumer states while pulling into the driveway driver's side seatbelt retractor was making a wierd noise. Took vehicle to dealer, dealer stated that electrical seatbelt cable was broken.
1994 Saturn SL: seat belt won't latch or retract
8 of the 286 complaints about the 1994 Saturn SL describe seat belt won't latch or retract.
- owner complaints
- 8
- of this car's complaints
- 3%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Seat belt won't latch or retract by model year
What owners say
Automatic seat belt on driver's side has failed to work. Motorized portion does not retract over shoulder as it should. Why is this my problem to fix? It looks like a defect in the design of the car.
Driver's side seatbelt will not retract into retractor. Consumer is not able to properly restrain himself. Please provide any further information.
Seat belt retractor failed/replaced.
Lighter fell out of socket, the vehicle hesitates when accelerating from a stop, the vehicle shifts hard into gear and has no reverse gear the dealer removed anf reconditioned the transmission, the seatbelt pulled back while the door was oped and the seatbelt failed to properly restrain the driver during an accident causing him to hit the steering wheel, the brake pedal feels low dealer resurfaced the front brake rotors, the brakes also make noise, the emergency parking brake does not prevent the vehicle from being moved, horn failed.
Defective fuel pump; also, power steering motor/seat belt/timing chain/front brake rotors failed.
Driver's seat belt retractor failed to lock during accident, causing driver to hit steering wheel/injury, also belt intermittently malfunctions.
Driver's seat belt retractor module replaced due to retractor failure.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1994 Saturn SL seat belt
Is seat belt won't latch or retract a common problem on the 1994 Saturn SL?
8 of 286 owner complaints about the 1994 Saturn SL (3%) mention seat belt won't latch or retract. The model year with the most reports is 1997.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1994 Saturn SL?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
Other symptoms on the 1994 Saturn SL
Adaptive cruise 29No deployment 14Brake failure 13Stalling 8ABS 7Engine failure 6Loss of power 5Wipers 5
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