Seat belt fails to retract fully and catches in door closure. While the impact so far is minimal, ie, scratches the paint and causes me to reopen the door and push the belt inside, my concern is that this will, in time, result in a bent selt belt latch mechanism which could result in not locking completely when the seat belt is engaged and then come loos under stress -- giving me the belief of a safe, secure, volvo 3-point belt but in fact it will give me a one-way trip to arlington national cemetary
1998 Volvo V70 seat belts complaints
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The seatbelts do not appear to retract properly. There is a small light in the door of the vehicle which has been broken on 3 occassions because the seatbelt did not retract prior to the door closing. The dealer did repair this and mentioned that they have had several complaints about this defect but there was no recall. Also if the seatbelt becomes loose because of driver/passenger movement it does not retract or become tight around the waist again. To try to clarify this, if after initially setting the belts when you get in to the vehicle and you have movement that allows the seatbelt to expand around your waist the seatbelt remains expanded. So if an accident were to arise you would not be properly restrained. Best regards, randy gibson
The shoulder portion of the rear seat belt on the driver's side is out of the seat back mechanism and will not go back into the mechanism. The middle belt was replaced in august of 97 for the same reason. The rear driver's side is being repaired by dealer at this time.
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