[s-cars] Seat Belt sticking

[Bruce Mendel]

Sandy,

Next time you should buy a car from a reputable seller, not some tool that
sinks $25K into mods and maintenance but forgets to check the seatbelt reel.
Fool!

Bwah ha ha ha ha!

Bruce
S-car-less

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sandy Sligh" <sdslig at yahoo.com>
To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 11:31 PM
Subject: [s-cars] Seat Belt sticking


>
>
> A couple times over the last two weeks, I've gone to
> put on my seat belt and I find that the belt refuses
> to retract or extend past a certain point. It's
> essentially stuck in a semi-extended position.
>
> Once, monkeying around with it got it to unstick
> itself. The second time, it was more persistant. I
> pulled the interior B-pillar cover off, exposing the
> ratchet/reel. All that was needed was a slight tap on
> the reel and she was free.
>
> Perhaps the reel mechanism or the tensioning system is
> in need of repair/replacement? I happen to know that
> the tensioning system functions properly in response
> to hard accel/decel (heh heh). Perhaps the reel
> mechanism needs a good blast of compressed air?
>
> Sandy
> 93 S4
>
>
>
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