Driver's side seatbelt won't retract
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Driver's side seatbelt won't retract
(91 civic wagon)
My battery is in the back of my car, and as far as I know before the engine swap and everything was done on my car both sides were working correctly. The battery is routed to my trunk along with WHT/GRN & WHT/RED wire with the two 30A fuse holders that give power to the seatbelts.
The passenger seatbelt works fine retracts when door is open and moves away when door opens.
Symptoms of the driver side is:
-The driver side is stuck in the (front position). I can pull it back to the shoulder/lock position(does not lock though) then when I open the door it moves away the front position. This is telling me that the motor is working I am assuming.
-When I open my driver door the interior light and the beeper indicating the door is open does not make a sound. The passenger side light does come on though and does beep when the door is open.
What I checked so far:
-I check all the fuses as well made sure I was getting continuity to through the wires which I am the drivers side has power since it does move forward if i pull it back by hand and open the door.
-I took the door panel off and check the plug. I check the resistance when the door was closed and open. There seemed to be no resistance when the door was open and closed.
My battery is in the back of my car, and as far as I know before the engine swap and everything was done on my car both sides were working correctly. The battery is routed to my trunk along with WHT/GRN & WHT/RED wire with the two 30A fuse holders that give power to the seatbelts.
The passenger seatbelt works fine retracts when door is open and moves away when door opens.
Symptoms of the driver side is:
-The driver side is stuck in the (front position). I can pull it back to the shoulder/lock position(does not lock though) then when I open the door it moves away the front position. This is telling me that the motor is working I am assuming.
-When I open my driver door the interior light and the beeper indicating the door is open does not make a sound. The passenger side light does come on though and does beep when the door is open.
What I checked so far:
-I check all the fuses as well made sure I was getting continuity to through the wires which I am the drivers side has power since it does move forward if i pull it back by hand and open the door.
-I took the door panel off and check the plug. I check the resistance when the door was closed and open. There seemed to be no resistance when the door was open and closed.
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Re: Driver's side seatbelt won't retract
This was the test I followed to check the driver's door switch. I had continuity between terminals 1 & 2 when the door was closed as well as continuity between terminals 2 & 3 when door was open.
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Re: Driver's side seatbelt won't retract
I would just take it to the dealer to fix. Safety equipment such as seat-belts are required to be fixed without charge. You may have to argue a bit, but they were recalled because of similar problems. This is a common problem with EFs I believe it just needs cleaned.
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Re: Driver's side seatbelt won't retract
Even though the car was bought in the states and brought to Canada? Because in Canada automatic seatbelts was not an option.
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