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Contact Saab-the manufacturer/importer not the dealer-even on a car that old they should not fail;after all the rear belts still worked in my D reg. Panda.
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So it's a £250 job in a car now worth much more than that
Instead of buying new replacements, why not try the scrap yards, or see if there are some universal fitting ones on the market. There surely can't be that many variations on seat belts fittings. As it's a Saab, you could try seeing if ones from a scrapper Vauxhall will fit maybe?
From memory Steve, were you the one who posted some time ago about the belts being very difficult to pull out and kept locking as you did so, unless you went very slowly?
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If the retrction is lazy, see the following thread...................
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?v=i&t=83...1
pmh (was peter)
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Sorry should have read it fully first after doing a search, look for post on:
Sluggish Seatbelts
To cure inertia seatbelts not retracting quickly enough, a light spray with silicon spray will restore them to as new.
Does not mark clothing or, more importantly, harm the webbing.
This done each service stops belts hanging out of doors or buckles being slammed against door shuts.
pmh (was peter)
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I can't make too much input to the work as I'm no longer local to my parents. They have taken it to a local specialist who is trying to find some second hand belts but even then he is talking £60 each plus fitting. I don't know if Vauxhall ones will fit - I believe 91H was pre-GM involvement in Saab?
Yes, it was me that posted about the problem pulling the belts out. This arose now because the place they bought it from is trying to find a replacement stalk for the front belt as the button is missing and was when they bought it 9 months ago. They took it in to see if he could finally replace it but the one he had found was the wrong type... They mentioned the rear belts at the same time and he says they need changing as well.
Someone else mentioned retraction - that isn't the problem I'm afraid. They go back in no trouble but won't pull out.
By the sounds of it, the only cheap solution will be to take the back seat out! No seat means no requirement for belts... :)
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Removing the rear seat will not negate the need to have rear belts fitted and working. the car is designed to carry rear passengers and as such must have the belts. removing the seat is only a temporary measure.
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