seatbelt retracting
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And if it doesn't retract at all, you should really try to contact your local dealer and ask them for a replacement. Google "Honda seat belt warranty".
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A lot of the time gunk builds up on the belts and the guides for the belts. What we do at our dealer is when someone complains is we take a rag, spray some silicone spray, pull the belt out and wiping the belt. Run a brush in the guides, let it retract and repeat. See if this will work for you.
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The way to test is to see how much tension there is on the side of the belt that runs to the tensioner. And if there is a normal amount of tension - it's the roller up at shoulder height, usually it just needs a bit of clean (just don't spray it, use soap + water).
And if it doesn't retract at all, you should really try to contact your local dealer and ask them for a replacement. Google "Honda seat belt warranty".
And if it doesn't retract at all, you should really try to contact your local dealer and ask them for a replacement. Google "Honda seat belt warranty".
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I followed the advice on the forum and got the local Honda dealer to replace my seat belts under warranty. However, it was a painful process.
First I have to argue with the service guy that they are actually covered by warranty. This takes 30 to 45 minutes before he finally gets confirmation they are covered. The newer S2K's are not lifetime. Seems like they are something like 15 years.
They get their seat belt guy to perform his test. He pulls the belt out about a foot straight forward and horizontally, then releases it. If it retracts, they call it good.
I said that was a lame test, got in the drivers seat, buckled it, unbuckled, and the buckle dangles out door jam and wouldn't retract. Even after I got out of the car. (Previous owner actually scratched the door jam up pretty good due to that.) Seat belt guy says, "Sorry, functions as it should."
I demand to see the service manager, but he was out test driving a car. They send his backup, and I go through the same process with him, same response...
Based on what I learned in this forum, I demanded to speak to the REGIONAL service manager. They get concerned then, and say he doesn't have an office there. I said, "Well, he must have a phone, I want his number." I leave the car for the service manger to look at when he returns as I needed to get back to work.
Thirty minutes later I get a call from the service manager, and they agree to change the driver's belt only. So I think to myself, "No problem." After they replace the driver's side, I will get in to test. Buckle, unbuckle, watch it retract, praise them for a great job, then do the same with the passenger belt to contrast how pathetic the passenger belt is compared to the new driver's belt.
I told them to please proceed, and things actually worked out as I had hoped. After I go through the process described above, this time the service manager just drops his head in his hands and tells his guys, "Go ahead and order the passenger belt for him."
The next week I drop the car off and they install the passenger belt. When I went to pick the car up, I saw that someone had curbed the front bumper and scratched it up badly. They investigate and the kid who drives the car into the shop for the mechanics admitted he ran it up on sidewalk curb. They agree to paint it for me.
ALWAYS - ALWAYS CHECK YOUR FRONT BUMPER ANYTIME YOU HAVE YOUR S2K SERVICED! Most people don''t realize how low that front bumper is.
So they painted it, it had a run and I insisted they repaint. Second time I go to pick it up, and THEY HAD ALREADY CURBED IT AGAIN! New paint job destroyed. Plus they put a nail in the tire sidewall.
Third time was the charm. They finally got it right.
The key to getting seat belt replacements is to insist to talk to the Regional Manager, they don't like that.
First I have to argue with the service guy that they are actually covered by warranty. This takes 30 to 45 minutes before he finally gets confirmation they are covered. The newer S2K's are not lifetime. Seems like they are something like 15 years.
They get their seat belt guy to perform his test. He pulls the belt out about a foot straight forward and horizontally, then releases it. If it retracts, they call it good.
I said that was a lame test, got in the drivers seat, buckled it, unbuckled, and the buckle dangles out door jam and wouldn't retract. Even after I got out of the car. (Previous owner actually scratched the door jam up pretty good due to that.) Seat belt guy says, "Sorry, functions as it should."
I demand to see the service manager, but he was out test driving a car. They send his backup, and I go through the same process with him, same response...
Based on what I learned in this forum, I demanded to speak to the REGIONAL service manager. They get concerned then, and say he doesn't have an office there. I said, "Well, he must have a phone, I want his number." I leave the car for the service manger to look at when he returns as I needed to get back to work.
Thirty minutes later I get a call from the service manager, and they agree to change the driver's belt only. So I think to myself, "No problem." After they replace the driver's side, I will get in to test. Buckle, unbuckle, watch it retract, praise them for a great job, then do the same with the passenger belt to contrast how pathetic the passenger belt is compared to the new driver's belt.
I told them to please proceed, and things actually worked out as I had hoped. After I go through the process described above, this time the service manager just drops his head in his hands and tells his guys, "Go ahead and order the passenger belt for him."
The next week I drop the car off and they install the passenger belt. When I went to pick the car up, I saw that someone had curbed the front bumper and scratched it up badly. They investigate and the kid who drives the car into the shop for the mechanics admitted he ran it up on sidewalk curb. They agree to paint it for me.
ALWAYS - ALWAYS CHECK YOUR FRONT BUMPER ANYTIME YOU HAVE YOUR S2K SERVICED! Most people don''t realize how low that front bumper is.
So they painted it, it had a run and I insisted they repaint. Second time I go to pick it up, and THEY HAD ALREADY CURBED IT AGAIN! New paint job destroyed. Plus they put a nail in the tire sidewall.
Third time was the charm. They finally got it right.
The key to getting seat belt replacements is to insist to talk to the Regional Manager, they don't like that.
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