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Seat belt motor broken
Last night my seat-belt (the shoulder belt) wouldn't move down when I shut the door. I went to the dealer today and got bad news. He said some "swicth and/or motor need to be replaced". He said the part was over $100 and with labor the total would be about $320!!
I think that sounds high. Thankfully for $35 they manually lowered the belt (with an allen wrench they said) to the down position where it now stays so I can at least drive safely. However, when I started up the car the seat-belt light now flahes non-stop. It is driving me crazy. I wonder if anybody else has had this problem, and if I can go to another person than the dealer for cheaper, or any other suggestions. I apprecitate it as always! |
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http://www.svxparts.com/diag/?model=...category=645-B
labor to replace the motor is 1.4 hours. You could always pull the bulb out. Beav |
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thanks
Thanks for the link. It looks like the motor is in fact over $100. They (the subaru dealer) quoted labor at 3 hours. This seems like WAY too much. Could you tell me how you came up with the 1.4 figure. If I could go in with some evidence I may be able to talk him down. Thanks again!!
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Labor . SkillLevel . Warr. . Std.
Seat Belt Motor . Replace Motor Assembly . B . 1.0 . 1.4 Straight from the book - Alldata Of course there is more than one labor book, however most are within a couple 'points' of each other. Plus nobody said you couldn't charge more, the book is just a guideline (read: competetive.) Beav |
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The drivers side seatbelt stopped working in my wife's svx one day. I took the thing apart, wiggled wires, but couldn't find anything loose. On eddycat's advice I disconnected the battery overnight. The seatbelt worked the next morning.
Check this thread out as well. http://www.subaru-svx.net/forum/show...light=seatbelt
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$1100 seatbelt!!
Just to follow up my driver-side broken seat belt issue......The dealer quoted replacing the moter, with parts and labor at $1105!!!!!!.................11 hundred and 5 freaking dollars!
I guess now I just have to find out who will shut the damn blinking seatbelt light off for me (the dealer said they aren't allowed). How frustrating. |
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