Seat belt no longer retracts. i don't know exact date but its been a few weeks.
We bought this car used with 33000 miles. it now has 46000 miles. at 37000 miles the passenger seat belt started to randomly lock up. it would pin my wife to the seat back. every time we had to stop the car to unbuckle, then feed the belt back into the mechanism to pull it back out. if she leaned forward to adjust the radio it would sometimes let out an inch or two or three, then lock. we then had to stop the car, unbuckle and feed it back in, then start over. sometimes it locks in place as soon as she buckles up be fore i start the car. sometimes it will go several days with no issue. our local dealer is mullinax ford of olympia wa.they replaced it under the 50000mile safety warranty. it did not fix the issue. it still randomly locked up and we have to stop the car to unbuckle and feed it back in. they re[placed it again. it still locks up. i tried moving the adjustable upper anchor point. that seems to fix the problem for that day. the next day its back. they claim there is nothing wrong. "this is normal." my 1973 pinto did not do this, nor did my 1993 aerostar or my 1985 pontiac. my 1993 f150 pick up does not act like this. my concern is that in the event of a crash she will be stuck in the car if the release button in damaged or unreachable. i can't believe this is normal. my daughter informs me that the right side rear belt has started to do this. so both belts on the right side have issues, but not the left side. what is wrong with these belts? is there a design or production change that needs correction? please investigate. i have supporting documentation including emails with ford, but your system will not accept them due to file size. i'll try anyway. nope. please contact me. i can email or fax them to you. it happens at any speed 0 to 70 at any throttle or brake ...