2008 honda civic coupe
 

My daughter bumped into a light pole setting off the airbag. now the
seatbelts won’t retract or extend. we had a new airbag installed at
the dealership and now they want another 1000.00 to put in a new
seatbelt. anyone have any ideas.The seat belt was not even being worn
at the time so replacing it seems like a waste

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Re: 2008 honda civic coupe
 

On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:22:48 -0500, wjaberle wrote:

> My daughter bumped into a light pole setting off the airbag. now the
> seatbelts won’t retract or extend. we had a new airbag installed at the
> dealership and now they want another 1000.00 to put in a new seatbelt.
> anyone have any ideas.

Tell your dealer the ing thing is under warranty and you want it
fixed.

> The seat belt was not even being worn at the time so replacing it seems
> like a waste

Huh? You don't think she'll ever need it again? Huh?


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Re: 2008 honda civic coupe
 

wjaberle wrote:
> My daughter bumped into a light pole setting off the airbag. now the
> seatbelts won’t retract or extend. we had a new airbag installed at
> the dealership and now they want another 1000.00 to put in a new
> seatbelt. anyone have any ideas.The seat belt was not even being worn
> at the time so replacing it seems like a waste
>
I thought Honda had a LIFETIME warranty on the seatbelts? My 1997 Civic
is about to be on its third set. They retract slow, but still lock up
when I slam on the brakes.

Re: 2008 honda civic coupe
 

ChrisB <ChrisB@somewhere.someplace.com> wrote in
news:SrKdnRDqMbrw4u_VnZ2dnUVZ_oHinZ2d@giganews.com :

> wjaberle wrote:
>> My daughter bumped into a light pole setting off the airbag. now the
>> seatbelts won’t retract or extend. we had a new airbag installed at
>> the dealership and now they want another 1000.00 to put in a new
>> seatbelt. anyone have any ideas.The seat belt was not even being worn
>> at the time so replacing it seems like a waste
>>
> I thought Honda had a LIFETIME warranty on the seatbelts? My 1997 Civic
> is about to be on its third set. They retract slow, but still lock up
> when I slam on the brakes.
>

if she's not going to WEAR the seatbelt,then she shouldn't worry about
replacing it....

they don't do any good if you aren't wearing them.

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Re: 2008 honda civic coupe
 

On Jul 7, 12:22 pm, wjaberle <n...@000.com> wrote:
> My daughter bumped into a light pole setting off the airbag. now the
> seatbelts won’t retract or extend. we had a new airbag installed at
> the dealership and now they want another 1000.00 to put in a new
> seatbelt. anyone have any ideas.The seat belt was not even being worn
> at the time so replacing it seems like a waste
>
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Isnt insurance covering you. She wasnt wearing the belt! she shouldnt
be driving.

Re: 2008 honda civic coupe
 

On 2008-07-07, Dan C <youmustbejoking@lan.invalid> wrote:
> On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:22:48 -0500, wjaberle wrote:
>
>> My daughter bumped into a light pole setting off the airbag. now the
>> seatbelts wonÂ’t retract or extend. we had a new airbag installed at the
>> dealership and now they want another 1000.00 to put in a new seatbelt.
>> anyone have any ideas.
>
> Tell your dealer the ing thing is under warranty and you want it
> fixed.

Warranty does not cover ramming light posts...

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Re: 2008 honda civic coupe
 

Dan C wrote:
> On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:22:48 -0500, wjaberle wrote:
>
>> My daughter bumped into a light pole setting off the airbag. now the
>> seatbelts won�t retract or extend. we had a new airbag installed at the
>> dealership and now they want another 1000.00 to put in a new seatbelt.
>> anyone have any ideas.
>
> Tell your dealer the ing thing is under warranty and you want it
> fixed.

since when did a warranty cover accident damage??? i'd /love/ me some
of that - car approaching end of warranty, have an "accident", get car
replaced!


>
>> The seat belt was not even being worn at the time so replacing it seems
>> like a waste
>
> Huh? You don't think she'll ever need it again? Huh?

some seatbelts have a charge-deployed tightener. gets fired the same
time as the airbag. if it's been deployed, the seat belt mechanism
needs to be replaced.

Re: 2008 honda civic coupe
 

Anytime a airbag deploys on a 1998 up Civic you have to replace the deployed
bag, sealt belts and buckles and the SRS unit located in the front of the
console. It will have yellow connectors.
"wjaberle" <none@000.com> wrote in message
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> My daughter bumped into a light pole setting off the airbag. now the
> seatbelts won't retract or extend. we had a new airbag installed at
> the dealership and now they want another 1000.00 to put in a new
> seatbelt. anyone have any ideas.The seat belt was not even being worn
> at the time so replacing it seems like a waste
>
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Re: 2008 honda civic coupe
 

David wrote:
> Anytime a airbag deploys on a 1998 up Civic you have to replace the deployed
> bag, sealt belts and buckles and the SRS unit located in the front of the
> console. It will have yellow connectors.
> "wjaberle" <none@000.com> wrote in message
> news:1206224_486e0ecf39e23fe827d6ea31dd5ec0db@auto boardz.com...
>> My daughter bumped into a light pole setting off the airbag. now the
>> seatbelts won't retract or extend. we had a new airbag installed at
>> the dealership and now they want another 1000.00 to put in a new
>> seatbelt. anyone have any ideas.The seat belt was not even being worn
>> at the time so replacing it seems like a waste
>>
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>> Posted at author's request, using moderated http://www.AutoBoardz.com
>> interface
>> Thread archive:
>> http://www.AutoBoardz.com/2008-honda...ict247976.html
>
>
Ouch, that is a lot of stuff to replace when an airbag deploys in
addition to having to repair the car. I guess I can count my lucky
stars that my insurance company totaled out my 2007 Accord in December
after I got hit head on by someone making a left turn in front of me.
With the body/frame damage alone, they estimated over $18,000 was needed
to fix the car. Then there was an issue with the
engine/transmission/electrical stuff that they really didn't want to get
into.