plaxer Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 My 1993 Legacy's driver side auto seat-belt stopped working correctly yesterday. The wire came out and the belt got stuck half way down the track. I read that replacing the entire assembly is the easiest thing to do. I went to a junkyard and pulled out a replacement and after installing it it doesn't work. The seat belt alarm is flashing, the auto seat-belt acts like it isn't getting any power. Also the shoulder belt doesn't engage when it should - so I assume it is not being recognized by the computer. Things I tried - I put the old one back in and tried to see if the seat-belt would be recognized - no luck. I unplugged the battery for 5 minutes to re-set the system - no luck I checked the fuses - although it isn't clear what fuse to check - no luck I am pretty sure I didn't damage anything when I replaced the assembly. It is strange because the seat-belt was working fine (other than being caught on the track) before I unplugged it to start working on it. The passenger side still works fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plaxer Posted October 13, 2015 Author Share Posted October 13, 2015 SO I read a section of a random service manual - http://www.seccs.org/tech/1992%20SVX/Service%20Manual/AUTOMATIC_SHOULDER_BELT_SYS.pdf it says that since I did not disocnnect the battery before repairing the shoulder belt assembly - when I re-connected the replacement it entered "system failure mode" That sucks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plaxer Posted October 14, 2015 Author Share Posted October 14, 2015 to anyone out there reading this - The replacement seat belt I swapped was dead also. As soon as I put in a different one it worked. I'm a total pro at removing automatic shoulder belts now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olnick Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Congratulations! Frustrating--but you got it done. Gotta' feel good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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