My seatbelts feed out properly and retract

Remove the belt retractor, remove the clock spring side cover of the belt spool and give the mechanism a light squirt of WD40. Reinstall the cover, hold the mechanism as close to parallel to the ground as possible and firmly tug on the seatbelt rapidly (like 'jiggling' it) until it frees itself and retracts. These mechanisms are tilt sensitive and will lock themselves if they're not on a near perfect horizontal axis so this will take some patience - and a touch of luck.

Damaged retractor on some vehicles when the seatbelt retractor gets damaged. Either by getting in a crash or in some cases a hard stop when the belt is worn by someone it will not retract

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Common problem with nissan, the retractor mechanism for the dseatbelt has burned out. Its located at the bottom of the door pillar next to your seat. Remove srews or pop cover off and youll see it on the bottom of door pillar. You can get one from your local salvege yard for around 10 to 25 dollars

Hi, these retractors or sensitive to direction so that if the are not sitting properly they will not release. as if in a roll over situation. try holding the retractor at the angle at which it was mounted and then apply slight tension on the belt pulling out. Don't take the plastic covers off or the spring inside will come a part and you will be buying new belt assembly's

You will most likely need to replace the seatbelt retractor. The best place to find a replacement is usually your local self service auto salvage lot. I replaced mine last year and it ran me $10 for the retractor and u pull and pay.

My 97 did the same, it was just dirty in the seal belt wind up mechanism.

haha we know you didnt do it on purpose, without seeing your problem and the hard to describe issue, i can only recommend to maybe try folding the seat to the cargo position, if that helps. if not, then you will more than likely need to disassemble the rear quarter panel, and unbolt the seat belt retractor from the body of the vehicle. sorry but there is no other way

The seat belt retractor mechanism is not electrical their mechanical. They must be damaged if not retracting or your parked on a grade. They are made to lock on any fore other than sitting level. This vehicle may have another lock agent involved like open doors or the like. Read your owners manual...

you may have to remove the bolt that holds the buckle to the floor. Try to push the belt into the retractor and see if it frees up.

I assume you are saying it is in the locked mode. It has an automatic lock mode for holding a child seat. When the belt is pulled all the way out, it goes into locking mode. You will hear it ratchet when the belt starts going back in.



Section 01-20A: Restraints, Active 1999 Taurus, Sable Workshop Manual
DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION Safety Belt, Lap/Shoulder The dual locking mode retractor on the shoulder belt portion of the combination lap/shoulder safety belt for the front seat passenger and rear seat outboard passengers operates in two ways:

1. In the vehicle sensitive (emergency locking) mode, the shoulder belt retractor will allow the occupant freedom of movement, locking tight only on hard braking, hard cornering or impacts of approximately 8 km/h (5 mph) or more. The front and rear outboard seat belt retractors can also be made to lock by pulling/jerking on the belt.
   

1. In the automatic locking mode, the shoulder belt retractor will be automatically locked and remain locked when the combination lap/shoulder safety belt is buckled and does not allow the occupant freedom of movement. This mode provides tight lap/shoulder belt fit on the occupant and on a child safety seat or infant carrier installation restraint.
   

1. When the combination lap/shoulder belt is unbuckled and allowed to retract completely, the retractor will switch to the vehicle sensitive (emergency) locking mode.
   

WARNING: REAR-FACING INFANT SEATS SHOULD NEVER BE PLACED IN THE FRONT SEATS.
The automatic locking mode must be used when installing a child safety seat on the front passenger seat and rear outboard seats where dual locking retractors are provided