2000 Honda Accord Seat Belts Problems

Your car's airbag warning light (SRS light) keeps coming back on even after Honda has serviced it multiple times. You're concerned that if an accident happens, the airbag system may not work properly because the underlying problem hasn't been fully fixed. Getting the SRS system properly diagnosed and repaired is critical for your safety.

Your Honda dealership is unable to get the seat belt part you need because it's been on backorder for several months. This means your seat belt may not be functioning properly until the part becomes available. Getting this repaired is important for your safety, as working seat belts are critical in a crash.

HAD DRIVER SEAT BELT BUCKLE REPLACED 6/11/20 AS SRS LIGHT CAME ON. UNAWARE THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL, WORK NOT DONE AT HONDA DEALER, PAID OUT OF POCKET. CODE 9-3. EXACT SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN IN EARLY JUNE 2018 WHERE SRS LIGHT CAME ON. WENT TO HONDA TO PURCHASE PART, LEARNED SEVERAL DAYS LATER THERE WAS AN ACTIVE RECALL FOR THE DRIVER SEAT BELT BUCKLE ISSUE. HONDA DEALER DID NOT ADVISE ACTIVE RECALL FOR ISSUE AT TIME PART WAS PURCHASED. PURCHASED PART, LEARNED OF RECALL, HONDA DEALER REPAIRED AT NO CHARGE TO ME. EIGHTEEN MONTHS LATER, EXACT SAME PROBLEM AND CODE. NO OPEN RECALL AT THIS TIME. CLEARLY THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE/SENSOR FAILING SO THE AIRBAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY. I AM NOT GOING TO PAY AGAIN TO HAVE THIS ISSUE RESOLVED. RECEIVED SAFETY RECALL NOTICE FROM HONDA AND I AM ON A WAITING LIST TO GET THE AIRBAG ISSUE RESOLVED AS THERE IS AN OPEN RECALL FOR THE AIRBAGS BUT THE SEAT BELT PROBLEM IS ONGOING. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY. STARTED CAR, SRS LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED, HAD CODE READ AND LEARNED IT WAS THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT BUCKLE THAT HAS GONE BAD AGAIN.

THE "SRS" LIGHT IS ON IN THE DASHBOARD. IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT LATCH IS FAULTY. IT IS DANGEROUS TO RIDE A PASSENGER IN THIS VEHICLE FOR FEAR THAT THE SEAT BELT WOULD NOT WORK PROPERLY IF THE VEHICLE WAS IN AN ACCIDENT OR JUST HIT BY ANOTHER DRIVER. PLEASE ADVISE ON THE REPAIR PROCEDURES. THE PIXELS ON THE MILEAGE AND MILES DRIVEN IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. THE MILEAGE AND MILES DRIVES NUMBERS CANNOT BE READ.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH OVER POTHOLES OR BUMPS IN THE ROAD, THE SEAT BELT RATCHETING SYSTEM TIGHTENED UP THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT. THE SEAT BELT FAILED AND WOULD NOT READJUST TENSION UNTIL UNHITCHED AND RETURNED BACK TO THE START POSITION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VIN AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE UNKNOWN.

THE PASSENGER SIDE SEATBELT LOCKS PREMATURELY AT LOW SPEEDS AND WILL NOT RETRACT PROPERLY. WE WERE TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT SEATBELTS ARE NOT UNDER A LIFETIME WARRANTY IF IT IS MECHANICAL IN NATURE. THE PASSENGER SEATBELT ALSO GRINDS WHEN PULLED AND THE DEALER IS BEING DIFFICULT TO REPAIR. THE DRIVER SIDE SEATBELT IS SLOW TO RETRACT BUT APPEARS TO BE WORKING PROPERLY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 HONDA ACCORD EX. THE CONTACT STATED THE SRS LIGHT ILLUMINATED CONSTANTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC SHOP WHO INSPECTED AND STATED THAT THE SEAT BELT SENSOR ON THE DRIVER SIDE HAD FAILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THAT THE SEAT BELTS COULD BE REPLACED AT THE CONTACTS EXPENSE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SEAT BELT FAILS TO LOCK AFTER THE RESTRAINTS ARE PULLED IN PLACE. SHE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE "AS IS". THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR, BUT THEY COULD NOT MAKE THE REPAIRS. SHE WAS ADVISED TO CALL THE HONDA MANUFACTURER TO CHECK IF THE RECALL PERTAINED TO HER VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 165,041.

SRS LIGHT CAME ON IN MY 2000 HONDA ACCORD EX. TOOK MY CAR TO A HONDA DEALERSHIP. THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM BY REPLACING THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT (FEMALE SIDE). THE LIGHT HAS NOW BEEN OFF FOR TWO WEEKS.

TL*-THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 40 MPH IN THE 2000 HONDA ACCORD THE SEAT BELT LATCH CAME LOOSE FROM THE BUCKLE . THIS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING IN SNOWY WEATHER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THIS HAPPENED AGAIN ON 2-27-07, AND THOUGHT NHTSA SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32950 , AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 33000.*AK

THE SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE CONSUMERS 2000 HONDA ACCORD. *JB THE SEAT BELT/AIR BAG MECHANISM. HONDA ONLY RESET THE SRS BUTTON, BUT WOULD NOT HONOR THE WARRANTY SPECIFIED BY THE VEHICLE'S HANDBOOK. NO FAULTS WERE FOUND. *SC IT TURNED OUT THAT THE SEAT BELT WAS SENDING FALSE INFORMATION T THE AIR BAG MECHANISM *JB

VEHICLE AIR BAG LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATEDWHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, AND THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. VEHILCE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER FOR THE THIRD TIME, AND THEY WERE INFORMED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE NEED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *LA

REAR SEAT BELTS IN MY 2000 HONDA ACCORD EX ARE TOO SHORT FOR ADULTS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO GET THEM ON WITHOUT ACTIVATING THE AUTOMATIC RETRACTION MECHANISM, WHICH MAKES THEM VERY UNCOMFORTABLE. IT OFTEN TAKES 4-6 ATTEMPTS TO GET THEM ON COMFORTABLY, AND IF YOU LEAN FORWARD WITH THE BELT ON, YOU HAVE TO START OVER.*AK

REAR SEAT BELTS OFTEN RETRACT IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING THEM ON, MAKING THEM SO UNCOMFORTABLE THAT PASSENGERS DO NOT WANT TO WEAR THEIR SEAT BELT. REAR SEAT BELTS NEED TO BE LONGER, OR NEED TO BE ABLE TO BE PULLED OUT FURTHER BEFORE GOING INTO RETRACT MODE, SO THEY CAN COMFORTABLY BE WORN. *LA

SEATBELT SWITCH FAILED AND TURNED ON THE "SRS" DASHBOARD INDICATOR LIGHT AND THUS DISABLES THE AIRBAG SYSTEM THE VEHICLE.

CONSUMER STATED THAT THE SEAT BELT WILL NOT RELEASE FOR MORE ROOM CAUSING DISCOMFORT FOR THE CONSUMER WHILE DRIVING. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

CONSUMER STATED THE DRIVERS SEATBELT WOULD NO LONGER LOCK INTO PLACE, THE DEALER REPLACED THE LATCH.*JB

SEAT BELTS ON BOTH SIDES OF FRONT HAVE OPENED BY THEMSELVES AFTER SEEMING TO BE LATCHED; FIRST TIME WAS DRIVER'S SIDE, I TOOK IT TO LOCAL DEALER WHO "CLEANED" IT EVEN THOUGH I SAW NO DIRT, SEEMS TO BE WORKING; BUT NOW THE PASSENGER SIDE IS DOING THE SAME THING, OPENING BY ITSELF DURING DRIVING; AGAIN TOOK IT TO LOCAL DEALER, THEY OFFERED TO "CLEAN" IT AGAIN BUT I SAID NO, I DID NOT SEE ANY DIRT AND THEY TOLD ME THAT IF SOMEONE HAD SPILLED A DRINK ON IT THE SEAT BELT WOULD NOT WORK ANY MORE; I ADVISED NORTH AMERICAN HONDA (TINA AT 1-800-999-1009, EXT. 118088, CASE NUMBER N-012001-10-18-00512), THEY OFFERED TO REPLACE SEAT BELT WITH NEW ONE BUT OF SAME DESIGN AND I SAID NO. TO SUM UP, BELTS APPEAR TO BE LATCHED BUT ARE NOT, AND I DID NOT SEE ANY DIRT OR OTHER BARRIERS, AND FURTHERMORE EVEN IF SOMEONE DID ACTUALLY SPILL A DRINK I CANNOT IMAGINE THAT WOULD CAUSE A SEATBELT (TWICE NOW) TO FAIL TO STAY CLOSED. I AM CONVINCED THIS DESIGN IS NOT SAFE.*AK

REAR SEAT BELTS TIGHTEN UP & WILL NOT EXTEND. *AK

DRIVER'S SEAT BELT DOES NOT RELEASE FROM RETRACTING MECHANISM, CAUISNG SEAT BELT TO BECOME INOPERABLE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

THE CONSUMERS SAFETY BELTS ARE TOO TIGHT. NLM

SEAT BELTS ARE TOO TIGHT. CJ

WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION REAR SEATBELT WILL TIGHTEN UP ON ITS OWN, CAUSING PAIN AND DISCOMFORT TO PASSENGERS. DEALER REFUSES TO INSPECT VEHICLE . TOLD CONSUMER SHE MUST CONTACT MANUFACTURER. *AK

BECAUSE SRS WARNING LIGHT DID NOT GO OFF AFTER STARTING VEHICLE , IT WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP BELIEVES THAT THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE SEAT BELTS. VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR A MONTH WAITING FOR PART(S) TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. *AK THE DEALER INSTALLED TEMPORARY REPLACEMENT BUT IT FAILED WITHIN A MONTH. *YH

UNLESS THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT IS IN THE FULL-BACK POSITION, AND HAS BEEN PUSHED HARD TO LOCK IT INTO POSITION, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO GET IT TO LOCK IN POSITION IF THE POSITION IS CHANGED WHEN A PASSENGER ENTERS THE REAR SEAT. THE RESULT IS THAT AFTER THE FRONT PASSENGER IS SEATED AND THE CAR BEGINS TO MOVE, THE SEAT WILL USUALLY FREELY MOVE FORWARD OR BACKWARD, UNLESS THE PASSENGER HAS FIGURED OUT HOW TO MOVE THE SEAT FORE-AFT LEVER DOWN INTO THE LOCKED POSITION WHILE GENTLY MOVING THE SEAT FORWARD OR BACK. NORMALLY I WARN PASSENGERS OF THIS PROBLEM, BUT NONE SEEM ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THE LOCKING OF THE SEAT IN A MIDWAY FORE-AFT POSITION WITHOUT ENDANGERING THE KNEES OF THE REAR SEAT PASSENGER. I HAVE NOT TAKEN THE CAR INTO THE DEALER YET DUE TO TIME CONSTRAINTS, AND NO ONE HAS BEEN INJURED BECAUSE I HAVE WARNED THEM ABOUT THE SEAT. STILL, THIS CAR SHOULD NOT HAVE LEFT THE FACTORY WITHOUT THE PASSENGER SEAT LOCK WORKING EASILY AND PREDICTABLY.

THE SAFETY RESTRAINT LIGHT STAYS ON. *AK