From reading the past posts a lot of others have the same intermitent seatbelt chime that I do. Mine is really getting out of control. Some say that the dealers are required to fix the seatbelt and others say that they will not. If the local dealer around here says that they will not fix it, should I say that the whole seatbelt mechanism is guaranteed for the life of the car, or what? The only other option that I see is to follow one of the past posts and wire the chime so that the car always thinks the seatbelt is connected. Thanks
Chris

 

let me know what you come up with?

 

I brought my 93 SE into the dealer to change the chain tensioner and I told them about the seatbelt chime and light. My seatbelt light and chime would often come on and off. They call me later in the day and said that the seatbelt mechanism was defective and since the seatbelt is guaranteed for life they are ordering a new seatbelt mechanism and installing it for me free while they work on the tensioner. It doesn't hurt to ask.

 

hmmmmm I don't have a chime.

 

Thanks man, I'll give them a call today and see what they say. I hope that they will fix it for free cause its really ****ing me off.
Thanks.
Chris

 

I was vacuming out my car and i forgot to plug the wire in for the seatbelt (i had the seats out) and the chime didnt work at all im not sure if this would work on american cars, if yours has the auto seatbelts

Just something to try

 

I talked to the dealer and I said that my seatbelt mechanism is defected and it has a lifetime guarantee. The guy actually agreed with me and said to make an appointment so that they can look at it and verify it. Wow I thought that they were going to be jerks about it. I'll just believe it when the damn thing doesn't chime anymore.
Chris

 

I used to work for Nissan, and the seat belts are guaranteed for life. If the dealer gives you any crap about it, just call 1800-Nissan, and they will take care of it.

 

Thanks man, I go in tomorrow to have them verify the malfunction. I hope they don't try to yank me around. If so I'll call Nissan, thanks for the advice.
Chris

 

Yeah, I had the same problem, but when I took it to the dealership, all I got was **** from them because only the mechanical portion of the seatbelt system is covered. I told them to suck it.

My dad however, took a magnet and dragged it along the door frame, and it somehow stopped it. The system uses magnets somehow, but I'm not sure exactly what it does with them, but it fixed the problem.

 

I've the same chime problem but not yet have the time to work on it. However, I did some research on this board and read the Chilton's manual and this is my summary:-

There is a magnetic activate switch (somewhere inside the B-column) that will close when the seat belt is in the rear position (i.e. the seat belt on your chest). A few members mentioned jump a wire to short this switch to cure the problem. Jumping a wire across the switch will simuate the state where the seat belt is in the rear position. I think the moving mechanism carries a magnet which will get close enough to the switch to close it when the belt sits in rear position. I am thinking that my magnet may be loose or displaced where it is unable to get near enough to the switch to close the circuit. When my car hit a bump, it shakes the magnet and I've got the ding.

-AC

 

When I shift hard(all the time) or hit a strong bump my chimer comes on too. If I rattle the automatic belt receiver, it goes away and the light comes off. I think I'm going to take it apart and see if it's a simple fix, being I live 60 miles from the nearest dealer. I'll post if it works.

 

I went to the dealer today; it was a miserable experience as usual. The diagnosis took about 2 minutes, even though I sat there for over an hour. Anyways after being very firm with the service guy they said that it was defective and that they will fix it under warranty(for free!). The total cost in parts was about $300 in Nissan costs, which if one of us was to purchase all the parts the cost would be probably close to $500, without labor. So thankfully they are fixing it for free. I hope that that fixes the problem, since my chime is out of control. Hope ya'll have the same luck with the dealer on this issue as I did.

Chris

 

For those with the same seatbelt problem, I got mt seatbelt fixed by the dealer for free. It has not seemed to act up anymore. I guess its fixed. The assembly is all new, it even has a nice new red sticker instead of the old faded one. It sounds different in the track now. Is there some way to lubricate this someway. Hope this helps ya'll out.

Chris