I know that Honda (and others) had a safety recall of Takata seatbelts where
the dealerships had to replace them.  I don't know if they would warrant
them or not, although it seems like a good idea, considering the liability
issues and how flimsy the seatbelt latches seem to be.  Yeah, I replaced
some seatbelts in my 90 Carat.  Both of the rear-facing belts were $94 each
for the latch part and about $70 for the belt / reel part.  The latch part
of the regular bench seats are only about $30 from the dealership.  I don't
know how the previous owners broke all of these seatbelts because it didn't
look like they ever used them.  I grumbled about the cost, but my children
are worth it -- and they were easy to change.

Michael Townsend

-----Original Message-----
From: David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Sunday, May 30, 1999 1:40 AM
Subject: Re: Seat belts - lifetime warranty? (I hope!)

>Let me know if you had better luck than I.  Our cabriolet seat belt broke
>and the dealer laughed at us when we asked if it was under warranty. Honda,
>Chrysler etc all have life time warrantys on their seat belts -strange how
>VW didn't.