While driving my car I had to push on the brakes fairly hard. The seat belt retracted and then stayed retracted. I have been looking for a proper replacement for the drivers side seat belt and have yet to find one for less than $200 for a used one and over $300 for a refurbished one. GM just happens to have new ones but they are almost $500 according to the rep from GM.these seat belts have a charging cylinder on them that sets off the air bag. That alone causes you to have to ship it as a hazardous material.if you can find someone to ship it at a reasonable cost. (not happening)if you go with the "universal" seat belt sold by some companies they don't even work and you are told to just cut the seat belt to make it fit. Kind of destroys the integrity of the seat belt by doing that I would think. I have made two complaints with GM about this and considering they had just recalled the 2004-2009 Saab's for the exact same issue I thought they might work with me to some extent. I know now that it is not the case. Thank you for any help you can provide. [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). Updated 3/13/2015

- St Louis, MO, USA

The contact owns a 2000 Saab 9-3. the contact stated that the drivers seat belt was not retracting properly which prevented him from being properly secured. The contact was unable to wear the seat belt since it was not long enough to connect to the latch because of the failure. The vehicle was scheduled for diagnostic testing by an authorized dealer. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 135,000.

- Mount Ranier, MD, USA

The contact owns a 2000 Saab 9-3 convertible. The contact stated that the driver's side seat belt would not retract and became tight around the contact. As a result, the contact began choking from the pressure of the seat belt becoming tighter. The contact spoke to the manufacturer and was told that the seat belts were not under warranty. The failure and the current mileages were 112,334.

- Pheonix, AZ, USA

I was driving to the store when I heard boom and seen smoke and I realise the side airbag open. I did not come in contact with anything. The driver seatbelt went about a year ago, it began jam meachican saided that pulley jam.

- Bimingham, AL, USA

The contact owns a 2000 Saab 9-3. the contact stated that the vehicle was stopped when she experienced extreme difficulty pulling the front driver's seat belt out of its pretensioner. The failure recurred whenever the seat belt was operated. Approximately five years later, the pretensioner fractured. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer, but was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 6,000. The VIN was unavailable.

- Chicago, IL, USA