Thanks for the responses.

I'm still confused though. Only the drivers side seatbelt is locked, as it was the only one in use when i had the accident. So why would i need to replace both front seat belts. Can't i simply replace the drivers side seatbelt assembly and have the seatbelt working again, or do i need the srs system working too. I do not want the srs system fixed at all, unless it has to be. I only want my seatbelts working.

I should also note that i don't think my mechanic really knows how to fix this problem. He told me he is searching for a used srs module, but does not know when/if he will find it or whether it will fix the seatbelt problem. And it doesn't seem like he's in any hurry to fix the seatbelt problem. He just seems to be trying different things, hoping each try will fix the seatbelt and srs light problem. He also doesn't seem to care how much extra all this fooling around will cost me.

So far he's already charged me an extra $1000, $1900 total on a new airbag because he thought that would fix the srs problem. He said it didn't work because the airbag was "incompatible" with a californian car. It is pretty clear to me that he doesn't how to repair the car, and is wasting my time and money trying to figure it out.

What i'm trying to do is get some solid answers as to what can and can't be done with trying to solve these issues, so that i can tell him exactly what i want done to fix the car.


Drew