I have a 2005 CR-V with the seatbelt light coming on intermittently. The dealership says the passenger belt buckle needs to be replaced…the part is about $700 and labour brings it close to $1000. This is, of course, absolutely insane.
Believe it or not, both the driver and passenger buckles were replaced 4 years ago, though Honda covered the parts under a “goodwill” warranty. I’m not sure why that wouldn’t be the case now but they are refusing. I’m in Canada, where we do not have lifetime warranty for restraint systems.
When the light is on the airbag system is disabled so doing nothing isn’t a good option. I’m looking for other more reasonable ways to resolve this and the only thing I can think of is getting a used buckle from a wrecking yard and doing it myself.
Has anyone ever successfully had Honda Canada cover the cost of one of these?
Believe it or not, both the driver and passenger buckles were replaced 4 years ago, though Honda covered the parts under a “goodwill” warranty. I’m not sure why that wouldn’t be the case now but they are refusing. I’m in Canada, where we do not have lifetime warranty for restraint systems.
When the light is on the airbag system is disabled so doing nothing isn’t a good option. I’m looking for other more reasonable ways to resolve this and the only thing I can think of is getting a used buckle from a wrecking yard and doing it myself.
Has anyone ever successfully had Honda Canada cover the cost of one of these?