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2003 Caravan seatbelts
I screwed up bigtime here... I used one of those pet barriers in the back
of our caravan to take our two labs with us on a cross country move. The dogs CHEWED ON THE SEATBELTS!! The two shoulder belts in the back of the van are chewed and frayed. I know they are not safe in their current state, I need to replace them before anyone uses them. I checked with one local dealer, and he quoted me $650 parts and labor.... WOW! Special order on the parts of course. My question is, are seatbelts something I could replace my self and save on labor? Any chance that one dealers price on parts will be significantly cheaper? Thanks! Lee |
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"Lee W. Thul" > wrote in message news:GksVd.25024$7z6.19845@lakeread04... > I screwed up bigtime here... I used one of those pet barriers in the back > of our caravan to take our two labs with us on a cross country move. > > The dogs CHEWED ON THE SEATBELTS!! The two shoulder belts in the back of the > van are chewed and frayed. I know they are not safe in their current state, > I need to replace them before anyone uses them. > > I checked with one local dealer, and he quoted me $650 parts and labor.... > WOW! Special order on the parts of course. > > My question is, are seatbelts something I could replace my self and save on > labor? Any chance that one dealers price on parts will be significantly > cheaper? > > Thanks! > > Lee > If you are mechanically inclined, you can remove the panels and install them yourself, get the part numbers and search around, you may find they are about the same price. I would stay away from a used auto parts yard Glenn Beasley Chrysler Tech |
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"maxpower" > wrote in message ... > > "Lee W. Thul" > wrote in message > news:GksVd.25024$7z6.19845@lakeread04... > > I screwed up bigtime here... I used one of those pet barriers in the back > > of our caravan to take our two labs with us on a cross country move. > > > > The dogs CHEWED ON THE SEATBELTS!! The two shoulder belts in the back of > the > > van are chewed and frayed. I know they are not safe in their current > state, > > I need to replace them before anyone uses them. > > > > I checked with one local dealer, and he quoted me $650 parts and labor.... > > WOW! Special order on the parts of course. > > > > My question is, are seatbelts something I could replace my self and save > on > > labor? Any chance that one dealers price on parts will be significantly > > cheaper? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Lee > > > If you are mechanically inclined, you can remove the panels and install > them yourself, get the part numbers and search around, you may find they are > about the same price. The same price as what? >I would stay away from a used auto parts yard Whyzzat? > Glenn Beasley > Chrysler Tech > > |
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"cavedweller" > wrote in message ... > > "maxpower" > wrote in message > ... > > > > "Lee W. Thul" > wrote in message > > news:GksVd.25024$7z6.19845@lakeread04... > > > I screwed up bigtime here... I used one of those pet barriers > in the back > > > of our caravan to take our two labs with us on a cross country > move. > > > > > > The dogs CHEWED ON THE SEATBELTS!! The two shoulder belts in > the back of > > the > > > van are chewed and frayed. I know they are not safe in their > current > > state, > > > I need to replace them before anyone uses them. > > > > > > I checked with one local dealer, and he quoted me $650 parts > and labor.... > > > WOW! Special order on the parts of course. > > > > > > My question is, are seatbelts something I could replace my > self and save > > on > > > labor? Any chance that one dealers price on parts will be > significantly > > > cheaper? > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > Lee > > > > > If you are mechanically inclined, you can remove the panels and > install > > them yourself, get the part numbers and search around, you may > find they are > > about the same price. > > The same price as what? OP Any chance that one dealers price on parts will be significantly cheaper (THE SAME PRICE AS ANOTHER DEALER) > > >I would stay away from a used auto parts yard > > Whyzzat? Why stay away from seat belts from a salvage yard? hmmm they are normally there because they were wrecked. Most seat belts on todays cars have pretensioners built into them. Normally the drivers side and passenger side, Those tensioners have a charge in them like an air bag that will ignite in an accident. Thats designed to pull you away from the air bag before it goes off. If they do ignite, the seat belt will be no good, and if you install one that has.....the air bag lite will be on.I just wouldnt want to put a used seat belt in a car to get in an accident later and find out it didnt work...... my opinion only > > > Glenn Beasley > > Chrysler Tech > > > > > > |
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