1991 Seat Belt light flashes and alarm sounds

[Don]

Please help me. I have a 1991 honda accord and my seat belt lights flashes and the alarm sounds. I have automatic belts. When I open the passenger's side door the sound and blinking will still continue. When I open the driver's side door it stops. When it is blinking and flashing I disconnect the driver's side selt belt and nothing happens and if I disconnect the belt on the passenger's side the light goes solid. I have taken out both seats. The harnesses below the seats are contected. I plugged and unplugged the wires from the seat belt control unit under the passenger's seat. I have read a lot of people are having problems with this just haven't been able to find the answer. Please I beg you please help. Thanks.

[Mark]

I am having this exact same problem on my 91 honda accord. Did you ever find out what was going on? Or what did you do to fix it?

[dustin]

im haveing the same problem... along with a lot of other ones lol well if any one knows how to fix this problem plzz let me know ...... [e-mail] ..... is my eamil i cant stand the diging noise it makes much longer lol im about to brun the car lol

[tdf]

The seat belt system is a very complex system, but there's a quick way to make the noise and the flashing stop. There is a little black box just above the floor and behind the ashtray area. The box houses the buzzers and is the electronic connector for the safety belt system. It is about 8" square and 3" thick. You'll find one phillips screw on the passenger's side of the box. Remove it and take off the side cover to reveal the 2 electrical connectors. The front one (at least on a 1991 Honda Civic) is the one that you need to disconnect. It will stop the beeping and the flashing lights instantly. Just disconnect it and move on. I'm not sure if it effects the automated seat belts or not. If it does, then you'll need to isolate the beeper and remove the light bulb from the back of the instrument cluster if it annoys you. Let me know if this helps.
tdf

Don wrote:

Please help me. I have a 1991 honda accord and my seat belt lights flashes and the alarm sounds. I have automatic belts. When I open the passenger's side door the sound and blinking will still continue. When I open the driver's side door it stops. When it is blinking and flashing I disconnect the driver's side selt belt and nothing happens and if I disconnect the belt on the passenger's side the light goes solid. I have taken out both seats. The harnesses below the seats are contected. I plugged and unplugged the wires from the seat belt control unit under the passenger's seat. I have read a lot of people are having problems with this just haven't been able to find the answer. Please I beg you please help. Thanks.

[John McLeod]

Have the same problem with the driver's dide auto belt. I am going to try the Honda Forum site. If any of you gets an answer, please post it here.

[riddle]

Me too! Driver's side automated belt stop functioning also.

[David Stair]

I encountered this problem today w/ my 91 Honda Accord (coupe). If the passenger door is closed, I get the aforementioned blinking seatbelt warning and incessant beeping.

Diagnosis? The lining for the automatic shoulder restraint is broken, preventing the runner from reaching the end of the track.

I advise similarly-affected owners to inspect the track lining the troublesome door and assert the runner can complete its jog.

[William]

Same problem with my 91 Civic. I put up with the beeping for almost a year until I just broke the speaker that is inside that box. A few months later my driver side seat belt no longer moves back and forth on the track.

[John Motley]

I too drive a 1991 Civic LX... and just yesterday on my way back to work on lunch.. the damned seatbelt light started flashing accompanied by a up-tempo BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP... its faster than the usual seatbealt unbuckled alert.. and won't stop.:( I took a look at the box and found the connector.. but CAN'T get it out! I'm afraid to damage it because of the threat of having the automatic seatbelts quit.. but boy that beeping is really grating on my nerves. How do you detatch it?!

[2kStangFire]

Take your cars to Honda. The seatbelt system on this year of car has an lifetime warrent. My nephews 1991 is in the shop now be fixed.

[2kStangFire]

Take your cars to Honda. The seatbelt system on this year of car has an lifetime warrenty. My nephews 1991 is in the shop now be fixed.

[CAR123]

i have the exact same problem with my driver seatbelt i was told the motor wasnt receiving power to the motor but then i was told just a while ago that honda fixes them for free. Also has anyone had a problem where the sports light flashes and the speedometer stops working. i found this out driving to salt lake when my cruise control stopped working not a good time.

[Geri]

tdf wrote:

The seat belt system is a very complex system, but there's a quick way to make the noise and the flashing stop. There is a little black box just above the floor and behind the ashtray area. The box houses the buzzers and is the electronic connector for the safety belt system. It is about 8" square and 3" thick. You'll find one phillips screw on the passenger's side of the box. Remove it and take off the side cover to reveal the 2 electrical connectors. The front one (at least on a 1991 Honda Civic) is the one that you need to disconnect. It will stop the beeping and the flashing lights instantly. Just disconnect it and move on. I'm not sure if it effects the automated seat belts or not. If it does, then you'll need to isolate the beeper and remove the light bulb from the back of the instrument cluster if it annoys you. Let me know if this helps.
tdf
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I called HOnda dealer last week and made an appt for today. I mentioned the lifetime warranty and they were trying to weasle out of that. When I got there this morning, they wanted $100 for diagnosis in case it wasnt under warranty. So I left with my car. I am going to try your fix. Will also call American Honda.

[Mark B]

Honda told me that it would be $638 to replace the seat belt warning control unit (of course a rip off) so I'm searching the web for the part. I haven't tried the idea of disconnecting the wire in my 1991 accord ex but will do so and repost but don't go spending that kind of money, its mostly labor, the part appears to be cheap (I found it on EBAY for $20.00 and I can have my personal mechanic put it in for $50 or $75).

[Eric M]

i have a 91 accord ex and the seat belts on both sides stopped working about two days ago. by the floor of the driver's side panel, there are two plugs for the seat belt. one is for the actual seat belt and the other is for the beeping for when the dorr is closed. i forced the seat belt buckle to the back of the doorand disconnected the bottum wire, so the buckle would stay, the top plug will disconnect the light and beeping with no other problems. hopes this helps out

[matty conchatty]

if your seat belt wont go up when you close the door, simply take off the plastic trim from inbetween the back and front doors on bottom, there will be a plug for power to the automated seat belts motor, use a car batterie or charger on low, insert two small wires to the plug going into the motor. and connect the wires to batterie or charger, if it tries to go forward then switch the wires. it should go back. then leave the motor disconected and you just have to mannually plug in your seat belt when you drive. 100 percent safe.

[NEA]

I have a honda civic DX 91 with the same trouble, if anyone could help me fixing it. Before hand THANKS!

[Honda Warranty]

The seat belt assembly is supposed to be under lifetime warranty from Honda. American Honda is trying to save money by making a distinction between the seat belt assembly's mechanical components (covered by warranty) and electrical components (not covered by warranty), even though the actual warranty (which I still have) doesn't make that distinction.

I filed a complaint with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/ivoq/index.cfm
or call 1-888-327-4236,
The NHTSA representative told me that if enough people file a complaint about the seat belt warning system, the NHTSA will make American Honda recall the part(s) as defective. If you've already repaired the seat belt, you should still file a complaint, because you can get a reimbursement for the repairs if there's a recall.

The NHTSA rep also told me that I should file a complaint against American Honda with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for Honda's failure to uphold their lifetime warranty on seat belt assemblies. I did that at:
https://www.FTCComplaintAssistant.gov/

To make your warranty complaint filing easier, here's American Honda's corporate info:
American Honda Motor Company
1919 Torrance Blvd, Torrance, CA 90501
phone: [phone]
website: www.honda.com

[Bryan]

The problem with most of the comments is the (srs) or seat belt control box under the passenger seat. It is totaly electronic. If could find a scmatic on the thing I may could give advice on repair. I had to get a used one from the junk yard. A new one is cost prohibited. You have to have it for the seat belt (PS) to work properly.

[Paul]

Hi Don. I have 91 Accord EX has had same problem, seat belt light flashing & solid and beeping. I took to Honda dealer in Atlanta, GA and they said it was the circuit board that control the sealt belt and replaced it without any charge, it has lifetime warranty. Also, after this board was replace my S light on dash board stop flashing and transmission started working fine again.

Don wrote:

Please help me. I have a 1991 honda accord and my seat belt lights flashes and the alarm sounds. I have automatic belts. When I open the passenger's side door the sound and blinking will still continue. When I open the driver's side door it stops. When it is blinking and flashing I disconnect the driver's side selt belt and nothing happens and if I disconnect the belt on the passenger's side the light goes solid. I have taken out both seats. The harnesses below the seats are contected. I plugged and unplugged the wires from the seat belt control unit under the passenger's seat. I have read a lot of people are having problems with this just haven't been able to find the answer. Please I beg you please help. Thanks.