seat belt motors

My seat belt motors on each side is binding and draining the battery. Does go out alot in these cars? And how to stop the motors from draining the battery? 1991 Ford thunderbird

You can just unplug them from the harness. Or check to see what is causing them to bind up if its an easy fix then that will take care of it.

I am having a problem locating and replacing the seat belt motor on the drivers side. If nothing else is there a way to manually lock seat belt slide in locked position?

mine make noise when they are closing, not a light hum, nice loud noise, does that mean the motor is going out? or can u grease the track to fix it? ive never had motorized seat belts before, so i dont know much about them. sorry i used your thread, but i figured it fit.

Carlton31204, the seatbelt motor is behind the B pillar below the quarter window.

fordforlife, it is possible to lube the track to make it slide more easily. The most effective way is to pull the whole track but this isn't necessarily easy. A quick fix would be to spray some white lithium grease in there.

Daily6621, not sure what is causing your problem. It is possible that the belts are binding in the track and not allowing full forward travel. If that is the case, the motor is still trying to push. I have a similar issue on one of my '93s. Every now and then when I open the door the seat belt will only travel about 1 inch and quit. (this is when I'm in the car, it's running, and I want to get out.) If I close the door and open it again, all works well. Haven't been motivated to find out why. It is possible there is a dead spot in the motor, but that is just a guess at this point.

thx dude. the only white lithium i can find is in a grease tube, like silicon, the autozone dude showed me some other stuff thats in a spray can that he sadi works just as good, but i forgot the name, i'll have to get back to u on that. But its like a silver color, almost metallic looking.

fordforlife, it is possible to lube the track to make it slide more easily. The most effective way is to pull the whole track but this isn't necessarily easy. A quick fix would be to spray some white lithium grease in there.

i found the spray white lithium, it worked like a charm, thx man!

Glad I could help.