NHTSA Complaint #10466578 — 2004 SAAB 9-3

I HAVE NOT HAD ANY PRIOR PROBLEMS WITH ANY OF HTE SEAT BELTS ON MY 2004 93 ARC CONVERTIBLE. I WAS DRIVING MY CAR AS USUAL ON SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 2012 AND WHEN I CAME TO A STOP, I RELEASED MY SEAT BELT AFTER MY CAR WAS IN PARK AND I WAS PREPARING TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. INSTEAD OF IT RETRACTING THERE WAS A STRANGE NOISE AND THE ENTIRE BELT CAME UNSPOOLED. I TRIED TO GIVE IT A LITTLE TUG TO REWIND IT, BUT IT CONTINUED TO UNSPOOL AND WOULD NOT RETRACT. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT THERE WAS ANY PROBLEM AT ALL WITH THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT. WHEN I ARRIVED AT HOME I LOOKED ON LINE TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY INFORMATION ON HOW TO REMEDY THIS PROBLEM AND AFTER GOOGLING SAAB SEATBELT 2 RECALLS IMMEDIATELY CAME UP ON 2004 9-3 ARC MODELS; NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V043000 & NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 04V226000 LISTING (GENERAL MOTORS IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2004 SAAB 9-3 SEDANS. SOME OF THESE VEHICLES WERE PRODUCED WITH FRONT SEAT BELT RETRACTORS THAT, OVER TIME, COULD FAIL TO RETRACT.) I CONTACTED THE FALLS CHURCH, VA SAAB DEALERSHIP CLOSEST TO ME AND WAS TOLD THAT MY CAR WAS NOT A SEDAN AND THEREFORE WAS NOT A PART OF EITHER RECALL, BUT IT HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AND DESCRIPTION AS WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CARS WHO'S SEAT BELT RETRACTORS WERE RECALLED. I WAS TOLD THAT IF I BRING IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND PAY THEIR MIMINUM AMOUNT THEY WOULD LET ME KNOW HOW MUCH IT WOULD BE TO REPLACE MY DEFECTIVE PART. I AM NOT UNDERSTANDING HOW THE SAME YEAR, SAME MODELS, WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS ARE NOT RECALLED BECAUSE THEY ARE CONVERTIBLE, BUT THE SEDANS ARE. CLEARLY THERE MAY BE A DIFFERENT SET UP WITH THE SEAT BELT CONFIGURATION BUT THE RETRACTOR PART SHOULD BE SIMILAR IF NOT THE SAME REGARDLESS OF THE REST. I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHY MY CAR IS NOT COVERED BY THE RECALL THAT IS STILL IN EFFECT. THANK YOU. *TR