"vb" wrote:"seems like GM can't figure out how to engineer these things
correctly. They quit working in my old S-10 and already the drivers side is
acting up in my '03 Silverado. I guess there is no way to get at it in the
Silverado without
ripping the seat apart????"

I had this trouble on other manufactures as well as Chevy's.  I found out
what was causing it when I took my daughter to get her driver's License and
they refuse to do the road test since the passenger seatbelt would not
retract at the time of the test.  I called to find out how much a
replacement was and decided after getting the price to investigate the
cause.  I found that dust and dirty gets down in the mechanism and cause the
gears stick.  I also found spare change that fell out of peoples pockets
gets caught in there if the retractor is mounted to the floor.

Sarge

Safety Related....  Report it to The U S  Goverment Product Safety People!!!