shouldn't i have auto belts?

[91 EX-R]

i feel like an idiot for asking this, but shouldn't my car have those auto seat belts? i have a 1991 EX-R (US EX) coupe. apparantly every Accord in 1990 and 1991 had them but when i got mine it never did. i'm just curious.....

[91blkcoupe]

The Canadian models didn't have the auto belts.

[91 EX-R]

The Canadian models didn't have the auto belts.

alright thanks for clearing that up. but why didn't we? weren't they like a major safety feature at the time?

[Old School]

alright thanks for clearing that up. but why didn't we? weren't they like a major safety feature at the time?

One of two reasons, or both.
The Japanese think Canadians have enough since to use them without being forced to.
Or
The US Federal government thinks Americans are to stupid to use them without being forced to.

[deevergote]

Autobelts are a stupid idea anyway. They fail. They get in the way. The motors die. They look stupid. You lucked out!

[civic_90_08]

i hate damn autobelts. i have a 90 ex coupe and i removed mine, in fact im on my way to pick up my new interior as i type. i have 92 lude seats that will replacing the tan seats and im gettin the 92-93 coupe belts for mine.

also, me and my cousin were going back to his house one day. he tried to get out and the belt got stuck in the turn on the track and it tightened up on him, i was laughing my ass off

auto belts suck

-Jordan

[MikeW]

I thought autobelts were on CDM accords... Just the other day, a canadian member said something about how ppl always think its a custom job, but its not...

And if i had the autobelts, id just unhok the one that moves with the buckel and use the lap-belt....

[js593]

i feel like an idiot for asking this, but shouldn't my car have those auto seat belts? i have a 1991 EX-R (US EX) coupe. apparantly every Accord in 1990 and 1991 had them but when i got mine it never did. i'm just curious.....

Mine dont. I hate auto belts. Just another reason to get you killed.

[NAiL05]

Autobelts were the start of restraint systems. The highway transportation passed a law requiring some sort of adaptive restraint in 90-91 thats why a lot of cars have autobelts in the US. From 92 they went back to 3pt belts and airbags. Later on cutoff switches were decided for baby passengers in two door cars or short drivers. But thats basically why. Either way 3pt > autobelt anytime anyday.

[Granite CB7]

I also thought it was pretty cool that since the 90/91's in Canada had 3 pt manual belts, they can use the 92/93 USDM CB9/DX armrest Saw acouple of those when I was in Montreal over the summer.

[OldSchoolCB7Fan]

i feel like an idiot for asking this, but shouldn't my car have those auto seat belts? i have a 1991 EX-R (US EX) coupe. apparantly every Accord in 1990 and 1991 had them but when i got mine it never did. i'm just curious.....

i love my autobelts, they arent that difficult, you guys sound like an over exaggerated infomercial, hahaha

[90LXCB7Newbie]

another crappy thing bout autobelts is when u have ur visor down and to the side . . .
if its happened to u,
u know what i mean

[91 EX-R]

I thought autobelts were on CDM accords... Just the other day, a canadian member said something about how ppl always think its a custom job, but its not...

maybe they have a USDM Accord. do you remember who it was?

and i guess i did luck out. i 've heard that they were really annoying and got inthe way a lot. lucky me.

[C91BLX7]

Autobelts ftw. I grew up with them.

[RacingEmotions]

auto belts are cool. you dont have to put the belt on. they come on for you