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blewis
Ah, I've seen that movie! We had a '95 Windstar where the shoulder harness retracted into the door frame. Every once in a while it would twist or something, causing it to get "stuck" in the door frame and it simply would not come out. You actually had to remove the covering, and untwist the belt below the pulley in order to free it. It happened about a dozen times in the five or six years we owned the vehicle, but, fortunately, we were lucky and never got a ticket, and, of course, if it happened at home, I could fix it before we went anywhere. I believe it was a manufacturing defect -- it certainly had nothing to do with what we ever did.
I can sympathize with you, but I don't know how successful you'll be convincing ANYONE who hasn't had something similar happen (as JK and CYJEFF have demonstrated). You might want to request a deferral.
Barry