Zenith VCS442 VHS VCR "tape rewinds slowly" Questions

tape time to rewind, which it does slowly, but keeps stopping, if you continue to press the rewind button each time it stops. Sometimes when rewinding a tape from the end it will not enter fast rewind

tape plays but it rewinds and fast forwards extremely slowly or sometimes not at all. Could it be a drive belt problem if it plays tapes? tapes themselves sometimes get tight.  also...a weak belt

...tape. It would start and go about 2 seconds (slowly) and then it would stop and either "play" automatically or start recording, both of which I did not ask it to do. Occasionally, if I keep pressing ...

...tape the machine does engage rewind but only moves very slowly and then stops within a few seconds.I have not attempted to open it up or anything just yet. Can any of you guys shed any light on this ...

tape rewinds too tight. 2 unplug vcr give a little tilt sound loose or rattle inside? its probably a hot wheels car you'll have to disassemble start off remove shroud slowly i hope you've unplugged it

...tape is moving slowly (on some machines only). Tape quality also counts...and manufacturers change their formulations without public notice. All these things can lead to "archived" tapes being lost. ...