Seat Belt Not Retracting Quickly or Properly❓ MoT Fail 😥
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- čas přidán 23. 12. 2022
- Is your car seat belt not retracting properly❓ OR maybe your seat belt is slow to retract. This is an MoT fail in the UK and extremely common. Let me show an easy DIY fix for zero cost.
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I was getting ready to buy a new seat belt. But you just may have saved me a hundred bucks. Thanks:-) and Merry Christmas
Yeah, try cleaning first. let us know how you get on
$100.00? That's a cheap seatbelt.
What a wholesome, pleasant lad. 10/10 whether it works or not 😄
Thank you for this easy fix, we're in November, will give it a try next spring until then a good wipe down may help
Wow, you just saved me $100! I was looking for a whole new assembly because I thought it was the retractor. Thanx.
Thank you, this is very helpful!! My passenger side belt is to the point where sometimes I get home and find the buckle outside the car with the belt trapped in the door 🙄😂
Ah, yeah. That's not good!
Good stuff mate! 👍
Defiantly trying this as ive had this issue on my leon mk1 for a while, i was even going to look at the mechanism like use a release fluid
I have this issue beginning to happen on my nb2 mx-5. Thought it was the mechanism itself that was failing and that the seatbelt would need replacing. Will try this. Nice.
Do let us know how you get on.
probably wont do shit @@CycloneCyd
Super! It works
Brilliant will try this if ever needed I've had old cars that were like this but luckily never mot failed on it, I don't suppose you have any suggestions for a belt that keeps twisting around but when you take it off it goes back normal and then you put it on its normal after driving for 5 mins it's twisted and sticking into me again Its driving me nuts
Thanks a lot. However I need to wait until summer - or spring at least. It's now well below zero C where I live :) Merry Christmass
Yeah, wait for spring. merry Christmas
Another great tip.
Glad to help
Notice this is a Saab 9-3 your demonstrating on. I had one of these new back in 2003. There was an issue with slow belt retraction on this model. The fix at the time was to replace the whole seatbelt for a new one. This was done under warranty, and I don’t know if it continued to be an issue on later 9-3’s, or if they resolved it by fitting different belts from new. Maybe they didn’t want the mechanics getting dish pan hands by using your method! 😂
IIRC the belts were changed during 2003MY. Probs for this reason.
@@CycloneCyd After that, for model years 2004-2011, there was a different issue: The driver's side retractor was subject to breakage and, at least in the USA, there was a safety recall. Manufacturer Recall Number15027 NHTSA Recall Number14V318 "General Motors has decided that a defect which relates to motor vehicle safety exists in 2004-2011 model year Saab 9-3 Convertible vehicles. The automatic tensioning system cable in the driver's side front seat belt retractors may break, causing seat belt webbing spooled out by the user to not retract. If this occurs, it will become obvious to the seat occupant immediately."
Watching Cyd buggering around with His 93 Aero makes me miss mine.
Since I got my Audi A4 I have to find things to talk to the Mrs about.
Need a Saab back in your life. 😂
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I've got one a 1999 93Aero Hot coupe. But its not the daily so it doesn't need the same frequency of maintainance I think last year with Covid and all that It did 850 miles.
I’ve tried it but it doesn’t seem to be working, had acetone and window cleaner on the retractor as well as soaking the belt. If they pull it out the door backwards then it’s not working but if they hold it out like it was going to be plugged in then it goes back mostly. 🤷🏼♀️
Pull belt out and spray with silicon both sides, job done!
Another good way to future proof after you’ve cleaned it, bit of furniture polish on a microfibre does the trick.
Furniture polish or silicon spray is a good stop-gap fix to get through the MoT but long term it damages the threads of the belt weave and _can_ stop the belt performing properly in an accident
@@CycloneCyd Good shout, next time I’ll lay off the polish 😄
hi my not seat belt stopped retracting long length sitting back not retracting at all how to fix that
UFO rocks...
And for fraying seatbelts run a lighter or a soldering iron down the edge just don't burn chunks out of it or you'll be buyig new ones!
I couldn't buy-in to that. Belts are designed to 'stretch' in an accident whilst decelerating the torso. This is achieved by the threads in the weave slipping over each other in a controlled fashion. If the threads have been 'melted' together along the edges, this function is lost. This is the exact same reason why frayed edges are an MoT/inspection failure.
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Yes I agree for the same reason you don't use cut or knoted lifting straps they can lose 50% of their integrity with the smallest cut in them.
I was meaning removing the whispy bits you get on the edges. If your belts are damaged to the extent you are melting strands together then you should replace them.
But the seatbelt isnt retracting? So it wont go back in
I thought the springs might have gone bad.
A lot of people think that and it can happen, but that is rare. However ALL seat belts get dirty over time and with use
I coat mine with silicone. zips back in like new.
This is a design flaw a classic case where the swedes , overdesigned the slot width on the slot for the belt kinda dumb actually. I got sandpaper and opened mine up a bit now it works better. Give it at least 1 mm. It works better. Does not have to be so narrow that a bit of dirt causes it to not function. Should have been a recall. Shame on saab...
This isn't a Saab problem. This happens on all cars from all manufacturers.
@@CycloneCyd I hear you syd I'm from Canada, got a chevy traverse with 300,000 km on it it's fine. . Never had the belt issue. They probably make them snug so they don't accidentally twist and jam and don't come out at all. Then people can't use them .May be a dept of transport design reg. For seat belts. Some of these things are regulated with safety "laws".
Cleaned mine, no difference. Needs a new mechanism.
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