I bought a set of seat belts from someone online. When they showed up, I discovered that both belts are retracted into their mechanisms, and they won't pull back out.

I've heard of 2 other people that this has happened to.

I looked around on the units, and I can't seem to find a button/lever that will release the belts.

Has anyone ever heard of this? Does anyone know how to release the belts??

Thanks!


Modified by nihkon at 4:05 PM 2/8/2007

 

just bolt them on, after you do that they will work. i had this same problem with some seatbelts i put in my sedan. i thought they were busted, but when i installed them, they worked fine.

 

lol. That's weird. Thanks for the info!

 

Anyone else have info on this?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by nihkon &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Anyone else have info on this?</TD></TR></TABLE>What the other dude told you is right. I wok for a parts department and carmax ordered a new seat belt from us and tried to return it because of the same thing you described. We tried to explain it t them but the dumb bastards wouldn't listen.

 

lol. Cool. cool. So what is it that makes it work once the unit is bolted into the car? I'm not questioning it. . .just curious how it works.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by nihkon &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">lol. Cool. cool. So what is it that makes it work once the unit is bolted into the car? I'm not questioning it. . .just curious how it works.</TD></TR></TABLE>I have no idea

 

it is probably some weird gravity latch. the same mechanism that locks the belts when your in a crash is the mechanism that is causing them to not move currently.

 

i think there right. try that.

it probaly has to touch metal&lt; wild guess

 

Right on. Thanks guys. I'll bolt it up soon and let everyone know.

 

n/p ....almost thought i was losing my mind lol

 

hmm. . well I bolted up the seat belt tonight, and the belt still won't pull out of the unit.

Any other ideas guys??

 

?

 

Has anyone else out there had this problem?

 

did you check and see if it was all tangled up? something might be pinching the strap, not allowing it to release.

 

I can take a closer look at it tonight after work but, from what I recall, the belt was neatly wound up inside the unit.