Seat Belt Jammed

[SeanA4]

Hello folks,

I tried to search for the problem I have, but cant find a result.

Basically the drivers seat belt, has some how folded over on itself and jammed inside the pillar.  The downside is, my car is at home and I'm currently in Cambridge until the end of the week.

Has this happened to anyone before?  Does anyone have an idea how I can rectify this myself?

Thanks in advance,

Sean

[Steve Q]

Hi Sean 

I get this issue occasionally in my Ford escort (my first ever car and now used as a second weekend car ) and for me it's just a case of persuading the seatbelt to unfold. If you can I find pulling on the belt and trying to unfold it at the same time can work, in failing that try pushing the belt through the clip and unfold at the same time if that makes sense. 

Someone else may have other suggestions but the two I'll mentioned work for me. 

Cheers :) 

Steve 

[SeanA4]

Thanks for the reply Steve, I was going to pretty much use brute force, unless some one has a little trick other than yours .  My first car was an Escort, probably in bits now,no where near as good nick as yours

[Steve Q]

3 hours ago, SeanA4 said:

Thanks for the reply Steve, I was going to pretty much use brute force, unless some one has a little trick other than yours .  My first car was an Escort, probably in bits now,no where near as good nick as yours

You're welcome :) 

Hopefully someone else has another suggestion :) 

Thanks for the kind comments :) I love my Ford escort but I have to say it get expensive keeping it on the road lol. 

[SeanA4]

Just an update in case anyone has the same issue, all it took to rectify, was to move the slider down and give it a firm tug, all sorted then 

 

 

[Steve Q]

2 hours ago, SeanA4 said:

Just an update in case anyone has the same issue, all it took to rectify, was to move the slider down and give it a firm tug, all sorted then 

 

 

Glad it's sorted Sean :) 

[SeanA4]

6 hours ago, Steve Q said:

Glad it's sorted Sean :) 

Cheers Steve, It's just a shame I wont be needing it for another week.

[Steve Q]

True but at least you now have peace of mind about it being sorted :)