Rear seatbelt stuck

JuanVecino2023 · 2024-10-01T07:35:22+0100

I went to put my daughters car seat back in the Cali last night.

The O/S rear belt has retracted and is completely locked. I can’t move it a cm.

It looks like it’s detected a crash - it’s retracted so hard it’s crushing the seat foam underneath it.

It hasn’t been braked hard, let alone crashed.

Anyone experienced this and/or know how to release it?

dspuk · 2024-10-01T08:51:31+0100

Had the same once. Was a pain. Had to basically push the top of the belt in as hard as I could to get enough slack to pull it back out due to the ratchet mechanism.

Simon_G · 2024-10-01T08:59:10+0100

JuanVecino2023 said:
I went to put my daughters car seat back in the Cali last night.

The O/S rear belt has retracted and is completely locked. I can’t move it a cm.

It looks like it’s detected a crash - it’s retracted so hard it’s crushing the seat foam underneath it.

It hasn’t been braked hard, let alone crashed.

Anyone experienced this and/or know how to release it?

This has happened to me too. If you lie the seats down as if making up the bed, then put back into the upright position, the seat belt locking mechanism should release.

JuanVecino2023 · 2024-10-01T09:27:40+0100

Simon_G said:
This has happened to me too. If you lie the seats down as if making up the bed, then put back into the upright position, the seat belt locking mechanism should release.

Hi - thanks a million. I will give this a go.

dspuk · 2024-10-01T09:43:14+0100

Simon_G said:
This has happened to me too. If you lie the seats down as if making up the bed, then put back into the upright position, the seat belt locking mechanism should release.

Now you remind me that is exactly what I did too.