The front passenger side seat belt retractor is stuck or broken.....I can't pull it out far enough to use......it doesn't seem to be kinked or twisted......not used that much really, less than 30,000 on car.....how do I replace?
The front passenger side seat belt retractor is stuck or broken.....I can't pull it out far enough to use......it doesn't seem to be kinked or twisted......not used that much really, less than 30,000 on car.....how do I replace?
You'll have to pull the rear interior quarter panel. There are two pieces. Around the quarter window and below. From there changing the seatbelt is pretty self explanatory.
Charles~ Thread jack ;-( How to pull rear interior Q panel, I need to do it.????? Do you have to take out back seat etc. or let the dent guy deal with it? :irked:
My Dealer DID NOT honor the warranty on that. I even pulled the "safety" card.
So, I bought a replacement, but never installed it, I've just been dealing with it.
Mine doesn't get fully stuck. Mine is sorta the opposite...it gets pulled ALL THE WAY OUT, and it takes a lot of work to get it back in.
I just have to "re-thread" it all the time.
Charles~ Thread jack ;-( How to pull rear interior Q panel, I need to do it.????? Do you have to take out back seat etc. or let the dent guy deal with it? :irked:
Fold the rear seat down. Unscrew and pull the head rest that is ablove the rear seats (be careful with it. It's brittle).
You'll be able to see the platic push pins on the lower quarter where the quarter attaches to to the back corner. Pull them.
Unscrew the coat hook. There may be a plastic pin or two there. It should be obvious. Grab the upper quarter is work it out. It's attached with clips you cannot see. Don't be too easy but also don't be too rough.
Do the same with the lower quarter.
I think that's it. It's been 6 or 7 years since I installed a new belt. The belt was redisgned and works great to this day.
The retractors on 02058 are getting lazy after 107K. The belts are tight when worn but the last couple of inches have to be fed into the retractors when being put away. The passenger side belt when fully extended last summer ( my Mother In-Law), would not re tract without a lot of effort. Temporary fix, She's only allowed in my F-150 and Taurus! I'm replacing them next spring. TrueBlue02058
Fold the rear seat down. Unscrew and pull the head rest that is ablove the rear seats (be careful with it. It's brittle).
You'll be able to see the platic push pins on the lower quarter where the quarter attaches to to the back corner. Pull them.
Unscrew the coat hook. There may be a plastic pin or two there. It should be obvious. Grab the upper quarter is work it out. It's attached with clips you cannot see. Don't be too easy but also don't be too rough.
Do the same with the lower quarter.
I think that's it. It's been 6 or 7 years since I installed a new belt. The belt was redisgned and works great to this day.
I don't have any experience replacing the seat belts, but to those with "lazy" retractors... I had the same problem and simply using Armour-All to treat the entire belt has cured mine completely!
Fred,
Did you try the Armour-All? If so, did it work for you? Curious if this is helping others with this problem. I was amazed at the result. Not sure who first posted it, but good job to whomever it was!!!
I hate to bring up an old thread, but I'm curious to know if the Armor All trick really worked for some of you. I'm in the process of removing the interior to replace abroken quarter glass (see my thread in '01 Discussion for details). I was debating on getting new belts, but might hold off if that works.
I treated mine just one time about two years ago and it is still working very well. Prior to treating it, the belt had to be fed in for the last 18" or so.
You said it, Ron. I just got it back in, with crack. Makes me sad.
Back to the main topic, I think the reason my belts were hard to retract is because they'd become twisted the wrong way. I got the driver's side turned, hopefully the right way.
mine started doing the exact same thing. Dealership said the warranty only covers 5 years or 50,000 miles for the seatbelt. My local dealership said the retractor and belt are all one piece and costs about 230 dollars.
I have a Ford dealer as a customer and as a lark I got the parts lady to see if a seat belt was still available. As far as she could see only black is still available--then she mentioned the service dept regularly gets complaints about the Mustangs seat belt and they use silicone (Armour-all is mostly silicone) to lube the belt and it really works.
I knew I could use my Armour All for something besides slinging it up from the tires to the bodywork....
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