Seat Belt Won't Retract ● Easy Fix
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ต.ค. 2014
- This quick fix won't cost you a cent!! If your seat belt won't retract, this will fix it 99% of the time. Read the comments below!! Each time you get into your car and grab the seat belt, you are applying natural skin oil, hand cream, sweat, dirt, grime, food, grease and dust onto the seat belt material and over time causes the seat belt to get stiff and not want to retract. This routine happens 1000's of times per year. It causes the seat belt material to stiffen and not be as flexible as it once was. As it gets stiffer, it won't bend easily to go over the bracket at the top to allow the seat belt to retract. The seat belt becomes slower to retract or stops retracting completely. Before spending a lot of money to replace your costly seat belt assembly, try it. It works almost 99% of the time for a seat belt that won't retract or is slow to retract. Many have dismantled the seat belt assembly to try to fix the seat belt not going back in and retracting, but this is dangerous and not recommended since the system is calibrated from the factory and should not be tampered with.
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This is what TH-cam is all about, good informative info like this! I did this in my car and it’s made a HUGE difference, I’m so happy I didn’t have to buy a new seatbelt. Thanks for taking the time to make this video, much appreciated....
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Nothing like good informative info. This made absolutely no difference for me. I'm guessing the internal parts of the seatbelt mechanism is what's dirty and possible clogged.
Amen !
What if your car is from 1994 loool
I totally agree. Absolutely perfect explanation for dealing with a sticking seat belt
This video was a labor saver. I thought my retract spring was bad and I was going to replace the whole unit. But using your trick my belts retract like they were new. Thank You
Does yours have an AIRBAG in the same ("B") pillar?
That makes it a whole-'nother-job!
I'll give it a try. Sometime in future. The explanation was clear. Good job. The problem is just me who is lazy. Yeah
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Can't believe this gem has been here for 9 years and I've only just found it. Really helpful, thanks for making this.
I have had this problem for some time and had assumed it was the spring mechanism aging.
After this video, I went out and as a test extended the belt fully. Sure enough I could visibly see the transition from "virgin" belt that never gets exposed to "aged" belt that suffers daily. And, yep, the flexibility between the two zones is appreciable. As a final test, I released the fully extended belt and ZIP! it ran back like new right up to that transition point where it suddenly changed to the CREEP that I have been seeing. Definitely the belt and not the mechanism.
Can't wait for warmer weather to follow your cleansing instructions.
Use the heat from the car to dry the belt if you don’t have time. Windows up full hot on the ac
tried that this morning, It's made such a difference :) MY passenger front seatbelt was being a real pain in the butt to retract. Soaked, rubbed and cleaned as suggested. Wow!! what a difference. Will do again, and do the others too. Thanks for the tip :)
This really worked. I was skeptical. But, it was cheap so, I tried it.
Thank you for this very helpful video...followed your steps exactly...let it soak in a bucket of soapy water, let it air dry and it worked like a charm...my 2007 Camry Hybrid driver's side shoulder belt is as good as new! It even looks and feels new...And to think the dealer wanted $375 to replace it. Thank you again!
1/28/2020 USA Grandpa Bill: Chris, your work is a gift that keeps on giving through the years. Thank you very much.
I take hot yoga and HIIT classes and boy howdy, do I sweat... never in a million years would I think that a build up of sweat, lotion, etc from always wearing tank tops would affect my seatbelt, but that's exactly what happened. Thank you so much for posting this!! You're a sweetheart! ❤😊
yeah exactly, a good first step before investing the time to take the whole mechanism apart. certainly worth a shot and cant hurt anything and hey now your seat-belts smell like spring breeze TM :)
ive put up with a rubbish seat belt for over a year, didnt think this would work but surely did, thank you so much, youve made me very happy :)
I see you love buckets. Great idea. I was searching for seat belt issues but this wasn't the exact one. But it was helpful. So thank you Chris for taking time to explain some of your dirty tricks to help us cope with normal day life issues.
Want to sincerely thank you. My 2004 base Tacoma had this problem for years. Tried everything a somewhat handy person with common sense would try. I used dish detergent since I forgot what you instructed. It still worked. No more slack preventing my door to close properly. Who woulda thunk.
Skeptical I was, but this works. Tried it on my 1997 Infinity QX 4 and no more seat belt in the door problem. Thanks for sharing this tip.
First video I found whilst looking for this problem, awesome and very precise instructions, gotta get my belts sorted :)
Thanks Chris, this seat belt cleaning of yours did work as for over 1 year I experienced dents in the side door frame of the driver's side from seat belt not retracting! Very Appreciative of your help again! I live in a very damp area of Nova Scotia & am in and out of the car at least 6 times per day w/ volunteer work!
NICE !!!! TO THE POINT, MADE IT EASY TO UNDERSTAND. You didn't talk too much nor too little. Perfect. A lot of people like to hear themselves talk. Great job!!! 👍
awesome vid, this has been driving me crazy for about a month now. thanks for the tip!
I cleaned my seat belt as suggested. It didn't worked till I applied silicon spray. It really works!!!! I didn't expect it would work, but it definitely does!
How did you clean it whith silicone?
@@adamcz1864
He cleaned it as shown on this vid.
THEN, as an extra step, he lightly sprayed it with a silicone spray...
which made the belt "slip" past the shoulder hanger and retract quickly....
I tried this on a sticky seat belt that I thought would otherwise be due for replacement - I used non-biological washing powder - Yes this fix works and makes the retraction work fast and as new. I also un-clipped the center pillar trim out at the bottom and vacuumed around there, there was a lot of dust behind there!
Tried this on my '02 Honda Accord with over 200k mi. Worked like a charm :)
I have the same exact car haha! Nice.
This worked very well, saved me $$ too. Cheers!
Thank you, thank you; you saved me a whole new seat belt bill will follow through and wash really well. A guy said today he used the lightest grade sandpaper and the mechanic said to wash it and clean around the top mechanism like you have done
Thank you sir for this very helpful video; this fix, though have not yet tried it, sounds so reasonable and is so easy, it brought a smile to my face. Cheers. Happiness and blessings to you always.
Great video and great idea. Also, for those that have access to a high pressure washer, you can do the same by leaving the belt extended *outside* of the car with thw door closed, then hit it with high pressure wash. Works well.
Same here. Sometimes the best solutions are the simplest ones.
Oops, I just commented this ( more or less ) to somebody's reaction, but the reason I came up with taking the belt outside was because this is the best way to pull or push a car! Stand next to driver's side, extend the belt completely, close door and pull the belt with your shoulder! And if you have a passenger, they can help by doing the same at their side! Pulling becomes pretty easy then (in comparison to pushing car in reverse uphill, and much safer this way) And for pushing the car just open drivers side, pull seat belt out, close door and put it on your shoulder like a laptop bag (over your head) and this way you'll have the most force to push a car AND have one hand free for the steering wheel!
I learned this a long time ago in some course and I was so amazed by how easy pushing or pulling my car suddenly became for me, I'm pretty small so that's a life changer in such a situation!! 😆
I always soak the seatbelt in a bucket of water with purple power and then after a good soak, close the door with as much of the seatbelt on the outside as possible, hose it off, and allow to dry.
Soap residue will attract more dirt!
good idea but i would recommend in addition to using quality soap flakes that won't degrade materials like cheap detergents, you should thoroughly rinse the soap once or twice after washing as any residue soap/detergent will end up attracting even more dirt in the future
This could explain why when i did this it helped for a while and then got worse.
Damn and here I was thinking I needed to open up the mechanism and hit it with some silicone, thing just needs a scrub, never thought about that, thanks for this.
Thank you so much for this! It ticked my father in law off to no end that it worked. Bless you.
Really good idea and straight to the point video! Thanks
This was in my recommended videos and I'm glad as I need to do this!
Thanks! I was a little skeptical, I'll admit, but since I gave it a good wash as shown, the seatbelt on my 12-year-old Mini is retracting perfectly well again.
still retracting mate?
+Adjmb B yep, no problems since.
Matt Gibson
ah nice! glad to hear!, i done mine yesterday, and thanks to this youtuber it retracts fast now, it wouldn't pass a yearly inspection of fitness, but now it will mwhahah
Wow!!! Proof is all i need, and i got it.. i will do mine too.. thanks guys
I was also sceptical. He appears to push it back in on both of the attempts on the very hurried ending..
But, if you say it works, I’ll try it on my 17 year old mini. :)
I just did this on my '01 BMW 540i and it is NIGHT AND DAY! Thank you!
This is the best "how to fix it" post on utube....l followed it precisely and it works
Very kewl....I'll give it a try.Thanks for the info!!
I'm a vehicle inspector - my job is to carry out regular safety checks on cars. This video is quite accurate, but I find another problem with belt retraction is the top guide, shown at 0:06 which, over time, accumulates a hardened layer of dust from the movement of the belt through it. The dust build-up restricts the movement of the belt and a quick, simple fix is to clean the dust layer off.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. I'll do that, too.
Thank you so much for the informative video. I thought the seat belts are no retracting quickly because there's a fault in the mechanism (or the previous owner could have met with an accident). I cannot wait to try this asap.
Worked for me for 20 year old car ‘s loose seatbelt ! I used warm soapy water and rinced. Works like new now.
There's a lot of schmucks here on you tube, you know who you are..... those of you who'll post a rude remark about the guy who made this video. Guess what?.....1- the guy tried to help
2- he didn't get paid anything, it was done out of kindness.
3- he didn't say it's guaranteed to fix every seat belt problem. He's offering free advice that you can try if your seatbelt isn't working correctly....or perhaps you'd rather bring it to a shop & get charged $100 or $200 for some one else to fix it for you. (Probably using this method too) 😉
4- lighten up & try being grateful to the guy who made this video....whats it gonna cost you? A kind word?............ schmucks!
Thanks for that.
NYCP NY you sound cute!
you are wrong. he is getting paid. once u get more than 1000 subscribers and 10000 hours of viewing, youtube pay u. the only reason he is doing the vids, is for the money. forget this notion that he is doing it out of the kindness of his heart. nevertheless, a good vid, he deserves what he gets.
This is why I hate most people
Wow definitely will give this a try! Thanks for sharing
Thanks:) Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication!
Thanks for that upload, dude.
This really works! It surprised me by how easy it was and how my seat belt now fully retracts.
Yes! It is totally overlooked when being diagnosed. No one thinks of the belt being dirty.
Nice, informative, easy! Excellent DIY video!
Have to admit I was skeptical that this would work, but after soaking my seatbelt in my Ford Escape it now retracts perfectly. Saved me several hundred dollars of having the dealer replace my seatbelt. Thanks!
That’s great!!
Worked a treat thank you 👍
Thank you.
You just save me a 30 minutes work with the plastic parts removal.
I didn't have any clips, so I just put some masking tape around their ends to immobilize them. I washed them like you showed, even after the initial soaking I lifted the bucket to get the top portions and gave a solid 5-minute wash to my front seat belts by squeezing them continously. They look kinda cool hanging, both attached to the steering wheel with some tape.
Thank you, I enjoyed every second of doing it, remembering how annoying they were before.
Thank you so much for posting this video Chris.I cleaned my drivers seat belt 100 % faster .Thanks brother im.gonna subscribe to your videos.
Very good video you might have just saved me some money gonna try this out tomorrow sometime thanks
Will definitely try this. Thanks for sharing.
great tip thanks so much i thought i was going to have to take of runner panel to get at belt but you have saved me alot of work cant wait to try this
It works 99% of the time. Give it a go.
Thank you!!! I would of never thought of this.... I was thinking of replacing it....Wow you saved me big!! :)
To say nothing of preventing the aggravation on not retracting with the belt stuck in the door
Just worked for me. Thank you!
I’m going to try this. Thank you!
Thank you so much for this video!! Great job!
Really works for me..many thanks man..but i washed and soaked the whole seat belt box overnight.dry it and reinstall back. Its not locked/stucked anymore..thanks again for sharing your knowledge..really appreciate it man..cheers
Thanks for this, amazing it worked,you are a genius...
Chris, I was skeptical after watching your video but it made total sense. I tried this on two separate Toyotas that are notorious for slow retracting seatbelts. This process worked like a charm. Thank-you!
It really is an overlooked area of slow retracting. Glad it worked. Thanks.
The best ever tutorial I could find asked many shops thinking the belt machine has gone bad as everyone suggested it had to be changed only and I couldn't find e39 belt here but this video saved me thank you soo much the belt work perfectly fine now
That's great! 99.9% of the time its a dirty belt causing the issue which is overlooked by any shop.
Thanks for this helpful video.Im doing mine today.
Thank you so much for sharing!!!!
Going to try that this weekend. Thanks.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Car has had some issues recently and thought this was just the next expense. This worked a treat.
Everyone says the same! It's an overlooked problem that works every time. Glad it worked!
I was going to go to the junkyard and buy an all new retracting mechanism. I am glad I found this video. Worked great 👍
Glad it helped!
Wowww...I never knew. Thank you for this video!!!
Watch the video a while back. Thought about it. Tried it today and it worked GREAT! Thanks. It was really quick. The seat belt dried in less than an hour.
That's great!!
i can’t wait to try it ! Ty kindly for this vid
This sort of skill is what we gotta learn at school ! All we were taught is mitochondria is powerhouse of cell 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️. Great video Thanks mate it did work for me !!
Yup, it worked great on my 2003 Escape. Driver's seatbelt now retracts quickly and fully.
Nice job! Thanks 👍🏻
Great video. I have this problem. it retracts, but takes a while. Hopefully this piece of wisdom will solve my issue.
I will have to give this a try.. Thank you for showing us..
Great idea. Mine need doing and I was going to wipe them down with a rag and soapy water, but a bucket dunk is definitely a better way to clean them.
Wow! Thanks!
I'd have never figured this out on my own.
I was a little skeptical too, but after I made the procedure, I was amazed because the seatbelts started to retract like new. Thanks for the video!
+Daniel Moreno You're welcome.
Thank you, got quite a few dents in my door from the seatbelt unfortunately, so..lucky I had the paint touch up for the scratches, hehe.
Was soo irritating too that it blocked my door from closing, hehe.
And it also saved me from getting a whole new assembly too.
Very helpful. Thanks.
I cant believe how fast you instantly fixed my problem. Thank you !
You're welcome!
Thank you for demonstrating how to resolve the issue. I recently was given a car and the seat belt wont retract on its own and I wasn't sure how to fix it. I will definitely give this a shot. Thanks again!
It's definitely worth a try. Fixes it 99% of the time. Good luck.
Thank you for saving me some money! Great comments from others too!
Honest simple fix for a simple problem.
Thanks for being so, A to B!
It works great!
Worked like a charm!
Amazing tip.I too thought I would have to change to mechanism or whatever.Did this and after the belt was dry, it retracted like new. Thanks🤗
Glad it helped!
Thanks mine is working perfectly after doing this
Good video. I'm going to clean mine this summer. Will rinse the soap off the belts to get rid of the sticky residue the soap leaves behind.
great! very clear. Hope it works.
The belt on our 2020 Forester was retracting very slowly. Soaked and worked the belt in soapy water, gave it a clean water rinse and let it dry. Was surprised how much dirt came out of the belt. Works great now. Thank you.
Perfect!!
Thanks. I'll give it a shot, too.
Ummm..ok, im going to try this the next nice day i get. Been trying to fix my pesky belt for a while now. Never thought about it being crud! But my car is 16 years old. Thanks! If my weather ever clears up ill let ya know if it worked!
It works great, made my passenger side like new and drivers side better than before.
+Chris Notap Some cars do have issues with weak retractors though. The new edge mustangs, for example, are known for having very weak retractors and twisting the belts behind the panels. The replacement retractors you buy now have an extra piece added to help fix the weak retractor and prevent twists. This is definitely a good place to start if the belt is slow though. Good video.
Tyvm! I'm going to wait until hotter weather, it's winter now, so the belt readily dries.
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Ah, fellow Canadian. I knew once you said out.
You convinced me to try it...thanks
Thankyou will try this out tomorrow
Thanks. I learned something today
Very helpful thanks
I appreciate your time and effort here showing the secret to making the belt work again.
+Mark Wilson You're welcome. This works for so many of my viewers. No expensive seat belt to buy. Thanks for commenting.
Thanks this video really helped 😊👍👍