rear seat belt stuck Options

[ajsnow]

Hi everyone,

The driver's side rear seat belt on my '96 Celica convertible has suddenly stopped working. It won't retract and won't pull out any farther either; it's just completely stuck where it is (plus or minus a quarter-inch or so of "give").

Has anyone had this trouble before? Any idea how to go about fixing it? I searched the forums and was surprised not to see it mentioned before.

Thanks ...
Aaron

This post has been edited by ajsnow: Aug 30, 2009 - 8:40 PM

[SwissFerdi]

Did you put down the seatback and look around for any areas where it might be caught? The release mechanism might just be messed up, and in that case you would need to pull off the speaker surround/plastic.

[ajlee]

Is the belt twisted? I had the belt twisted in my vert, I had to take the side panel off and carefully retract and extend the belt (about a 1/2" at a time) until I got to the twist, then it retracted fine.

[ajsnow]

Thanks, ajlee. That was exactly it. I got to the base of the seat belt mechanism through the back seat instead of the side panel, but it was the same work from there.

Is the belt twisted? I had the belt twisted in my vert, I had to take the side panel off and carefully retract and extend the belt (about a 1/2" at a time) until I got to the twist, then it retracted fine.