Topic: Annoying seat belt

[Mega Baby Huey]

just out of curiosity, does anyone else's seatbelt fight them every time they put it on? i have to go really slow with mine, otherwise it locks on me... just wanna know if this is a common toyota problem...

[toe]

I thought the common problem was it doesn't fully retract and it hangs outside when you close the door when leaving your truck..............

[Mega Baby Huey [OP]]

mine also does that...

[GONZO97]

x2 it never fails that when the girlfriend gets out she slams the seatbelt in the door

[Steve_925]

go to a lap belt for the trail. sounds less safe but ive been over a couple times with just my lap belt and it does the job.

[junya92toy]

I dont wear mine, just loop my left arm though it so it looks like I amhahah

[79coyotefrg]

I dont wear mine, just loop my left arm though it so it looks like I amhahah

i used to never wear a belt then some old bat on a cell phone decided i should be crippled for life.

[muddytaco]

i read somewhere the passenger belts are made to do that for child safety reasons you know, ive never had my drivers belt do that, but ive had and 85 truck and 4runner, 88 truck, 95 tacoma, 96 t100, and our seqouia and every one of them do it

[79coyotefrg]

yep, thats the reason for the pass belt lockup

[jimbo74]

most cars have a lockup mechanism on both drivers and passengers seatbelts.....

think of it this way, if the car gets into an accident, you want to hold the body into the seat, instead of letting it fling forward into the dash..... also, on airbag equipped vehicles, it would be a bad idea to let your face get that close to the explosive charge of the airbag popper and then the bag would deploy into your face instead of letting your face hit an inflated bag

[OOPS]

I dont wear mine, just loop my left arm though it so it looks like I amhahah

Sounds like you helped decide that yourself.

I wear a lap belt only most of the time on the trail until I get into some heavy stuff, then I wear both.

Example:

[drayday55]

i cleaned my seatbelts in straight purple degreaser after taking the top bolt off and using a vice grip to hold it unspooled. i then rinsed it in a couple clean buckets of water and let it dry.  works like new now.

[Mega Baby Huey [OP]]

most cars have a lockup mechanism on both drivers and passengers seatbelts.....

think of it this way, if the car gets into an accident, you want to hold the body into the seat, instead of letting it fling forward into the dash..... also, on airbag equipped vehicles, it would be a bad idea to let your face get that close to the explosive charge of the airbag popper and then the bag would deploy into your face instead of letting your face hit an inflated bag

yeah... thats how it should work, but mine locks up way too fast! it's like it thinks we're always in a car crash...

it's not a real problem, but it is annoying! Every time i get in the car it's a good half minutes struggle to get the seat belt on...   

i cleaned my seatbelts in straight purple degreaser after taking the top bolt off and using a vice grip to hold it unspooled. i then rinsed it in a couple clean buckets of water and let it dry.  works like new now.

i'm gonna try that!