Hi,

We having probems with the seatbelts on our 05 Vrs.

The drivers seatbelt seems to slacken itself from time to time when you lean forward but does not seem to recede back normally when you move back, forcing us to recede it back by hand.

It also soemtimes slackens when you have to brake in a emergency when it should lock in this case.

Do you we think we should take back to the Skoda dealer to see if this needs tightned up.

Many thanks

Davy and Hannah

you will probably find that the seat belt may be slightly damp , due no doubt to the inner door panel water leaks , this swells the belt up and stops it recoilling correctly ,

i've had the same problem with mine , now ok after leaks fixed

take it to the dealer to get it checked though , just to be safe

Thanks for your help mate

Davy

It can also help to clean the eye (the bit the belt goes through up near the top of the B pillar) - especially if the belt is damp, it isn't as slippery as it should be...

HTH

My year 2000 Passat has always had lazy retracters - in fact if it had not been a personal import I think that it would have been recalled. As far as I know this is a very long standing VAG problem, it just goes away only to reappear a few years later. Last week, one day I could hardly force feed it back in - next time I used it belt was okay!

Well I've got the car booked into the garage tomorrow to see what they say.

Davy

The car went to the garage and they cleaned the belts, and it is working a lot better now and not slackening off, the boy is saying that it is the harness pads I have on my seat that could be doing them, funny thing is through I've not got one on the drivers seat, we did stick one on for a month but felt it was uncomfortable.

He said if it was these that were causing the problem, then the belts would not be covered under warrenty?

Is this correct?

So am I right in saying harness pads which I have had in every other car that has not affeceted the seatbelts apart from the fabia, will void my warrenty cos of the fibres of the pads stopping the belt retracting??

I find that hard to beleive.

Davy

I can't believe a harness pad would stop a belt retracting but I guess (much like the CG-Lock) it counts as a modification so could be used to void the warranty. I'd be more worried about driving round and being seen with the harness pads on, personally :P:rofl:

Chris

To be honest mate I personally think the garage thought I was taking the mick, I have driven the car and the belt seems to slacken itself off when your driving, but since they cleaned it today it has kept tight when driving.

Only thing I'm annoyed at now but not noticed at the time was the seats are marked with the chemical they sprayed on the belts.

Davy

Only thing I'm annoyed at now but not noticed at the time was the seats are marked with the chemical they sprayed on the belts.

Davy

Ah, maybe now you will come round to my way of thinking - ie a car will only last so many miles, or so many years, or so many visits to a garage. Garages don't seem to like that final bit, but once you've had the displeasure and paid the price and proved that point then I think that the customer has a right to think that he is right. Try to expose your car to garages only when its really necessary, it will reduce stress levels and leave a few quid in your wallet.

Try to expose your car to garages only when its really necessary, it will reduce stress levels and leave a few quid in your wallet.

...Unless, like me, you replace the thermostat body on your wife's car only for the heater controls to fail two days later. Cause and effect in SWMBO's mind, but fixed now! Still cost less all-in than getting a garage to change the 'stat body, and I guess the controls would have failed anyway. I think 'less stress' only applies when working on your own car!

...Unless, like me, you replace the thermostat body on your wife's car only for the heater controls to fail two days later. Cause and effect in SWMBO's mind, but fixed now! Still cost less all-in than getting a garage to change the 'stat body, and I guess the controls would have failed anyway. I think 'less stress' only applies when working on your own car!

Sn1gger, ah, yes that will be correct - my wife is okay with this sort of thing - I just always say that cars are crap, working with my mother-in-law's car - ah, that's a different story though - very high stress indeed!

Edited, blooming "bad" word filter.

Edited 10 October, 200817 yr by rum4mo