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Karen Vignale Posted on Jul 06, 2015
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The driver side seat belt will get locked and not pull out far enough to buckle. We have tried pulling it very slowly. It will eventually pull out far enough after about 30 tries

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The locking trigger may be too close to the ratchet teeth.

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    Karen Vignale Jul 06, 2015

    How would I fix that?

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