What makes front seat belts sluggish to return?

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Hi.

The inertia reel has not been mounted properly. Replacing Toyota belts is quite tricky. Follow the step by step procedure illustrated in manual below. Belts are included in seat removal procedure (clearly do not remove seat). Check chapter starting at page 183/184 in manual below.

Please refer to pages from 184 onward in this service manual.

Regards.

Ginko.

The rear seatbelt of the forester was a bit of a puzzle for me as well when we first got ours. The buckle is really in two parts. The first part anchors the strap, and the second part secures the occupant.

Check if your belt is fully retracted, look in the inertia reel housing at the roof in the boot of the vehicle. Remove it passing the end through the 'loop' in the backrest Make sure that you have the two buckle parts I referred to earlier. There should be an odd looking buckle fixed at the end of the belt, and the more familiar buckle that slides up and down the belt. The end buckle goes into the receptacle vertically below the loop between the centre and window passenger and achors the belt in place. This buckle should not be normally released once used regularly. Once the centre passenger is in place, use the sliding buckle as you would for any other seatbelt and fasten on the receptacle on the other side to secure.

Use same procedure for fixing a car seat or booster, etc.

You may have to take this one in. It is an inertia reel and is made to retain tension at all times, if you relieved the tension, reel is "sprung" and will have to be completely disassembled, in some accidents if the seat belt is used in the impact and impact is severe enough, inertia reel has done its intended job and needs to be replace entirely.

usually inertia reel fault,has a ball that moves and locks if theres sudden movement,or angle,or simply jammed with something,have to pull B pillar (middle pillar with seat belt) cover off..trim cover,its located at the bottom of the pillar,need to look at it to see whats going on

Hi,

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get your dealer to replace the seat belt, depending on age, should be under warranty. Belt is defective. I have a g 2003 vue, and my dealer replaced the belt for no charge.

Hi,
What caused this to stick? has it been pulled heavily by loads in the rear? if it has it looks as if the inertia reel has slipped so the lock bearing is at an angle keeping it out.
Have you tried a couple of sharp jerks on the belt itself sometimes that does the trick, If not then find the reel possibly under side pocket or seat and check if loose.
Good Luck,
Paul 'W'
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Hi, sit in middle seat facing forward. If seatbelt is mounted in roof over your right shoulder, the clip on the end of the seatbelt clips in down by your right hip. Then the 'free' clip clips in by your left hip in to one of the two seatbelt clips. If you have done it right you should have a lap/sash configuration with the belt form the roof running over your right shoulder. The roof belt is also 'inertia reel' and behaves the same as all the other belts. To get out of the seat belt undo the 'free' or middle point clip only. When you have finished altogether, press key in to end clip lock and store back in the roof.
If you have problems getting clips in to holders press the release tab on the holder.
Hope that helps.

Paul
Australia