Rear middle seat belt stuck

[Murdered LCR]

hi all my rear middle seat belt has jammed and won't come down also on the same big bench the catch won't lock shut does any one no how to repair either ?

 

[Last Action Pim]

I have the same problem!

(just wastin posts)

 

[LEE69]

Search is ace

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=113539&highlight=middle+belt

 

[Murdered LCR]

I was and still am on my I pod so it was Easyer to post a new one but I fixed it any way and the catch

 

[AMR_RM]

Rubber mallet and a good solid knock on the back of the seat about half way down

I had the same issue and it nearly failed the MOT because of it...

lots of sweating and bashing the back of the seat with my hand and hey presto... working again

 

[foxes]

Exactly the same prob!
Failed the MOT cause if this. Common problem on golfs and vags.

was told 50 quid from stealers just to have a frigin look!!

 

[Murdered LCR]

take the seat out and undo all the clips take the foam of and have a look under it its easy to do i fixed mine now so its all good

 

[speedinsaxo]

I have the same problem and assumed it was because when I mounted my amp I screwed though the seatbelt with two sreaws thus holding it in place!

I will have another look tonight..

 

[foxes]

Ive still not sorted this out.. every garage has a different opinion.

rear seat just wont clip into place on the 'u' latch!!
Been told upto $200+....aahh!!!

 

[Hobbiniho]

sounds like the crash lock has activated and is holding in place thus the belt wont come out

 

[foxes]

Just looked at the rear seat and the bottom bench is loose, so seems it should clip back in place...therfore the back rest should fit/lock into place.....in theory.

see how i get on tommorow

 

[Tom Greenway]

hi all my rear middle seat belt has jammed and won't come down also on the same big bench the catch won't lock shut does any one no how to repair either ?

Hi, I had the same problem, could not get the middle seat belt to work. Stripped the seat down to the bear bones. took out the old seat belt. broke it while doing so. brought a new one and when i fit it same problem. Then I had to look elsewhere. I found out that my rear seat was not engaged properly. the seat was not going into the catch.there is a cable on the seat belt attached to the inside of the rear seat. Get the seat to sit flush on the catch and the seat belt will work .I with great care slightly bent the catch downwards so i could get the seat to sit flush and it cured my problem. you dont need to spend money strip it to the bear bones like i did, the problem is with the catch and it is really not that hard to do.
I hope this helps
Tom

 

[Murdered LCR]

I found this to be a better solution and it works

 

[Tom Greenway]

Yep that was my plan B

 

[bo!]

Murdered lcr.
did you fix the bench catch?

 

[Sprogpole]

The centre seat belt simply will not work if the backrest is not fitted in the car correctly.
Sort the latch that locks the backrest in place, and the seat belt will work.

 

[foxes]

Mine was going to fail the MOT (at different garage this time)...however in order for it to pass, they pulled/pushed as hard as they could until it latched into position....
MOT PASS......but it was recommend I shouldn't undo the clip into the folding position, so I will leave it as.

 

[GlanzaV]

I had this problem on my Mk4 Ibiza (I imagine the mechanism is the same)

Stuck Seatbelt

I pulled out the rear bench (like you do when lowering the 3:2 split seats) and removed the main latching bolt (17mm) which allowed the belt to retract back into the spool. slowly pulled it back out and bolted it back in.

 

[bo!]

Can the latch in the back seat be replaced or will it need a hole new seat?