hi i wonder if someone can help me
ive got a little corsa as a run around its only done 34000 and its immaculate, mot is up in two weeks and i cant get the drivers seatbelt to work
as you put the belt in to socket it wont click or stay there it just comes out
can it be repaired it seems to be a sealed unit and welded to the seat frame, or do i have to take it somewhere , i was thinking of scrap yards.
what if i just went and got another seat would it do the job.
is it easy to take a seat out it doesnt look it to me
can anyone give me any pointers
ps its not been boy racerised its totally standard
and its not been used for a few weeks
please help me out as i wabnt to spen as litttle as poss on it
many thanks
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I thought they were bolted to the seat frame? Depends whether it is one of those vaguely triangular shaped sockets that automatically tensions in an accident. In the good old days when it was just a simple catch you could just buy the new socket from the dealer/scrapyard and bolt it on, but I suspect the electronics involved in the tensioning mechanism mean a visit to a dealer and the part won't be cheap.
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its a k reg 1.2 if that helps
nowt electronic.
if it bolts on i will have a look this week end
i thought it might have been welded on though
can you confirm?
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The passenger belt was damaged on my M reg 1.2 and unfortunately I had to have the whole unit replaced. Its not like on my old mini where each holder just bolts to the floor - its all connected to underneath the seat.
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If you look in the car-by-car breakdown section there is a note in there about a recall on this model Corsa with regards to reinforcing the front seat reails and replacing fatigued or worn front seatbelt buckles.
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What do you mean by the whole unit?
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I think he means the seat belt socket that bolts to the seat.
Before you start removing things, have you tried squirting some WD-40 down the hole? Might just be a case that the mechanism is stuck.
Around the K / M reg Vauxhall started fitting seatbelt pretensioners. In the event of an accident the seatbelt would tighten. The seatbelt socket had a bowden cable attached to the seat runner. The seat would move forward slighty and pull on the cable, thus pulling the socket closer to the seat and tightening the belt. A huge spring is under the seat and needs locking before removal of the seat. If this spring goes off while removing the seat, then things can get quite nasty to say the least. Details of how to lock the spring are mentioned in Haynes manuals, and you might well have to visit a dealer to buy the locking clips to secure the spring.
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Yet again the wealth of knowledge totally astounds me,
I dont know why im to worried its only her indoors that drives it
Thanks for all the info i will ring up vx and see if its been done,
Problably tell me it has even if it hasnt.
Kind regards
Derek
{Upper casing edited. Classed as shouting in cyberland. DD}
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