Hyundai i10 passenger seatbelt

r2015

Somehow one of my grandkids has managed to twist the front passenger seatbelt on my Hyundai i10 so that the belt is 90 deg out going into the door pillar and I'm !!!!!!ed if I can get it to turn round again.


Any suggestions?

BeenThroughItAll

r2015 wrote: »

Somehow one of my grandkids has managed to twist the front passenger seatbelt on my Hyundai i10 so that the belt is 90 deg out going into the door pillar and I'm !!!!!!ed if I can get it to turn round again.


Any suggestions?

Do you mean 180 degrees out?

Spicy_McHaggis

Get him to twist it back.

r2015

Do you mean 180 degrees out?

Don't know, all I know is when it is unclipped it does not retract properly.

r2015

Get him to twist it back.

Tried that he can't.

molerat

Pull it all the way out, twist it right where it goes into the door pillar and let it go gently back in. It will either straighten or will be double twisted, if double twisted pull all the way out, twist twice in the opposite direction and let slowly back in. If that fails you will need to take the pillar trim off to see what has happened and untwist it.

Mankysteve

My Oh seems to do this all the time on my i10, I never have problems. Really at a loss as to how she manages to. But I digress as others have said pull it all the way put and twist it can be a bit of fight.

Ectophile

Here's the approach I've used when a seatbelt has been twisted.

The slots in the seat belt guide are usually wider at the ends than in the middle. Push the seat belt to one side of the guide, then curl the edge of the belt round through 180 degrees. Keep tugging on the curled around side, and pushing on the other, to gradually move the curl from one side of the belt to the other.

At this point you've either un-twisted it, or made it double-twisted (yes, I've done that!).

r2015

Push the seat belt to one side of the guide, then curl the edge of the belt round through 180 degrees.

Tried that but arthritic hands couldn't manage that.

I got a neighbour to fix it, he did it in less than 2 minutes and I'd been trying for half an hour.