My seatbelts lock up when I fold the rear seat down in my wagon. I read a post about unbolting the seatbelt to get the seat back up, thereby resetting the release mechanism. It worked, but as soon as I put the seat down again it locks the seatbelt again. Then I have to go through the unbolting process to put the seat back up.

I get that this is a common problem, but I haven't seen a fix. Maybe I'm using the wrong search terms, so if somebody could point me in a direction, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks

 

Sorry but I'm confused; maybe you could post some pics of what you're talking about?

 

Work and other projects got in the way of taking the pics, uploading the pic, posting the pics, etc, etc. Low priority thing, you know?

Anyway...

Once I put the seat down, the seat belt mechanism locks and I can only raise the seat back up this far.





If I unbolt the belt where it attaches to the floor, and put the seat up, once it's locked into place the mechanism releases.


I pull the belt out, bolt it back to the floor, and from that point it functions normally. Once I put the seat down again, I have to go through the process again to put it back up.



So I'm guessing something is broken in the lock mechanism. Last time I had this problem I just swapped the seatback with one from another car, but I don't have one laying around currently.

I had found a thread on Matthews started by someone with the same problem, but I don't recall there being a fix posted at the time. Now I can't seem to find it.

So there's gotta be a fix, right? Any thoughts appreciated.