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This is what KZread is all about, good informative info like this! I did this in my car and it’s made a HUGE difference, I’m so happy I didn’t have to buy a new seatbelt. Thanks for taking the time to make this video, much appreciated....

@toyotacorolla8837

5 жыл бұрын

Hahah

@screwdajuice

3 жыл бұрын

Nothing like good informative info. This made absolutely no difference for me. I'm guessing the internal parts of the seatbelt mechanism is what's dirty and possible clogged.

@n.cboone7082

2 жыл бұрын

Amen !

@sran9492

2 жыл бұрын

What if your car is from 1994 loool

@ajayjust2626

2 жыл бұрын

I totally agree. Absolutely perfect explanation for dealing with a sticking seat belt

This video was a labor saver. I thought my retract spring was bad and I was going to replace the whole unit. But using your trick my belts retract like they were new. Thank You

@AlanCheek

Жыл бұрын

Does yours have an AIRBAG in the same ("B") pillar? That makes it a whole-'nother-job!

I'll give it a try. Sometime in future. The explanation was clear. Good job. The problem is just me who is lazy. Yeah

@baerron

9 ай бұрын

Dum

This really worked. I was skeptical. But, it was cheap so, I tried it.

NICE !!!! TO THE POINT, MADE IT EASY TO UNDERSTAND. You didn't talk too much nor too little. Perfect. A lot of people like to hear themselves talk. Great job!!! 👍

1/28/2020 USA Grandpa Bill: Chris, your work is a gift that keeps on giving through the years. Thank you very much.

tried that this morning, It's made such a difference :) MY passenger front seatbelt was being a real pain in the butt to retract. Soaked, rubbed and cleaned as suggested. Wow!! what a difference. Will do again, and do the others too. Thanks for the tip :)

I have had this problem for some time and had assumed it was the spring mechanism aging. After this video, I went out and as a test extended the belt fully. Sure enough I could visibly see the transition from "virgin" belt that never gets exposed to "aged" belt that suffers daily. And, yep, the flexibility between the two zones is appreciable. As a final test, I released the fully extended belt and ZIP! it ran back like new right up to that transition point where it suddenly changed to the CREEP that I have been seeing. Definitely the belt and not the mechanism. Can't wait for warmer weather to follow your cleansing instructions.

@aayesher9400

6 ай бұрын

Use the heat from the car to dry the belt if you don’t have time. Windows up full hot on the ac

Thank you for this very helpful video...followed your steps exactly...let it soak in a bucket of soapy water, let it air dry and it worked like a charm...my 2007 Camry Hybrid driver's side shoulder belt is as good as new! It even looks and feels new...And to think the dealer wanted $375 to replace it. Thank you again!

I take hot yoga and HIIT classes and boy howdy, do I sweat... never in a million years would I think that a build up of sweat, lotion, etc from always wearing tank tops would affect my seatbelt, but that's exactly what happened. Thank you so much for posting this!! You're a sweetheart! ❤😊

@p.chuckmoralesesquire3965

4 жыл бұрын

yeah exactly, a good first step before investing the time to take the whole mechanism apart. certainly worth a shot and cant hurt anything and hey now your seat-belts smell like spring breeze TM :)

I cleaned my seat belt as suggested. It didn't worked till I applied silicon spray. It really works!!!! I didn't expect it would work, but it definitely does!

@adamcz1864

Жыл бұрын

How did you clean it whith silicone?

@JohnSmith-yv6eq

8 ай бұрын

@@adamcz1864 He cleaned it as shown on this vid. THEN, as an extra step, he lightly sprayed it with a silicone spray... which made the belt "slip" past the shoulder hanger and retract quickly....

Can't believe this gem has been here for 9 years and I've only just found it. Really helpful, thanks for making this.

I tried this on a sticky seat belt that I thought would otherwise be due for replacement - I used non-biological washing powder - Yes this fix works and makes the retraction work fast and as new. I also un-clipped the center pillar trim out at the bottom and vacuumed around there, there was a lot of dust behind there!

Have to admit I was skeptical that this would work, but after soaking my seatbelt in my Ford Escape it now retracts perfectly. Saved me several hundred dollars of having the dealer replace my seatbelt. Thanks!

@chrisnotap

11 ай бұрын

That’s great!!

Great video and great idea. Also, for those that have access to a high pressure washer, you can do the same by leaving the belt extended *outside* of the car with thw door closed, then hit it with high pressure wash. Works well.

@Dodgerzden

Жыл бұрын

Same here. Sometimes the best solutions are the simplest ones.

@abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0

Жыл бұрын

Oops, I just commented this ( more or less ) to somebody's reaction, but the reason I came up with taking the belt outside was because this is the best way to pull or push a car! Stand next to driver's side, extend the belt completely, close door and pull the belt with your shoulder! And if you have a passenger, they can help by doing the same at their side! Pulling becomes pretty easy then (in comparison to pushing car in reverse uphill, and much safer this way) And for pushing the car just open drivers side, pull seat belt out, close door and put it on your shoulder like a laptop bag (over your head) and this way you'll have the most force to push a car AND have one hand free for the steering wheel! I learned this a long time ago in some course and I was so amazed by how easy pushing or pulling my car suddenly became for me, I'm pretty small so that's a life changer in such a situation!! 😆

@drippingwax

Жыл бұрын

I always soak the seatbelt in a bucket of water with purple power and then after a good soak, close the door with as much of the seatbelt on the outside as possible, hose it off, and allow to dry. Soap residue will attract more dirt!

Tried this on my '02 Honda Accord with over 200k mi. Worked like a charm :)

@blu1992

3 жыл бұрын

I have the same exact car haha! Nice.

Skeptical I was, but this works. Tried it on my 1997 Infinity QX 4 and no more seat belt in the door problem. Thanks for sharing this tip.

The belt on our 2020 Forester was retracting very slowly. Soaked and worked the belt in soapy water, gave it a clean water rinse and let it dry. Was surprised how much dirt came out of the belt. Works great now. Thank you.

@chrisnotap

16 күн бұрын

Perfect!!

Thank you so much for this! It ticked my father in law off to no end that it worked. Bless you.

ive put up with a rubbish seat belt for over a year, didnt think this would work but surely did, thank you so much, youve made me very happy :)

First video I found whilst looking for this problem, awesome and very precise instructions, gotta get my belts sorted :)

I see you love buckets. Great idea. I was searching for seat belt issues but this wasn't the exact one. But it was helpful. So thank you Chris for taking time to explain some of your dirty tricks to help us cope with normal day life issues.

This is the best "how to fix it" post on utube....l followed it precisely and it works

This really works! It surprised me by how easy it was and how my seat belt now fully retracts.

@chrisnotap

4 жыл бұрын

Yes! It is totally overlooked when being diagnosed. No one thinks of the belt being dirty.

Thanks! I was a little skeptical, I'll admit, but since I gave it a good wash as shown, the seatbelt on my 12-year-old Mini is retracting perfectly well again.

@adjmbb5109

7 жыл бұрын

still retracting mate?

@gothickmatt

7 жыл бұрын

+Adjmb B yep, no problems since.

@adjmbb5109

7 жыл бұрын

Matt Gibson ah nice! glad to hear!, i done mine yesterday, and thanks to this youtuber it retracts fast now, it wouldn't pass a yearly inspection of fitness, but now it will mwhahah

@TsarOfRuss

6 жыл бұрын

Wow!!! Proof is all i need, and i got it.. i will do mine too.. thanks guys

@themightyimp08

6 жыл бұрын

I was also sceptical. He appears to push it back in on both of the attempts on the very hurried ending.. But, if you say it works, I’ll try it on my 17 year old mini. :)

Damn and here I was thinking I needed to open up the mechanism and hit it with some silicone, thing just needs a scrub, never thought about that, thanks for this.

This worked very well, saved me $$ too. Cheers!

Worked for me for 20 year old car ‘s loose seatbelt ! I used warm soapy water and rinced. Works like new now.

Want to sincerely thank you. My 2004 base Tacoma had this problem for years. Tried everything a somewhat handy person with common sense would try. I used dish detergent since I forgot what you instructed. It still worked. No more slack preventing my door to close properly. Who woulda thunk.

I'm a vehicle inspector - my job is to carry out regular safety checks on cars. This video is quite accurate, but I find another problem with belt retraction is the top guide, shown at 0:06 which, over time, accumulates a hardened layer of dust from the movement of the belt through it. The dust build-up restricts the movement of the belt and a quick, simple fix is to clean the dust layer off.

@general5104

Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. I'll do that, too.

I was going to go to the junkyard and buy an all new retracting mechanism. I am glad I found this video. Worked great 👍

@chrisnotap

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

awesome vid, this has been driving me crazy for about a month now. thanks for the tip!

Thanks Chris, this seat belt cleaning of yours did work as for over 1 year I experienced dents in the side door frame of the driver's side from seat belt not retracting! Very Appreciative of your help again! I live in a very damp area of Nova Scotia & am in and out of the car at least 6 times per day w/ volunteer work!

good idea but i would recommend in addition to using quality soap flakes that won't degrade materials like cheap detergents, you should thoroughly rinse the soap once or twice after washing as any residue soap/detergent will end up attracting even more dirt in the future

@Alniemi

2 жыл бұрын

This could explain why when i did this it helped for a while and then got worse.

Really good idea and straight to the point video! Thanks

This sort of skill is what we gotta learn at school ! All we were taught is mitochondria is powerhouse of cell 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️. Great video Thanks mate it did work for me !!

Thank you sir for this very helpful video; this fix, though have not yet tried it, sounds so reasonable and is so easy, it brought a smile to my face. Cheers. Happiness and blessings to you always.

I cant believe how fast you instantly fixed my problem. Thank you !

@chrisnotap

Ай бұрын

You're welcome!

I didn't have any clips, so I just put some masking tape around their ends to immobilize them. I washed them like you showed, even after the initial soaking I lifted the bucket to get the top portions and gave a solid 5-minute wash to my front seat belts by squeezing them continously. They look kinda cool hanging, both attached to the steering wheel with some tape. Thank you, I enjoyed every second of doing it, remembering how annoying they were before.

Thanks:) Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication!

This KZread video worked for me. My seatbelt now is much more user friendly. It was driving without a seatbelt. Cleaned it and now it slides up and down with less hesitation. Thanks for this trick-- no cost and worked.

@chrisnotap

4 ай бұрын

Glad it helped

Thank you so much for the informative video. I thought the seat belts are no retracting quickly because there's a fault in the mechanism (or the previous owner could have met with an accident). I cannot wait to try this asap.

Nice, informative, easy! Excellent DIY video!

Thank you, thank you; you saved me a whole new seat belt bill will follow through and wash really well. A guy said today he used the lightest grade sandpaper and the mechanic said to wash it and clean around the top mechanism like you have done

Cool bro, here I was about to disassemble my car and replace the whole seatbelt. Thanks 👍

@chrisnotap

2 жыл бұрын

Give this a go first. It may save you a lot of time!

@toxsicxr8ford57

2 жыл бұрын

@@chrisnotap Thanks mate👌

This was in my recommended videos and I'm glad as I need to do this!

Thanks for that upload, dude.

Well knock me down and steal my teeth! I was looking at seat belt repair and new seatbelts until I ran across this. It worked like a charm! THANK YOU!!!!

Worked a treat thank you 👍

Watch the video a while back. Thought about it. Tried it today and it worked GREAT! Thanks. It was really quick. The seat belt dried in less than an hour.

@chrisnotap

4 жыл бұрын

That's great!!

Will definitely try this. Thanks for sharing.

Wow definitely will give this a try! Thanks for sharing

Yup, it worked great on my 2003 Escape. Driver's seatbelt now retracts quickly and fully.

The best ever tutorial I could find asked many shops thinking the belt machine has gone bad as everyone suggested it had to be changed only and I couldn't find e39 belt here but this video saved me thank you soo much the belt work perfectly fine now

@chrisnotap

Жыл бұрын

That's great! 99.9% of the time its a dirty belt causing the issue which is overlooked by any shop.

Going to try that this weekend. Thanks.

Very kewl....I'll give it a try.Thanks for the info!!

Thank you!!! I would of never thought of this.... I was thinking of replacing it....Wow you saved me big!! :)

@ouiroc

2 жыл бұрын

To say nothing of preventing the aggravation on not retracting with the belt stuck in the door

I just did this on my '01 BMW 540i and it is NIGHT AND DAY! Thank you!

I’m going to try this. Thank you!

Thank you. You just save me a 30 minutes work with the plastic parts removal.

Very good video you might have just saved me some money gonna try this out tomorrow sometime thanks

There's a lot of schmucks here on you tube, you know who you are..... those of you who'll post a rude remark about the guy who made this video. Guess what?.....1- the guy tried to help 2- he didn't get paid anything, it was done out of kindness. 3- he didn't say it's guaranteed to fix every seat belt problem. He's offering free advice that you can try if your seatbelt isn't working correctly....or perhaps you'd rather bring it to a shop & get charged $100 or $200 for some one else to fix it for you. (Probably using this method too) 😉 4- lighten up & try being grateful to the guy who made this video....whats it gonna cost you? A kind word?............ schmucks!

@chrisnotap

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that.

@amosy8345

5 жыл бұрын

NYCP NY you sound cute!

@constructionsecrets6048

4 жыл бұрын

you are wrong. he is getting paid. once u get more than 1000 subscribers and 10000 hours of viewing, youtube pay u. the only reason he is doing the vids, is for the money. forget this notion that he is doing it out of the kindness of his heart. nevertheless, a good vid, he deserves what he gets.

@richiespeed3565

2 жыл бұрын

This is why I hate most people

Thank you so much for this video!! Great job!

Amazing tip.I too thought I would have to change to mechanism or whatever.Did this and after the belt was dry, it retracted like new. Thanks🤗

@chrisnotap

Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

ULTRA cool! I would NEVER believe such a thing could make a difference. WOW. No disassembly, no trouble, cleaner car, better working seat belts... Gonna try that RIGHT NOW.

@Uzurpat0r

9 жыл бұрын

Did it work?

@jakubkrcma

9 жыл бұрын

Uzurpat0r Yep, it did. Of course you will achieve even better results by pre-winding the spring a bit more (which requires disassembly), but even this quick and easy hack improved the situation a lot.

I will have to give this a try.. Thank you for showing us..

Just worked for me. Thank you!

after using 3 in 1 silicone spray from halfords after watching this video worked fantastilly saved me about £120 for second hand replacement belt thank you

Chris, I was skeptical after watching your video but it made total sense. I tried this on two separate Toyotas that are notorious for slow retracting seatbelts. This process worked like a charm. Thank-you!

@chrisnotap

6 жыл бұрын

It really is an overlooked area of slow retracting. Glad it worked. Thanks.

Ah, fellow Canadian. I knew once you said out.

great tip thanks so much i thought i was going to have to take of runner panel to get at belt but you have saved me alot of work cant wait to try this

@chrisnotap

6 жыл бұрын

It works 99% of the time. Give it a go.

I was a little skeptical too, but after I made the procedure, I was amazed because the seatbelts started to retract like new. Thanks for the video!

@chrisnotap

6 жыл бұрын

+Daniel Moreno You're welcome.

Honest simple fix for a simple problem.

Thank you so much for sharing!!!!

Thank you, got quite a few dents in my door from the seatbelt unfortunately, so..lucky I had the paint touch up for the scratches, hehe. Was soo irritating too that it blocked my door from closing, hehe. And it also saved me from getting a whole new assembly too.

i can’t wait to try it ! Ty kindly for this vid

Thanks. I'll give it a shot, too.

Thankyou will try this out tomorrow

Thank you for saving me some money! Great comments from others too!

I appreciate your time and effort here showing the secret to making the belt work again.

@chrisnotap

8 жыл бұрын

+Mark Wilson You're welcome. This works for so many of my viewers. No expensive seat belt to buy. Thanks for commenting.

Very helpful. Thanks.

Worked like a charm!

Thanks for this helpful video.Im doing mine today.

Nice job! Thanks 👍🏻

Great video, well done, quick and to the point

@ouiroc

2 жыл бұрын

It was nice watching a clear and concise video with no stupid music or blah blah blah blah awesome informative video thank you kudos

Thanks for this, amazing it worked,you are a genius...

Thanks mine is working perfectly after doing this

Thanks for being so, A to B! It works great!

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Car has had some issues recently and thought this was just the next expense. This worked a treat.

@chrisnotap

7 жыл бұрын

Everyone says the same! It's an overlooked problem that works every time. Glad it worked!

Wowww...I never knew. Thank you for this video!!!

Great idea. Mine need doing and I was going to wipe them down with a rag and soapy water, but a bucket dunk is definitely a better way to clean them.

You convinced me to try it...thanks

Great video. I have this problem. it retracts, but takes a while. Hopefully this piece of wisdom will solve my issue.

I tried this and it worked a charm. The water was semi dirty but I cleaned around the top plastic holder so it can pivot easier. Also on the underside of the belt I sprayed a light dose of silicon spray then wiped it down with a towel. This makes the belt slide easier now through that top bit. Also silicon spray around that top plastic thing to help it pivot.

@chrisnotap

8 жыл бұрын

+Missy P Great! This works on 99% of most cars. Thanks for commenting.

@flanmaryj

6 жыл бұрын

Coral P cool!

@jimbob036

6 жыл бұрын

Yup, I use silicone spray on my seatbelts too, it works wonders.

@lornow71

4 жыл бұрын

@@jimbob036 should I wash first or silicone alone will do the trick?

@jimbob036

4 жыл бұрын

@@lornow71 I sprayed mine with silicone spray, but now they're playing up again. So maybe you're better off washing as well.

This 100% worked for my daughter's Civic. Thank God I saw this video - my man-brain was already convinced I'd have to disassemble the seatbelt and somehow add tension, etc. Nope! Just a dirty belt. Thank you for the video!

@chrisnotap

11 ай бұрын

Glad to hear!!

Tyvm! I'm going to wait until hotter weather, it's winter now, so the belt readily dries. 👍 🌞👍🌞👍🌞

Very helpful thanks

That’s brilliant - simple and effective- thanks.

@chrisnotap

3 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

It works great, made my passenger side like new and drivers side better than before.

@cgjohnst45

8 жыл бұрын

+Chris Notap Some cars do have issues with weak retractors though. The new edge mustangs, for example, are known for having very weak retractors and twisting the belts behind the panels. The replacement retractors you buy now have an extra piece added to help fix the weak retractor and prevent twists. This is definitely a good place to start if the belt is slow though. Good video.