Seat belt not always retracting, does this solution look viable?

Atlantic Dawn

The drivers seat belt of my car seems to have a mind of its own retracting back when released, sometimes it's fine, sometimes has to be manually fed back in. Spotted this solution on Youtube, seems sound with build up of dirt, sweat etc over the years, can't really see any issue with it once belt is dry going back in. Any opinions?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XL8QbooM84

scannerd

washed mine before and yes i can help a bit, but not a miracle worker - also taking off the trim and hoovering out where the recoil is - to might be surprised how much crap builds up and can effect the operation

Stoolbend

It will help. Also try a bit of silicon spray.

hamburg

I washed mine , dried them and then sprayed all the belts with Mr sheen furniture polish and they whiz in and out now. The car was off the road for 22 years so the belts were sticking and in need of some TLC. Grand now though.

dieselbug

A clean with a damp cloth and a shot of silicon spray usually does the job I find.

Cee-Jay-Cee

Pull the belt out fully and tie it to something to keep it out and spray a generous amount of WD40 into the retractor housing (even better if you can take the cover off and see where you are spraying) then leave it to dry out a little overnight and release the belt and see if it has freed up any. This worked for me in a Subaru legacy when the belt was slow to retract.

dense

Just be careful with spraying silicon etc onto seatbelts, it can rub off onto light coloured clothes.

The lips

On a hot day pull the belts out fully and keep them out by closing the door on them.

I powerhosed them and they recline much better now.12 years of grime looked disgusting on inspection.