Volvo Driver seatbelt temporary fix with dental floss, and final replacement

Volvo Driver seatbelt temporary fix with dental floss, and final replacement

On Saturday, the driver’s seatbelt on our 1996 Volvo 850 would not extend and would only retract, i.e. get tighter. After a nerve-wracking drive home without…

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Glenn Madsen says:

No fix without the floss, and I’m fighting getti

Glenn Madsen says:

This bit, with the detail on the gravity switch, was exactly what I was looking for. Let’s see if I can fix it without the floss.

drbitboy says:

SRS: I don’t think so; I may have disconnected the battery first (I remember going back to the shop to reset the radio).

Cost: Sorry, I don’t remember and I don’t have the paperwork, but it was nominal ($25). They were busy and let me take it off the parts car myself, which kept the cost down. I went to a you-pull-it place once for a bunch of parts and when I started pulling stuff out of my pockets, the guy at the counter, probably rolling his eyes, just said “$25” before I was done.

James Pian says:

Nice Video.

Did you get an SRS error?

Care to share what the used replacement cost?

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