Seat belt latch is broken

[Virginia]

The button is pushed in and stuck. It won't hold the male end of the belt. Anybody have this happen and if so, how did you fix it?

[Frankdm83]

I have an extra gray one if you need it

[summerinmaine]

The button is pushed in and stuck. It won't hold the male end of the belt. Anybody have this happen and if so, how did you fix it?

 

Had that happen on another vehicle. Sprayed the crap out of it with WD-40, and never had the problem again.

[JeepcoMJ]

agreed, wd40 or pbblaster

 

solve the problem quick fast and in a hurry

[Eagle]

The internal spring is a very (as in VERY) thin, flat sheet metal spring, like on those little froggy clickers we had when I was a kid. Mine broke. No way to repair it. The only fix is to replace the seat belt. The driver's side has a circuit in it to sense when the belt is buckled and sound the warning chime if it isn't buckled. That adds big $$$ to the cost. I snipped the wires off the old belt, short-circuited them together, and just jumpered the warning chime so it never sounds (I always wear the seatbelt anyway, even across a parking lot). The passenger side belt cost about 1/3 what the driver's side would have cost me.

[Virginia]

I think a little plastic piece broke out of mine. The WD40 didn't work so I'm going to take Frankdm83 up on his offer.

[MJCanadian]

If you need penetrating lube (u say now its mechanical but w/e) use PlusGas, It works amazing, I've used it to release seized coil springs, and my seats bolts that were rust-welded to the floor.

[Virginia]

I assume autozone carries this?

[MJCanadian]

I'm not too sure, I just mooched from my dads cabinet, i think the can was probly a decade old, i'll google it see if they still make it.