How to get seatbelt unhooked from post on the cab

locate mounting bolts, make sure you have right tool (some are mounted by "tork"-bolts female star-bolts that not every tool kit contains)...and start wrenching, I guess...unless there is some trick to removing seat belts on modern fandangle cars...rear seat squab may have to be undone to access rear seatbelt stalks..

Belinda, could be a bad wire,plug,seat belt switch/sensor. Have a good tech. diagnose and estimate repair. Check the attached links,instruction and guides, Good luck
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all the jetta rear seats and seat belt parts
look the same sort of set up

fiddly job
back seat section or sections out
have to remove some plastics
to get to the retractable part of the belt ....looks like it is
under or mounted on the rear parcel shelf
undo the floor mount

then re thread and bolt the new seat belt in (pictured)

then replace the seats

Under the dash on the left hand side but if there was a wire plug on old seat buckle should be able to loop circuit together so acts like seat belt is always hooked

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depending on which one it is, pass or driver seat, its within the female reciever of seatbelt. easier to remove seat and inspect wiring to pretentioner. check for open by unplugging it and check across connector w olhm meter. if no reading, its open and needs replacd. unhook your battery before attempting this.

yes, the seat has to come out , you may possibly hae to pull the seat frame apart. make sre the vehicle is not equiped with seatbelt pre-tensioner.

1)move the plastic cover over the seat belt out of the way to gain access to the two mounting bolts for the seat belt mechanism. Use a 10mm wrench and a 14mm wrench and remove the two bolts holding the seat belt mechanism to the body. Use a small drill bit or small screwdriver and make one hole in the plastic cover on each side of the seat belt mechanism (the covers say "do not remove plastic cover". Spray lots of wd40 in each hole. Then exercise the seat belt. When the mechanism allows the belt to be retracted, retract the belt all the way out and exercise the seat belt. Reinstall mechanism with both mounting screws in original position and put plastic cover back in place. Good luck. New seat belt costs $100.00 from dealer and are hard to find working in junk yards. I have fixed several of them this way.

you can remove the bolt that holds the seatbelt to the floor by pulling off the seatpad where the belt goes to the floor and then raise the seat and the belt should reset. this happens on my passenger side rear seat.

If it is a 850 sedan like mine then you'll have to remove the speaker covers and then pull up the rear deck cover, then you can get to the mechanism.