Hi,

I have a few questions regarding the front seat belts on my '02 Passat. Both the driver's and passenger's belts are quite dirty and (possibly as a result?) are very slow to fully retract.

My MOT is due in a month's time and a friend thought that the non-retraction might be a fail-item. I could understand this as sometimes if I lean forward when the belt's on, then lean back, it doesn't retract properly. It would therefore be pretty useless in the event of a crash!


  • qu. i) is this a fail item? (I will be rectifying the problem, even if it isn't!)
  • qu. ii) how can I clean the belts effectively?
  • qu. iii) can I completely remove the trim to access the belt and check the retraction spring/device and if I do this, is there anything else which might be impacted as a result?

Thanks for any advice you can give.

Cheers


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