Seat belt stuck in receiver (2 Viewers)

[pumbaatx]

I have looked all over the forum and all I see are threads about stuck retractors, broken plastic holding the front receiver, or full-on replacements. My driver side buckle is stuck in the receiver. If I play with it for a while, I can free it, but the next time I buckle up, I'm stuck and I have to shimmy my way under the lap belt.

Does anyone know how to disassemble the plastic around the button without breaking it so that I can poke around and rehab it?

I also saw something in another thread regarding a possible Toyota lifetime warranty of the seat belt systems. Is this something that postdates an '87 LC?

 

[georgebj60]

Watching this thread. I have 2 rear shoulder belts that are locked up...

 

[Randy88FJ62]

I cannot picture the front seat belt assembly in my head. The rears are easily disassembled, cleaned, and reinstalled.

 

[pumbaatx]

I added some pictures for detail. It seems that there should be a way to open the receiver from the top on the back, but I don't want to break the plastic.

 

[Seth S]

There was a Toyota recall on the rear seatbelts back in the 80’s but not the front belts

 

[89BIGBLUE]

You could un bolt the reciever end from the floor, so as to get more room to play with it...instead of leaning in through the door forever...

 

[John Staton]

PM me and I will send an replacement. I ended up buying a new set because mine was cracked and flappy like yours, but then turned around and ordered new seatbelts from seatbelt planet. you are welcome to have one as I now have 4 front receptors.

 

[Spike Strip]

I dunno.

35 year old seat belts in a truck with the only other safety features being a collapsible steering column and break away rearview ... I'd get new DOT belts.

There are also threads on using 70-series belts still available from Toyota.

 

[GeorgeP]

I am having the same issue with my 2019 LC (15k miles). The driver’s seatbelt gets stuck in the receiver but happens intermittently and I can replicate it.
Both dealer and Toyota won’t do anything about it even after I showed them video of the issue.