Jammed seat belt

[azulejost]

In a seemingly highly unlikely event, a zipper pull on my jacket got stuck in the driver’s seat belt buckle. It must have broken a small piece of the fabric/plastic off in the buckle as the belt will not latch. Does anyone know the best way to open up the buckle assembly to removing whatever offending foreign body is there?

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[RickMachE]

https://www.wikihow.com/Open-a-Seat...le upside down,of the obstruction falling out.

 

[azulejost]

https://www.wikihow.com/Open-a-Seat-Belt-Buckle-Cover#:~:text=Turn the buckle upside down,of the obstruction falling out.

Thanks, I looked at that, but since it was a nonspecific graphic I was concerned there may be damage done if I start prying it apart when there may be a different release clip in this specific case.

 

[azulejost]

I pried the cover of the seat belt off using a child’s knife across the back of the buckle unit. Once I got that off, it was pretty easy to find the clump of debris that had gotten down into the latching mechanism preventing the seat belt from fulling seating in the buckle. I broke a small plastic piece that held the two sides of the plastic cover together, but it is not at all noticeable and does not impact the belt and buckle function. Hope this helps if it happens to anyone else.

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