Whenever I start my car facing up a hill, even just a tiny incline, the seat belt is locked, nearly 99% of the time. This leads to me driving a block or two because I'm not able to put the belt on. For some reason it remains locked until I get to level ground, and even after I get to level ground it still takes a minute. Someone wanna tell me if this has happened to them? If its normal? If its not, then how do I fix it?

 

it locks on me if i move forward too, i guess its normal?

 

Yeah if I'm moving forward it'll lock obviously, but I'm talking about having just started the car up, before I even put the belt on.

 

this might sound crazy, but put seatbelt on THEN start it?

 

WTF!

 

FTW!

 

It's still locked, even if the car's off.

 

what the hell?

ive never experienced ANYTHING like this before

 

Yea sorry dude but you maybe the only person with this problem. Good luck figuring it out tho

 

Alright thanks I'll check other forums

 

Sounds to me like the brackets that grab your seatbelt are a little too sensitive... probably need to take it to someone to have them adjusted or looked at...

 

arnt thoes brackets under the seats?

 

Don't quote me on this (rather, quote Richard Hammond since he's the one I learned this from via a TV show he hosts on the Science Channel). There is a heavy ball that sits inside a larger hemispherical cup sort of thing and whenever that ball moves in a direction, it also travels up the side of this "cup" making it hit a lever sort of thing, jamming it into a fixed gear, hence, locking the seatbelt. So with this in mind it sounds like the lever is a smidge weak. Might be something to look into fixing, and although I've never done it, it seems like a somewhat easy fix if you have small hands.

 

They're in the rear quarter panel, right under the B-Pillar.

 

Another thing I've noticed is that the seat belt will lock whenever the accelerator is pressed, no matter how lightly, even if it doesn't result in a change of speed.

 

^^^ definitely has a problem with the seatbelt mechanism. Nothing you're doing. It's defective, dealer should replace it, just have to take the side panel off to get to the mechanism.