Seatbelt won't catch/lock DIY How To: Fix Your Seatbelt Quick and Cheap 

Good job it worked. Here is a pro tip: The reason why the buckle has locked is because the return spring has popped out of place. If look down inside the buckle you will see a tiny spring inside. Spray just a little WD-40 on it. Then with a butter knife, carefully push down (as if to simulate pushing the buckle in) then slide the sideways carefully pushing the spring back into the cavity wall. With that you will hear the spring click back into place and the buckle will work again. This is essentially what Platinum Life was doing with the knife. Hope this helps.

Was searching RU-vid to see if I could actually fix the latch on my car and yours was the only one that made sense. I tried it, just the way you did and after about one minute my seat belts was latching. thank you very much. You save me a lot of money and a lot of hassle of having to take the seat out to remove and replace the latch.

Thanks Platimun Life! Just fixed my 2004 Sienna Driver and Front Passenger Seatbelt lock with this silicone lubricant. I observed, the red latch-release was not back all the way up. Kind of stuck in half-depressed position. Just sprayed the lubricant in from top on all four sides of the latch-release in the small gap between the release and the enclosing wall repeatedly, as I kept pressing and releasing the latch-release. After 4-5 repetitions, the latch-release popped all the way up. At that point the seat-belt lock worked again. Didn't need to use any knife or pry anything. Total cost $2.97 for the lubricant at Walmart.

Wow. That was torture to watch. I have no idea what you did to ultimately fix it because you didn't narrate any of your steps. So just jam a butter knife into the lock til it works??? #stressed

Thanks so much...Spray did a great job...Was about to buy part from junkyard...I was using passenger side...Haven't had a problem since...Men are always blown away, women rock too!..

Both of my front seat belt latches are broken..the red buttons have both cracked due to age..so i bought 2 new latches on ebay for 10 bucks each for the exact specs on my toyota. i dreaded having to take out both of my front bucket seats to replace these boogered up latches...Soooo, what i did was to buy new latches and instead of taking out the seats, i just took the housings off of the old ones and carefully exchanged them with the new...it wasnt that hard to do..both of the red push buttons were really all i needed to change over. took me about 30 minutes to do both of them.. saved me from pulling out both seats and tracks which would have been a 2-3 hour job..this was much easier and wasnt stressful replacing them. you just have to be careful because there are springs in these latches and you dont want to lose one of them..i took off the plastic housing and took a close up photo of the inside so as not to forget what goes where.. i always do that when i have to do a repair so i dont screw things up like i usually do when i take things apart.

Thanks for the Tip. It worked for me, but I had to keep working it. I used a hacksaw blade and the seat buckle. Any silicone spray should work and if the problem is a issue with the latch sticking. This should work for any vehicle. The red part of the latch/push button release was sticking in the down position. I could pry it up with something put it would stick again until I used the silicon and worked it for about 20 minutes.

Thank you so very much Platinum Rose for helping me fix this frustrating and potentially expensive problem had I taken the car in to the dealership! Thanks again!!!!!!!!!

David Penny, your explanation is on point and it makes perfect sense. Thank you very much for your professional tip. Platinum Life, thank you for the video I just bought a car from my friend and it had exactly the same issue. I applied your technique and it worked like a charm (less than 30 seconds). Bravo!!!!

This worked well. I sprayed silicone in center and on both sides. then I used a butter knife and worked the spring a dozen time and could tell a great improvement. So I repeated and now it is back to normal. Thanks for the tip.

It worked! I used WD-40, the red part was stuck half way in. Funciona! Con el mismo cuchillo saqué la parte roja a su nivel original y le puse bastante WD-40, después de un rato de estar presionando múltiples veces, se destrabó

I could kiss you!!! I was stressing because the dealer told me it was going to cost $500 to repair. I followed your instructions and it worked!!! Thank you pretty lady.

Wow! I'M not a mechanic and just bought a used car and the seatbelt wouldn't click , thought I would need to replace my female end , watched your video ,1 spray of lubricant and it's fine. You are exactly right , thank you.

Thankyou it worked I didn’t have silicone but I had a pocket knife and as soon as I heard you say grab a butter knife I got my blade and stuck it in and I heard a click and this metal catcher came loose and my belt buckle is working again. Thanks so much.

It worked!!! I was very skeptical of the video, but I am happy to say it worked...I was quoted over $200 at BMW to fix it...Thank You...

You go Mama & NO Man NEEDED! 🤷🏽 LOVVVE it j/s 😂 I'm gna try that tmrw see if it'll work for me 🙏🏽Thank you💐

you have no idea how this video helped out of getting riped out from a garage! I worked, I was super happy! I keep the lube and butter knife in my trunk. So happy I looked at your video first. Thank you lovely young lady!!!

Used the same brand spray w/o silicone and it took a few minutes a lot of trying and attempts to hook but it worked!! Thanks so much for sharing your tip!

Gonna give it a try see if it works...2002 Toyota Corolla buckle...

Worked for me! My car is a cc with only two seats in the back so not having a working seatbelt was so bad. But your strategy here worked. Thanks!

Video from 8 years ago. Im here for it today. 😂

I just want to say I did this today to my seatbelt and it works great I saved a lot of money one guy wanted to charge me $600.00 and then another guy wanted $300.00 it cost me about $3.00 thank you so much for this video

It really works thank you so much. I was just about ready to replacement the safety belt.

Thanks a bunch! I'm trying to sell a truck and I'm doing everything I can to keep from going over budget reconditioning it. You just saved me from having to spend money on buying a new buckle! Thank you!

OMG my seat belt was about to piss me off. I had been having problems with it for quite some time now. 2night it decided to NOT work at all. Maybe 2 years or something like that i had been having a hard time latching it. Maybe longer I cannot remember. MINE is a honda civic coupe 2 door. 2001. I don't DO chemicals. Chemicals aren't your friend. SO i shoved vegatable oil down there first with my fingers. Then i got a flat drew driver and shoved it down in there. Then I went and got some q tips to work down in there with the vegetable oil. IT seemed like it was starting work a little. But still DID not work. THEN i went and got some coconut oil to work down in there with Q tips then i thought to myself i will wait awhile (like 30 min) and go back out there to see if it works. Then I got on this second video and went out there with a butter knife. I shoved it down there to the left and to the right and NOW it works great!!!!! Just like brand new!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think the screw driver would have worked alone too or maybe you do need something wider. NOT sure if the waiting it out worked or the butter knife. Thanks!! But it works totally like brand new now.

Thanks I had some silicone and it seems to have helped time will tell! I was told alcohol, but perhaps this is a better fix.

Just tried it on a 2008 mustang, WD40 a couple of stabs with the butter knife and magic.

thanks for the video! I never thought about spraying a lubricant in the latch. I was dreading purchasing a new latch but this was a quick fix!

It worked got my seatbelt fastened!!! Thank you for this video!!! A small victory for me!!!😀🙌🙌🙌

Hi Platinum Rose, very good and informative videos. Like the stuck power window retrieval.

I heard this happens to people who love to eat in their cars and all kinds of junk fall into the seat belt housing

Thanks for sharing! Ours just broke. Good to know it can be fixed without spending money.

There is an electrical switch inside the buckle that signals that your belt is locked on and turns off the damn light and dinger. You can short that switch out with oil spray. So first just try blowing compressed air in the buckle to dislodge any crap that fell in there. Then try the knife trick. Then just a little spray. You don't need to douse the thing with oil.

It worked, it took a little bit of time, but now works perfectly!

WOW Seriously Thank you, you saved my family $. I've been working on my own vehicles since I was 16. Sometimes it's easy to forget to try the easiest things first. Not in any way to be little what you did. Thanks Again!

I actually was ready to order a new one for My BMW and seen the video and thought there is no way. I started to remove My seat to get to seatbelt and thought what the Hell and sprayed WD-40 in and it worked! Thank You For The Video and being so Beautiful to look at during the video!

There are plenty of NHTSA recalls on this problem. Go to their website and punch in your VIN number to see if your car's restraint system has a recall on it that has never been completed.

This is hilarious!!! Made my day. LOVE the silicon splashing all over the leather! After jamming it in and out a hundred times and using a butter knife I would imagine it would work, too.

My issue is that the buckle won't go IN the red part. Same resolution??????

I'm going to try this with WD-40 first, since I already have some. If it doesn't, I'll try silicone spray. Thanks for the tip. Also, those bangles you're wearing are really pretty.

Thanks for the Video! I will try this on my Chevy tomorrow!

Fab, it worked ! Saved me ££££ Many thanks, Jonni UK

I literally watched this video in the car and got my long truck key jiggled in the lock part and out can a piece of paper and bomb we were on our way. Thank you so much!!

Thanks for the Video Platinum,nice Silverware,I'm gonna go try it.That's what she said.

mine was locked up and wouldnt click in. i watched the video and used the kitchen knife. when out came some plastic jammed in there. all fixed Thx

God Bless You!! You just saved me $500!!! 😀♥️

It worked! Thank you Thank Thank you Thank you so much for this video.

Thanks for this video & answers to the comments. I will be heading back out to mess with it tomorrow as soon as the sun comes up.

Thank you so much. It definitely worked for me

Worked perfectly with some WD-40 for me. Great vid!!

Wow! this was of great help! I love females with some mechanical ability! Do you have any other repair videos? BTW you are really pretty too!

Thank you so much! This worked for me.

Don't spray ANYTHING especially a solvent into your seatbelt! The chemicals can/will weaken the belt and you wouldn't know until impact, at which time you go through the window because the webbing broke.

my seatbelt in my truck is stuck in the down position and wont latch. will this fix it?

worked flawless

I sprayed wd40 and UNBOLTED it. It was one of the belts in the back seat so I had to remove the seat part to get to the bolt. By doing this I was able to turn it upside down and wiggled the butter knife in and out the top, and the underside too, (since it was in my hand now) pushing the button a bunch. It seemed the button wasn’t returning back when I tried to buckle it. It felt like it was returning smoother than I started so I checked it. CLICK,!

Can I just use a butter knife to fix the seatbelt?

I needed this hack but really clicked on this video because of the pretty lady 😁

Use 99% isopropyl alcohol to clean the internal parts then spray it with wd-40 to keep it lived up

Thanks, this worked like a charm!!

Did it stay fixed?

so I just spray it and keep messing with it

will any silicon spray work?

Yeap! it worked! Many thanx for this vid.

Worked on my 03 g35 coupe

Does it work with any other spray?

It works thank you!!!!

Thank you for the tip.

beautiiful just to watch.

What a beauty.

Thank you for sharing

I don’t know how much she knows about fixing things but I could watch her do just about anything goodness

Is WD-40 would work too?

Fixed mine with two shots of a master blaster inside the latch

never go in dry

Any SRS component should be replaced when failing. Something like this could cost you your life.

Awesome!!

ok thanks

Nice job ya never gave up 👍🏻

Thanks Lady 🤗

I liked the view right around 4:16-4:32-guys, you'll understand why. I wish the camera was about an inch higher. Otherwise, I did read Mr David Penny's comment and will follow-through tomorrow. If you're a woman and watching this, disregard my comment and just move on. greg

Thanks Platinum Life and David Penny for saving me hundreds

Omg it worked thanks

It took you 6 minutes to do that...?

Omg it worked! Thank you! 🙌🏻

Model?

wow you're beautiful!!! I'll break my seatbelt everyday just to watch you in the video lol...

It really did work. ✌🏻

What does the silicone do???

I'm building a spaceship to go to Mars. Was wondering if you could help me with the formula to exit earth's atmosphere and then propel me to Mars?

nice! you're gorgeous by the way

Nice... Can you work on my car too? :-)

6 years later helping me fix my girl buckle 😂

In the time it took to watch this video I decided to sell my car, put an ad in , mulled over a few tire kickers, cash the check, look for a new car, test drive a few, did all the paperwork, and bought it .

Tried that on my car and it didn't work.

Dont work

I tried WD40 didn't work for me

That was painful

Jerry McKee

Had the same Problem with a 08 Chevy Truck. Used WD 40. Seamed to fix it. Then I thought, Do I bet my Life on this Fix? Replaced it with a New One.