Seat Belts - Twisted - from factory...

On my '04 Cobra the seat belts were twisted a half turn. When buckling the belt the latch was backwards and twisted.

Instead of returning to the dealer to fix, I fixed myself. I had to run the belt through to latch folded over to reverse, then unbolt from floor and untwist the belt a half turn.

Anyone else have this?

 

I had that problem on my 01 GT. The seat belt seemed to always want to twist, even after it was fixed. It drove me nuts!

 

Ford hasnt ever done a really goodjob with seat belts. Most cars have a problem with them retracting. Mine are twisted and hate to retract so i have to manually feed it back in each time. Its annoying more than anything

 

I thought it was just me. Mine gets twisted on the inside and I can't pull it out. I've had it to the dealer 3 times. They keep fixing it and I keep bringing it back.

 

I don't have a mustang- Does it count if I have the same problem? Mines a General Maintenance. Been twisted since the day I drove it home. Thank everything that car is on its last months!

 

mine are always twisted.

 

I heard a rumor (you know, could possibly be fake) that its caused by the order they install the plastic interior into the cars. Three different people handle installing the seat belts and if one of them is sick, the "fill-in" screws up the who process.

BTW all four of my seatbelts were twisted. Now two are fixed (front) and two have been removed (custom sub box).

 

PearBear's 99 GT and 03 Cobra have the same problem....

 

Yep, have that same issue on the driver's side of mine.

 

I think some of you may be confused in what I'm stating.

The actual belt in the door pillar frame coming out to the loop is STRAIGHT, but from the top of the pillar seat belt loop going to the floor, the factory TWISTED a half-turn where it bolts to the floor.

I think some of you are stating the belt gets twisted, then wound up in the in the selt belt retractor twisted, therefore causing issues with everything. This might have been caused by what I'm stating, that the factory bolted the belt to the floor by the seat a half turn twisted in the belt.

Make sense, or am I using the wrong terminology to describe what I saw?

 

Maybe you missed my post.

 

I have the same problem on my 03 Cobra, I just always delt with it and never tried to fix it. Thank for the info.

 

My '04 GT came from the factory the same way.

 

Mine too.. Drivers side only :scratch:

 

:bang: And all this time I thought it was just me!

 

Same with my 97GT and my 96 Explorer I have here in Iceland.

 

yup, I have a '04 Mach 1 with the same problem

 

Same here with a '00 Mercury Villager on passanger side and back seats... seems like Ford has a seatbelt prob. lol

 

My Bullitt is the same way and it makes me NUTZ, and I am about to tear em out and redo so it is right. I love my car and have had 5 extreamly hot Fords, but the seat belts are always a sore spot. I guess Fix Or Repair Daily.

 

Hmm, and I thougt I was alone or imagining this seat belt twist