Seat belt rubber gaiter

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S_J_P
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Post by S_J_P »

We're loving our N-Tec (named Geoff!) which we picked up Friday, but I've noticed that whilst the drivers seatbelt has a rubber gaiter over the lower portion where it attaches to the B Pillar, the passenger belt is naked.

Is this normal, or am I missing the protective adornment?
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Post by rod9669 »

Also noticed that the passenger belt is stitched over to provide a stop and the drivers has a plastic stop pressed into it? No consistency or quality with this vehicle
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Post by gloucester »

Well there's a "rubber gaitor" on my driver's side belt but it's not shrouding the belt since the belt attaches to the top of it. Haven't a clue what it's for. Seems to be pushing the base of the belt forward a bit.
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Post by Hound »

It's normal. There are more electronics in the driver's seat belt base, so that the system can bleep at you in increasingly panicky mode the longer you take to put your belt on.

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I found that when the driver's seat is pushed back, that gaiter knocks against the plastic around the driver's seat base. I bought two black padded seat belt covers, and sheathed both seat belt bases.
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Mine has a stick-on piece of "artificial suede" where they'd come into contact.
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Post by S_J_P »

It seems I shouldn't worry that my car's half built then!

Thanks for the reassurances and particularly to Hound for his diagrams.
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Post by Alan W »

I'm glad I've stumbled upon this thread. I was thinking that my car was an oddity with differing seat belts. I can see some logic, via the diagram for the floor fixing, but I can't think why the passenger's seatbelt is folded and stitched compared to the plastic stud/button stop. Anyone got a technical answer ?
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