ant
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2012 Leaf, EV enthusiast, AEVA WA Secretary
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Post by ant on Jul 17, 2016 22:30:03 GMT 11
This has annoyed my since we bought the leaf and can only be described as a design flaw, wondering how many others experience this. The left rear seatbelt "socket" for want of a better word, vanishes into the under seat cavity if you attempt ( and it's normally a child in the back seat ) to plug it in with anything other than extreme accuracy.
Fishing it out results in sore fingers and many many swearwords being emitted.
Any ideas to fix this - also I cannot work out how to lift the rear seats to get at the base of the seatbelt socket strap. Any ideas or experience?
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Post by Feng on Jul 18, 2016 0:11:11 GMT 11
No idea but have noticed the same problem. I thought the buckles were tangled up at first which made them sink deeper into the seat, kinda glad I'm not alone now!
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ant
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2012 Leaf, EV enthusiast, AEVA WA Secretary
Posts: 43
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Post by ant on Jul 18, 2016 1:09:02 GMT 11
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Post by Phoebe on Jul 18, 2016 4:59:20 GMT 11
They don't appear to have a button on them to undo???
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Post by hieronymous on Jul 18, 2016 11:48:21 GMT 11
This has annoyed my since we bought the leaf and can only be described as a design flaw, wondering how many others experience this. The left rear seatbelt "socket" for want of a better word, vanishes into the under seat cavity if you attempt ( and it's normally a child in the back seat ) to plug it in with anything other than extreme accuracy. Fishing it out results in sore fingers and many many swearwords being emitted. Any ideas to fix this - also I cannot work out how to lift the rear seats to get at the base of the seatbelt socket strap. Any ideas or experience? Nice to know - my Leaf rear seat has yet to be christened, so the warning is welcome. The rear seats are certainly well glued down, possibly a press fit onto studs, but if so, a very strong hold though I haven't put a dying strain on the front of the seat to fully test that idea. I have had a good look at the sockets (right and centre also) and it is possible to expose the webbing at the base by rotating the socket a little, and then to push a finger through the webbing loop, at least for the left and centre sockets. So my solution is slip a cable tie through each of the left and centre sockets webbing to provide a loop to pull on, and further to link the left and centre socket loops across the seat so that the two sockets cannot be pushed down inside the seat space. The right rear socket doesn't appear to be able to be pushed right in, so less of a problem. I have temporarily tried this cable tie idea with a couple of shorter ties, and it only took a minute to get a tie through the webbing on both sides. Bunnings or other hardware suppliers all sell cable ties - you can get packets of 25 for a few dollars, in lengths up to 450mm. The longer ones are thicker and stronger. |
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craggles
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Post by craggles on Jul 19, 2016 11:23:55 GMT 11
ant, I recently fitted car seat covers to the rear seat, so I had the opportunity to learn how to remove the bench seat. There are only two spots where the seat is fixed to the car body. The connection mechanism is a bit like a push stud. You can pull the seat out by lifting up very firmly. The spot to lift from is located about 20cm from either side of the seat.
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