My daughter's having trouble with a front seat belt on her Mondeo. It won't always 'click' in. I see the problem end includes the pre-tensioner.
I presume this pre-tensioner is an explosive device and as such should be treated with great care.
Is it acceptable to just change one part of a seat-belt? There's something in the back of my mind about the two parts being a 'matched pair'.
They're dirt cheap on ebay!
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Can't see any problem with just changing the stalk assy.Check you have the same part number and disconnect the battery before attempting the job.The belt and buckle are not a matched pair.hth
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Vauxhall do a latch repair kit for just this eventuality so worth checking to see if Ford do the same. VX example here: tinyurl.com/4y3vmpc
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That hadn't occurred to me Victorbox, but sadly it seems that sort of thing isn't available.
Thanks anyway.
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Now got a sensible reply from: www.talkford.com/
I can highly recommend them, as long as I don't lose a limb in following their advice!
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I've changed seatbelts before on the Rover and the Escort, but for different reasons (one had damage to the webbing caused by overtightening a car seat, another had a jammed inertia reel). The pretensioner and buckle assembly all comes as one piece, as long as you don't clout the pretensioner you should be fine.
Both times I bought replacement belts from a scrapyard - about £15 IIRC - I removed them from the cars myself so I could see the donor vehicles hadn't been scrapped through accident damage.
I second the advice about disconnecting the battery - my dad's car had the driver's seat replaced under warranty and it had to go back because it threw up a fault code due to having the pretensioner and airbags unplugged during the changeover.
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Ford Mondeo III - 04 2.0 Seat belt replacement - carmalade
