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[grifter]

Had read a story of someone with a polo, same problem, about same Year and miles aroun 40k, although out of warranty due to car age, and VW replaced it out of goodwill since it's a safety item and shouln't be goosed at 40k miles. Should think so - German engineeering anyone!

[Doctor Gollum]

Probably the same part. And as long as it out lasts the warranty, I don't suspect that VAG would be too bothered either way.

And mileage is no indication of wear either... 40k miles could be 40,000 half mile trips to the shops... Or 80,000 uses of the seat belt. 

[grifter]

Probably the same part. And as long as it out lasts the warranty, I don't suspect that VAG would be too bothered either way.

And mileage is no indication of wear either... 40k miles could be 40,000 half mile trips to the shops... Or 80,000 uses of the seat belt. 

Sure they test it for those kind of eventualities though, even so my 28 year old cavalier and 2002 year omegas with more than double the mileage & age have perfectly working seatbelts.

[Doctor Gollum]

But did you use the seat belt as many times per mile?

If you only drove them 400 miles at a time, then you could have used the seat belt once every 400 miles rather than twice a mile.

Put another way, for your 80,000 miles at 400 miles non stop, the belt would have been used 200 times. That Polo belt might have been used 80,000 times to do the same mileage 1/2 a mile at a time.

Obviously those are two extremes, but the middle ground is probably a thousand times. Eventually stuff wears out.

[Marks DTM Calib]

Has the car had an accident in the parst, issues with the latching mechanism is usually a sign of stress on the mechanism.

I would just look for a second hand replacement and get it chucked in, not to tricky to do

[grifter]

Has the car had an accident in the parst, issues with the latching mechanism is usually a sign of stress on the mechanism.

I would just look for a second hand replacement and get it chucked in, not to tricky to do

Not that I know, he bought it quite new so imagine less likely to have been in an accident, said it was ok up until recently. Saying that I remember back in the day when we used to share our folks car, I used to tell him off for his heavy handedness with interior fittings, might be him lol! Saying that he took it to VW and it's now fixed, still got to catch up with him to see what it was they done to it.