MonroeHandyMan

I read in the owners manual that the seat belt heights are self adjusting, My passenger belt will raise/lower when I adjust the headrest, yet my drivers side belt doesn't move at all when I try this.

I can manually move the driver and side belt height by hand so it's not stuck, but when I let it go, it just drops down to a certain height on it's own.

Has anyone addressed this? I am not sure if I should remove the side panel where the belt is (thinking maybe the adjuster is disconnected by accident/too much use) or down by the seat or in the door panel itself as I am wondering if there is a connection for it where the headrest adjustment is.

I did a search and came up with nothing. Any help would be great. I am tall and right now my belt is right below my shoulder as I drive...

UNderdog

There is a cable that attaches under the seat somewhere I believe that can become detached. There was a bulletin on this.

P-B-91.40/185 JAN09 221.171/176/177/179/186 up to VIN A199347 seatbelt height adjustment is nonfunctional the rivet which retains the pin for the cable of the seatbelt height adjustment mechanism on the seat rail may be broken. Resolve, pin attachment repair.

https://mbworld.org/forums/s-class-w...ns-date-3.html

Look at post #68

Randy

MonroeHandyMan

Awesome. I will check that out tomorrow. Thanks Randy

bha

Mine was simply unhooked from under the seat, not broken.


There is a pulley system with a stainless steel cable in the B-pillar (the one where the seatbelt is mounted). At the bottom, a cable comes out and hooks onto the seat with an S-hook.


Get a strong flashlight and look under the seat carefully. You should see a stainless flexible wire hooked to the seat itself. In my case, the wire and hook were sitting on the carpet. Got some pliers, pulled hard, and hooked it back on. It worked perfectly after that and hasn't come off in over a year.


I have heard they do break (as mentioned by the previous poster), so that's definitely a possibility.


Basically when you pull on the cable or release it, the shoulder portion of the seat belt goes up and down. So it is hooked to the seat allowing the shoulder portion to go up/down if the seat goes up/down.

MonroeHandyMan

Guys, thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I looked underneath the seat and happened to notice the stainless steel clip just laying on the carpet. From the back seat, I connected it back despite the metal rivet/pin being broken and it worked like a charm.

mr.shr

Excellent thread!!
I've had this problem on driver's side of mine.

Thanks to this thread, I've sorted it. Cable had fallen off.
I moved seat all the way to the forward position, and then was easily able to re-attach the cable to the metal clip.
Job done!! For now, anyhow!!

Thanks for the pics above, they helped too.

clb0099

The pictures are not too clear as to where the clip attaches under the seats. Can someone tell me exactly on under the seat?

clb0099

The pictures are too clear as to wear the clip attaches under the seats.