Floda wrote:I am on my third ML / MN and they all have unless you manually place the buckle out of the way. It is a "feature" of the Triton.
mIwoo wrote:definitely a feature on my MN- drives me nuts also.
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al coholic wrote:Floda wrote:I am on my third ML / MN and they all have unless you manually place the buckle out of the way. It is a "feature" of the Triton.
I can't say I have ever had this problem with my Triton or Pajero.
The drivers and passenger seats are nearly always pushed as far back as possible, as my wife and I are both fairly tall. I wonder if it's purely the position of the seat that's causing the problem?
NowForThe5th wrote:Perhaps if, during the 4 minutes that elapsed between the time you joined and the time that you posted your first post in this thread, you had read the instructions that come up when you start a new thread and actually done a search, you may have noticed that the subject has cropped up quite a few times.
http://www.newtriton.net/phpbb/search.php?keywords=seat+belt+rattle&terms=all&author=&sc=1&sf=all&sr=posts&sk=t&sd=d&st=0&ch=300&t=0&submit=Search
Let me assure you that it has nothing to do with the tension of the return spring on the seat belt and has everything to do with how the belt is released. If allowed to flick back, the tongue doesn't sit parallel to the plastic trim on the B pillar (not the door jamb) and one end touches the trim. When the car moves, it rattles.
Part of the reason is that the seat sits quite close to the trim since Mitsubishi, and many other manufacturers, try to fit bigger and more comfortable seats into the available space. Another reason is that the trim sits proud of the pillar itself in order to accommodate safety features like airbags. Whatever, the space between the seat and trim isn't big enough to allow the tongue to rotate and so it comes back to how it's released and whether the passenger takes the trouble to help guide the belt back into position.
Taken to extremes it is the same reason that police and security vehicles often have damage to the paint work on the door jambs as the occupants roll out of the seat with the belt still on and let it flick back from outside the car.
I only get to drive 3 or 4 different cars each day so perhaps with your more extensive experience you may have realised that by changing the angle of the seat back or moving the seat base you can expose more of the B pillar which will allow the belt to retract and the tongue to sit where it should. These, although also solutions as valid as those I gave you earlier, may or may not agree with the comfort of your passengers.
If the passenger is a regular (wife, kids etc.) take a moment to explain and encourage them to release the belt so that it retracts properly. That is the solution.
Dunga71 wrote:I have the seat belt rattle and also had it in my MN,but whats more annoying in my new MQ is the passenger seat rattles like a bastrad
deermaster wrote:mIwoo wrote:definitely a feature on my MN- drives me nuts also.
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Glad I looked at this thread as I have the most annoying rattle coming from passenger side and its only just started, Its been driving me batty trying to work out whats ratteling. Now I have something to look for in the morning. I will do the bugger up and see if that is the problem
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