Middle year seat belt jammed

Hi everyone, I'm a newby but have following the forums since buying my Disco 2 a few months ago. The threads have been really useful as I now know what is causing the three amigos! But thought I would contribute by sharing how I fixed my jammed middle seat belt.

As has been said it is caused when dropping the middle seats and not having the middle belt "plugged" in it then tightens as the seat is returned to upright. It is I learnt caused by a small lever that locks as it thinks the car has tuned over.

I fixed it as follows:-

- prise off seat back carefully, being careful not to break or loose the clips.
- undo the bolt under the seat belt recoil unit.
- lift out the unit carefully, ensuring that it does not pull in more belt, there is a retaining lug at the top.
- once out hold the unit parallel to the upright seat, it will be tilting backwards slightly. This will release the locking leaver.
- carefully pull out the belt web until you are able to plug he buckle in.
- refit he unit, locating the retaining lug and then the bolt (I found that by tumbling the seat this was easier).
- ensure you bolt to the correct touque.
- refit the seat back


This has worked for me so hopefully will help someone else. Don't forget to always ensure the middle belt is plugged in each time you tumble the seats in future.

ah, that would explain why my D2 was missing it's middle seatbelt then!

Don't have it anymore, but, still, nice to know!

Hi, our 2004 mk2 discovery just failed its MOT due to a stuck rear middle seat belt. We hadn't noticed, must have been like that for ages. The MOT was at Kwik fit, they were great but won't touch seat belts or airbags so referred to me to main dealer ��. Then I found your post and gave it a try. Fixed in 10mins. Going back for a retest tomorrow. Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou for taking the time to share this. Saved me quite a few pounds, and gained some browny points at home!