05shinka

This morning on the way home from Church, my mother-in-law put the front seatbelt in the back buckle...

Thanks to a DIY on this site, i got it apart, but i destroyed the buckle. Does anyone know where I can order a new one online? or am i going to have to order from a dealer?

Thanks in advance.

laythor

try http://www.mazdaparts.com/

alnielsen

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Or you can try Mazmart. They have used/salvage parts.
Both of these fine companies are sponsors of this site.

dannobre

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That's better than destroying the front ....the seatbelt assembly is expensive!

thecow135

how do you do that?

briann

She asian? cause my grandparents who are do that. i just "lol"

nvrfalter

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why would that destroy it? did i miss something?

05shinka

Its fairly well know in the 8 community, if you lock the front seatbelt into the rear buckle... it wont come out without taking it apart. while she was crawling out, (kinda a funny site to see a 65 year old woman crawl out when the seatbelt is locked together like that....LOL ) the belt got fully extended, so, after she was out and the door closed, you couldnt pull out any slack in the belt because it wanted to fully retract. meaning i couldnt even open my rear door. i managed to pull the seat bottom out, their wasnt very much room to work, so i used a screwdriver to pry apart the plastic housing of the buckle. warping it and ripping a peice off of the plastic. I did find a great place to order OEM parts (assuming the parts actually show up at my door) i got the replacement buckle for $19 here.

Online Mazda Parts - http://www.trademotion.com/partlocat...&siteid=214264