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.

 

try http://www.mazdaparts.com/

 

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

 

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

 

how do you do that?

 

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

 

why would that destroy it? did i miss something?

 

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