I had a couple coins slide out of my pocket into the receptacle/clip for my seatbelt. I go the penny out no problem, only to find a dime underneath it. The dime wasn’t so easy to get out, and in my efforts to extract it I ended up knocking it down into the very insides the receptacle, below the clip…

I think you are going to have to unbolt the buckle end from the floor or whatever it’s bolted to. When you try to move it you will find the wire and if you trace it back you’ll find the connector that you can disconnect. Once you have it out you can turn it over and shake it out.

+1 to @wentwest . Many years ago, my young daughter put a penny in the seat belt latch. I found out after trying to latch the belt. Unbolting it and shaking it upside down was the only way I got it out.

I’d look for a boneyard belt end to use to replace the current one. I’m guessing that the spring loaded clip will retain the coin, and these things aren’t designed to opened up and repaired.

Good suggestions! Years ago a friend of my wife had a problem with her seatbelt in a Mercury. The dealer offered to replace the whole belt for $170!!! Dealers like doing that. The $70 mentioned by OP will not buy a new seatbelt… She consulted a mechanic who with a scope determined that 1/2 a pean…

It shouldn’t take much to pull the belt off, it’s only one bolt and unplug the wires. Then you can upright it and shake the coin out. 1/2 hour for a novice with the right tools. Yosemite

Sometimes seat belts mounts use bizarre fasteners, requiring a tool most diy’ers wouldn’t have on hand. I haven’t checked my Corolla, but on my Ford truck, it has those weird fasteners for the seat belts. I presume it is to discourage folks from messing with the mounts.

You might actually be lucky if the seat belt buckle is easy to open. I took a screwdriver and pried it open without breaking it. Saw the coin within the buckle and slipped the penny through one of the side openings. Snapped the buckle back together and voila! I saw a video that I had to undo the po…

Oh man three years old again. I hope he got it out by now. At any rate I have a variety of picks on my work bench that come in handy. You buy a whole set at the hardware store. Then I also have about an 8 inch forceps that I use many times to pick something out (like in the garbage disposal) or …

Coin in Seat Belt Receptacle

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George_San_Jose1 July 2, 2015, 4:08am 4

Good ideas above. If you can see the penny you could try putting a little super-glue (or maybe the kind of glue from a heated glue gun, anything that will tack and set up quickly and form a reasonably strong bond). Put a dab on the end of a piece of wire – like a paperclip wire – and see if you can get it to stick to the coin, then pull the coin out.

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