# Exterra seat belt problem **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** nissan\ **Created:** [June 29, 2013, 11:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/exterra-seat-belt-problem/80076 "2013-06-29T23:49:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ken\_drives\_a\_lot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Ken\_drives\_a\_lot](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Ken_drives_a_lot)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2013, 11:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/exterra-seat-belt-problem/80076/1 "2013-06-29T23:49:33Z")
Hi, I have a 2002 Xterra and my wife and I have used it a lot for camping trips. It’s usually the only time my wife ever travels in my Xterra and very time she does she has a problem sitting in the front passenger seat where the seatbelt “locks” (as if my foot is on the brake) and she can’t get it to unlock/loosen. This drives her crazy when we are driving for hours and hours. We have a 5,000 mile 25th anniversary trip to the CA coast planned for September and I need to try to fix this problem before the trip or it will be a much less enjoyable vacation for both of us. I will say (and if anyone tells her I said this I will cause great bodily harm) but she is a large, overweight person. I don’t know if that might be part of what so causing the problem or not. Thanks in advance for any advice you can give. ---
**Author:** ![WheresRick](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wheresrick/32/2717_2.png) [@WheresRick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/WheresRick)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 12:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/exterra-seat-belt-problem/80076/2 "2013-06-30T00:03:50Z")
If you pull out the passenger seat belts all the way or near all the way they will lock like that, they do this for the purpose of installing a car seat for a child. It sounds like this is whats happening, if she takes it off and retracts it all the way it should reset. It sounds like normal operation to me, now there is a solution… I think most/all manufacturers offer a seatbelt extender, sort of an extension cord for your seat belt, I would call the dealer, I almost thought gm gave these out for free. If she uses one the seatbelt wont pull out as far and it shouldn’t lock up. I know for a fact that GM has these available, I would imagine nissan does too. Have a great trip! ---
**Author:** ![WheresRick](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wheresrick/32/2717_2.png) [@WheresRick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/WheresRick)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 12:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/exterra-seat-belt-problem/80076/3 "2013-06-30T00:09:36Z")
Here are some for the xterra, they don’t list a 2002, but maybe this would work? im sure there is one out there. [seatbeltextenderpros.com/Xterra\_c166.htm](http://www.seatbeltextenderpros.com/Xterra_c166.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Ken\_drives\_a\_lot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Ken\_drives\_a\_lot](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Ken_drives_a_lot)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 12:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/exterra-seat-belt-problem/80076/4 "2013-06-30T00:43:06Z")
Thanks WhereRick, we’ll try some test driving and see if we can figure it out.