Front seat belt adjustment ( or lack of it )

Beemerbuster · 06-03-2018, 04:22 PM

I have an issue with the height of the front seat belts when my wife is a passenger or driving inasmuch the seat belt is incorrectly positioned and rubbing against the side of her neck.
Re positioning the seats doesnt seem to make noticeable difference, the problem is basically the seat belt top hanger is too high. On previous cars i have owned this top mount point could be slid up or down to accomodate different heights ( body length ) of people.

Have any of you had a similar or the same problem and if so have you found a suitable belt adjuster bit of kit to help reposition the belt to a more comfortable point?

Thanks

Bill_P · 06-04-2018, 05:57 AM

My wife has the same issue - she uses a Halfords Leopard Print Seat Belt Pad like this : http://www.halfords.com/motoring/car...-seat-belt-pad

Does not cure the problem and gets in the way sometimes but better than the rubbing seat belt

ChilledOut · 06-12-2018, 02:04 PM

It’s shocking for a “quality car” not to have height adjustment for the seatbelt.
Both my wife and I find it annoying.... she’s 5’4” and I’m 6’7” and the belt catches us both on the neck. So for anything more than popping to the Village for a newspaper we use seatbelt clips (available from Amazon etc) and these stop the belt constantly reeling in but will not have enough grip to stop the seatbelt pretensioners from doing their job in case of accident.

Beemerbuster · 06-16-2018, 11:11 AM

Bought the same items as Bill_P from
Halfords and they seem to have sorted the problem.
Belt still close to throat but comfort much improved by having the padding there instead of the raw belt edge.

Leaving · 06-17-2018, 02:37 AM

Leopard...? really? lol

martinx1 · 06-17-2018, 08:03 AM

The seatbelt also rubs my neck, bad design that there is no adjustment but i don't fancy leopard skin design, i'll keep looking for an alternative

Beemerbuster · 06-20-2018, 03:12 PM

Just to put things right it was the allblack version I bought not the leopard skin. Haven't got anything against leopards it was just to get a best match option

Ridin'Dirty · 07-04-2018, 07:24 PM

One nagging problem still remains: the way the shoulder portion of the seatbelt saws against my neck because the mounting point is too high. But I think I've found an "el-cheapo" solution: seatbelt adjuster clips. Although, I did have to add a piece of heat-shrink tubing to the rotating retaining bar of the clip to grip the slick webbing better.

CliveL · 07-05-2018, 04:56 AM

I recently bought an old 2001 Peugeot 206 as a run-around for £650. It has height-adjustable seat belts... BMW were very tight not to provide this on the X1.

nitinsharma1000 · 07-05-2018, 06:56 AM

Just had a 2018 X5 loaner from the dealership. Same problem. I have never owned a car with non height adjustable seatbelts before the X1.

06-03-2018, 04:22 PM	#1
Beemerbuster Private 15 Rep 63 Posts Drives: X1 2.5D Join Date: May 2018 Location: Colchester uk iTrader: (0)	Front seat belt adjustment ( or lack of it ) I have an issue with the height of the front seat belts when my wife is a passenger or driving inasmuch the seat belt is incorrectly positioned and rubbing against the side of her neck. Re positioning the seats doesnt seem to make noticeable difference, the problem is basically the seat belt top hanger is too high. On previous cars i have owned this top mount point could be slid up or down to accomodate different heights ( body length ) of people. Have any of you had a similar or the same problem and if so have you found a suitable belt adjuster bit of kit to help reposition the belt to a more comfortable point? Thanks
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Bill_P Second Lieutenant 95 Rep 268 Posts Drives: X1 xDrive 20i xLine MW Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Hampshire, UK iTrader: (0)	My wife has the same issue - she uses a Halfords Leopard Print Seat Belt Pad like this : http://www.halfords.com/motoring/car...-seat-belt-pad Does not cure the problem and gets in the way sometimes but better than the rubbing seat belt
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ChilledOut New Member 2 Rep 26 Posts Drives: BMW X1 S18 D Auto Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Co Durham iTrader: (0)	It’s shocking for a “quality car” not to have height adjustment for the seatbelt. Both my wife and I find it annoying.... she’s 5’4” and I’m 6’7” and the belt catches us both on the neck. So for anything more than popping to the Village for a newspaper we use seatbelt clips (available from Amazon etc) and these stop the belt constantly reeling in but will not have enough grip to stop the seatbelt pretensioners from doing their job in case of accident.
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06-16-2018, 11:11 AM	#4
Beemerbuster Private 15 Rep 63 Posts Drives: X1 2.5D Join Date: May 2018 Location: Colchester uk iTrader: (0)	Bought the same items as Bill_P from Halfords and they seem to have sorted the problem. Belt still close to throat but comfort much improved by having the padding there instead of the raw belt edge.
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Leaving Enlisted Member 15 Rep 44 Posts Drives: F48 M Sport Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: ES iTrader: (0)	Leopard...? really? lol
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martinx1 New Member 6 Rep 15 Posts Drives: Bmw x1 x line 2.0 Petrol 2018 Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: Paignton Devon iTrader: (0)	The seatbelt also rubs my neck, bad design that there is no adjustment but i don't fancy leopard skin design, i'll keep looking for an alternative
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Beemerbuster Private 15 Rep 63 Posts Drives: X1 2.5D Join Date: May 2018 Location: Colchester uk iTrader: (0)	Just to put things right it was the allblack version I bought not the leopard skin. Haven't got anything against leopards it was just to get a best match option
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Ridin'Dirty Private First Class 60 Rep 173 Posts Drives: '93 'Beemer' R100r, '17 X1(S) Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: NW PA iTrader: (0)	#me too One nagging problem still remains: the way the shoulder portion of the seatbelt saws against my neck because the mounting point is too high. But I think I've found an "el-cheapo" solution: seatbelt adjuster clips. Although, I did have to add a piece of heat-shrink tubing to the rotating retaining bar of the clip to grip the slick webbing better. Attached Images
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CliveL First Lieutenant 163 Rep 334 Posts Drives: 2016 X1 F48 xDrive20i xLine Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Bournemouth, UK iTrader: (0)	I recently bought an old 2001 Peugeot 206 as a run-around for £650. It has height-adjustable seat belts... BMW were very tight not to provide this on the X1.
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nitinsharma1000 New Member 17 Rep 16 Posts Drives: 2017 X1 xDrive28 Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: United States iTrader: (0)	Just had a 2018 X5 loaner from the dealership. Same problem. I have never owned a car with non height adjustable seatbelts before the X1.
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