Replacing Rear Seatbelt Catch
 

Hi Guys,

About a year ago the local tire shop broke the red button you depress to unclick the seat belt. Long story.....

I was wondering if anyone here has any experience replacing that part. Is it easy to do?

The replacement part # 72117161640

Thanks in advance!

Never done it, but assume it would be very simple- pay attention to any bolts/washers/parts when you undo the bolt, to make sure you get everything back in the proper order/orientation....

You have no signature with a model/model year/build date...and we don't know if you have 3rd row seat option...so hopefully the part nbr you gave us has already been sorted out to be correct for your VIN and options. :)

Based on the parts database diagram...the right rear lower belt (#14) is only anchored to the body of the car with the filister screw (#7 in the diagram below). As long as you have the tools to remove the screw...you should be fine. I don't know what the torque specs are (you can probably find that on the BMW TIS website...I used a 2012 X5 35i since didn't know what model to look up: https://www.newtis.info/tisv2/a/en/e...ations/5g1Vsbe). Hopefully you won't need a breaker bar to undo that screw since the seat belts have to withstand a lot to secure passengers in the vehicle.

TIP: encircled numbers in the diagram indicate hardware...and in this case...the hardware has its own "key" within the diagram :thumbup: