Defrost
Moderator - CPSTI Emeritus
If you jerk them out, they lock, right? But is that a given? Are there some that won't lock except in a real accident?
I'm curious because we took our old '97 Chevy Astro (the one that was t-boned years ago by a Volvo doing about 40mph) to the airport, and I noticed when playing with the belt that's been replaced because the dog chewed it up that I couldn't make it lock no matter how fast I jerked it. But then I checked the others and none of them would lock, either. (These are ELR belts with locking latchplates.)
So my question is, will the belts lock in a crash even if I can't make them lock otherwise?
I'm curious because we took our old '97 Chevy Astro (the one that was t-boned years ago by a Volvo doing about 40mph) to the airport, and I noticed when playing with the belt that's been replaced because the dog chewed it up that I couldn't make it lock no matter how fast I jerked it. But then I checked the others and none of them would lock, either. (These are ELR belts with locking latchplates.)
So my question is, will the belts lock in a crash even if I can't make them lock otherwise?