Rear Passenger Seat Belt Wont Retract 2014 Prius

The return-spring and possibly locking mechanism is broken. replace it with a junk yard or new unit.

 

Offhand, I would guess not. It isn't built to come loose like that, so it seems the most likely explanation is that something broke, rather than slipping off in some kind of reversible and rewindable way.

But yours may be the first post ever about such a thing happening, so there might not be a lot of PriusChat experience to bring to bear on your question.

 

I don't think so; it's like a garage door spring. More than likely the end tab of the spring broke off. You can probably take it apart and bend a new end-tab, but I'd probably look at cost and availability of replacement first, to see if your wasting your time and effort.

 

IMHO; my time is worth more than $50. If it's the right color and in good shape, I'd probably go for the junk yard unit. that belt should only be bolted down at one or two points - so quick and easy.
You can tinker with the old one when you have time to kill. and you'll probably find some use for that belt.

 

I'm not sure the rear belts have tensioners. You'd know if it does; there'd be a yellow electrical connector on it.

I think some retractors have tension-limiters also, which twist irreversibly in a hard-enough crash. I don't remember for sure, but there might be a label or mark on the belt at the point where it's supposed to stop pulling out before the limiter has twisted, so if it can be pulled out farther than that, it shouldn't be reused.

 

I'm not surprised. The front retractors include tensioners: small bombs that are detonated by an electric current on the yellow connector, and pull you back hard in the seat.

Unless I'm wrong, the rear belt retractors just plain don't have that.