2006 VW passat seatbelt

[barty]

I have to replace the front drivers side seat belt release stalk on my sons passat, first off i have to find one and then fit it. It has a couple of wires which i assume just connects to a connector under the seat but my question is is it a straight forward job, I'm expecting to have to take the drivers seat out but is there anymore to it than that Thanks for any help and let me know if you have a spare belt stalk

[chairchild]

it's a modern VW - so possibly half the car has to come apart, and be replaced

[ChasR]

I did have a seat belt stalk a while ago I would have sold on.

Whatever you do it would be wise to check that no recoding is required or that as a bare minimum you disconnect the battery for some time. That is unless you wish to have a very expensive bill. Whilst the airbag did not go off in mine (due to a damaged clock spring) the module did (they can only go off once) as a result of a previous garage mucking about with the seatbelts (it had no history or evidence of accident damage. You cannot simply take the bulb out of a B6 Passat either since it displays the faults in the central display (in my case "Airbag fault").

[barty]

bloody modern cars lol, looks like it will have to be a main dealer part anyway. I sort of guessed there would be more to it than just a simple unbolt and replace. don't really fancy an airbag in my face lol