Rear seat belts attachment points

I've got a recently-purchased 2005 Symbol with an inertia rear seat-belt (side-facing) on the right-hand side. And another rear one (forward-facing) on the left-hand side. Where should I look for the attachment points (the female points with the red buttons)?

Hi.
We have a 2003 Symbol so I'm pretty sure that yours is the same base vehicle.  Ours only has one additional belt and that is on the forward facing seat adjacent to the sliding door.  The 'other' end on ours is connected to a short length of seat belt webbing that is stored in the under-seat storage and is bought out when needed.
I have only seen a forth seat on an ES (extra seat) model, but that is also forward facing.  I have not seen a belt associated with the bench seat on a Symbol before.  Autosleepers did fit a lap belt on some of the Topaz models, based on the VWT4, but it is now regarded as unsafe to use them.
I hope this helps.......

Is yours an ES model? I don't know that one specifically, but other similar models have the bench seat configurable so that part of the base folds to create a forward-facing seat. If so, the buckle will be at the inner rear edge of the bench, when converted. If you look at Symbol ES listings on Ebay you will see an example of one with both rear seat belts deployed.

-mojo- wrote:Is yours an ES model? I don't know that one specifically, but other similar models have the bench seat configurable so that part of the base folds to create a forward-facing seat. If so, the buckle will be at the inner rear edge of the bench, when converted. If you look at Symbol ES listings on Ebay you will see an example of one with both rear seat belts deployed.

Thanks for the help guys. I'll check all this out. I don't think ours is the ES model. it's only got one seat facing fwds at the back.

Ant Johnson wrote:

-mojo- wrote:Is yours an ES model? I don't know that one specifically, but other similar models have the bench seat configurable so that part of the base folds to create a forward-facing seat. If so, the buckle will be at the inner rear edge of the bench, when converted. If you look at Symbol ES listings on Ebay you will see an example of one with both rear seat belts deployed.

Thanks for the help guys. I'll check all this out. I don't think ours is the ES model. it's only got one seat facing fwds at the back.

If the bench seat is configured as a bench then you will only have one forward-facing seat in the back. If you actually don't have an ES, then I would do an internet search on the legal position of rear seat belts for a van of your age - from memory I'm pretty sure that it cannot be legally used as a seat belt, but I don't have time to go and look it all up again.

Using a seat belt on a side facing seat is very much frowned on see:-

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Peter

-mojo- wrote:

Ant Johnson wrote:

-mojo- wrote:Is yours an ES model? I don't know that one specifically, but other similar models have the bench seat configurable so that part of the base folds to create a forward-facing seat. If so, the buckle will be at the inner rear edge of the bench, when converted. If you look at Symbol ES listings on Ebay you will see an example of one with both rear seat belts deployed.

Thanks for the help guys. I'll check all this out. I don't think ours is the ES model. it's only got one seat facing fwds at the back.

If the bench seat is configured as a bench then you will only have one forward-facing seat in the back. If you actually don't have an ES, then I would do an internet search on the legal position of rear seat belts for a van of your age - from memory I'm pretty sure that it cannot be legally used as a seat belt, but I don't have time to go and look it all up again.

No, I don't think it's an ES (Extra Seat) either. The seat belt will have been a professional fit, meeting the legal requirements of the time (2005). The pertinent point I guess is whether a passenger is 'safe' in the case of an RTA with that particular type of belt. The law is a separate subject which I will check up on. That said, I'm pretty sure that vehicles built before the year when seat-belts became a legal requirement are not required to have seat-belts retro-fitted to make them meet current requirements. Same with air-bags. Info much appreciated tho.

pstallwood wrote:Using a seat belt on a side facing seat is very much frowned on see:-

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Peter

Peter,

Now this is really useful, and very accurately, informative. Much appreciated. Ant

Ours is a 2006 Symbol and exactly the same as Carvers. One forward facing seat in the back with seat belt, no seat belts on the side facing seat. in other words, a three person vehicle.

Ant Johnson wrote:The seat belt will have been a professional fit, meeting the legal requirements of the time (2005). The pertinent point I guess is whether a passenger is 'safe' in the case of an RTA with that particular type of belt. The law is a separate subject which I will check up on. That said, I'm pretty sure that vehicles built before the year when seat-belts became a legal requirement are not required to have seat-belts retro-fitted to make them meet current requirements.

Ok - looks like your van was first registered a few months before the change in legal requirements - though I would not choose to use any sideways-facing travel seat myself.

Paul 300358 wrote:Ours is a 2006 Symbol and exactly the same as Carvers. One forward facing seat in the back with seat belt, no seat belts on the side facing seat. in other words, a three person vehicle.

Paul, the rules changed in 2007 I'm told. See Peter's links in this thread.

Mine (2005) has a professionally fitted seat-belt on the sideways seat but I still ain't found where it plugs into. Shall; search a bit more diligently in due course.

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I prepared the document at the link above in 2010

Can't get the link to work I'm afraid. Is there a www missing or ...?

Ah, got it. Many thanks.

Ant