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Protecting Seatbelts from Dog
Scenario: Discovery 3 seven-seater with dog guard, dog left in boot (above folded down third row seats), dog chews both third-row seatbelts one of them almost severed. £500 at dealer to replace.
Question 1: has anyone found a way of protecting these seatbelts apart from getting rid of the dog? Pieces of split plastic plumbing pipe slipped over them perhaps?
Grateful for any ideas.
Question 2: has anyone made an insurance claim for pet damage like this; and did it affect the next renewal premium? I have a protected no-claims bonus.
Many thanks
Stephen
29th Jun 2015 10:21 am
J@mes
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Do you use the third row much/ at all? I'd probably remove them and keep them safe!2014 D4 XS
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29th Jun 2015 10:25 am
ZacSmith
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J@mes wrote:
Do you use the third row much/ at all? I'd probably remove them and keep them safe!
ISTR if the seats are in place the belts need to be there for the MOT. I've got the opposite, seats out and belts in and it always gets a comment on the MOT.
I may be wrong, it has been known.
29th Jun 2015 10:37 am
terryall
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Dog chewed through both of mine so I now spray them with anti chew stuff from pet shop. Dog has only chewed through one of the new ones so far! I bought 2 new ones for around £90 and site sponsor Geoff.
fitted them but he swore so much doing so I doubt he will ever want to fit them again
I've unbolted one of mine at the bottom and stowed it behind the plastic d-pillar cover. Not had an MOT yet like that but doubt it'll be an issue, seats are folded down and you'd have to remove load divider plus a load of other stuff from the boot to raise the seats to test them properly which has never been done for past MOTs.
Have had advisory's in the past about not being able to test 2nd row belt due to child seat being fitted but nothing more than that.The End
29th Jun 2015 10:54 am
J@mes
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DSL wrote:
J@mes wrote:
Do you use the third row much/ at all? I'd probably remove them and keep them safe!
ISTR if the seats are in place the belts need to be there for the MOT. I've got the opposite, seats out and belts in and it always gets a comment on the MOT.
I may be wrong, it has been known.
Seats are no longer in place if hidden by a loadspace cover 2014 D4 XS
2005 D3 SE - Gone
29th Jun 2015 1:03 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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I've only got the front two seats in mine and have a printout (somewhere) from the MOT "manual" saying if there are no seats fitted then the belts are not considered as seatbelts.
29th Jun 2015 1:53 pm
Radar_UK
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DSL wrote:
J@mes wrote:
Do you use the third row much/ at all? I'd probably remove them and keep them safe!
ISTR if the seats are in place the belts need to be there for the MOT. I've got the opposite, seats out and belts in and it always gets a comment on the MOT.
I may be wrong, it has been known.
Dog chewed through both of mine a couple of years back - whenever it's MOT time I just leave the boot buddy in place and fill it full of 'stuff' - never had an issue as they never realise there are seats there lol !The Father wove the skein of your life a long time ago. Go and hide in a hole if you wish, but you won't live one instant longer. Your fate is fixed. Fear profits a man nothing.
29th Jun 2015 4:16 pm
RDR
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Had the same problem i wrap a couple of towels round them with cable ties you can just see in this shot:
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29th Jun 2015 7:35 pm
geoff.
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Re: Protecting Seatbelts from Dog
Stephen wrote:
£500 at dealer to replace.
about 50 quid a side to buy and probably an hour to fit both , so 500 quid is a bit step
29th Jun 2015 7:50 pm
terryall
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Plus 2 hours swearing cos
they are a pig to fit.
29th Jun 2015 7:52 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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They're not call stealers for nothing.
29th Jun 2015 7:52 pm
Stephen
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Many thanks for all your helpful suggestions. Rather to my surprise my insurance will pay the bill so I am in for only(!) the excess.
30th Jun 2015 9:08 am
ZacSmith
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RDR wrote:
Had the same problem i wrap a couple of towels round them with cable ties you can just see in this shot:
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I've only got the front two seats in mine and have a printout (somewhere) from the MOT "manual" saying if there are no seats fitted then the belts are not considered as seatbelts. 
