Greg, the trim piece on the seat belt presenter pod of our 1992 300CE kept coming loose when the seat belt presenter operated ... so I removed the fuse that powers it. It's simple enough to reach back along the side of the seat cushion and grab the seat belt. On our car that particular fuse also controlled power to the passenger side outside mirror and the heating circuit for both mirrors ... no big deal for us. In my opinion the seat belt presenters are more trouble than they're worth. They used to startle passengers unaccustomed to our car, and caused problems when a first-time passenger attempted to buckle the seat belt before the timing relay automatically retracted the presenter.

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Fred Hoelzle