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Product Information

A Seat Belt Receptacle (also called a seat belt buckle) is the part of a vehicle’s seat belt system that receives and locks the seat belt tongue (the metal latch plate at the end of the webbing). It is usually mounted on or beside the seat and contains a spring-loaded locking mechanism to securely hold the belt in place during normal driving and, most importantly, during a crash.

• Seat belt won’t latch – the tongue will not lock into the buckle.
• Seat belt gets stuck – difficulty releasing the latch when pressing the button.
• Intermittent latching – sometimes locks, sometimes doesn’t, which is dangerous.

About Genuine BMW

The original parts used by BMW to build your car are available as replacement parts under the “Genuine BMW” brand. When ordering a Genuine BMW part you are guaranteed to get the same part that you would pick up from your local dealerships part department. Genuine BMW parts have been built to BMW’s stringent standards and are the same quality of the original parts used to build your Ultimate Driving Machine.

You may not realize this, but the parts that make up your BMW are not necessarily manufactured by BMW. No cause for concern, as BMW designs the part, hires a manufacturer, and ensures its quality to you. In fact, many of these manufacturers have been making parts for BMW for decades. In our industry these manufacturers are called OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturers), and these are often brands you recognize, including Lemforder, ZF, Sachs, Bosch, Valeo, Zimmermann, Siemens VDO, Corteco, and more. Don’t be surprised to open that Genuine BMW parts box and find an OEM branded part inside, simply with the addition of a BMW logo.

Be sure to keep an eye out for OE tags on our product pages to quickly identify parts coming direct from OE manufacturers. That extra bit of insight could save you some serious money while shopping! Refer to our OE Academy for further information regarding the OE/OEM tags throughout the site.