05 seat belt fully retracted, not releasing!

Hope this helps Seat belt retractor/tensioner reset

Good find.

Yes, found that. Tried it. Didn’t seem to work. It looks very similar to the Elise retractor.
I may get courageous and try again. The spring is a royal pain

He got it right twice in twenty tries the last post probably most helpful. GL

Are the belts still in the car? I know if removed they have to be upright to function.

Belts out.
Purchased from vendor.
I did try, mostly vertical. Also mounted them.
There is a nylon roller that just doesn’t have enough room to get to it uper position which looks as though it will release the brake/gear lock.
Will triple try above suggestions tonight. And snap some pictures

good, it worked. not sure why when I mounted it before, it would not release.
it may be that I had passenger and driver mixed up. or the right hand drive people were not thinking of others at the time