98 V70XC Right Rear Seat Back Latch Jammed in Up and Locked Position
Anyone have any hints on how to fix this? It seems jammed up tight, can't cycle the lock release button. Thinking some of the plastic (seems pretty flimsy) may have broken off in there somewhere. The left side seat back latch is also jammed in a will not engage mode.
Ever get an answer to this one?
I'm in the same boat. R Rear seat is up, but the latch won't engage. I'm sure it would be easy to troubleshoot if you could get to the latch...but that's difficult. I tried several tools, but couldn't figure how to unlock the latch. Asked the dealer, but my service guy wasn't aware of what the techs might do to get it. Guess I'll have them try next time I'm in.
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Simple fix to release stuck offside rear seat (wagon)
Managed to manually trip the catch by slipping a screw driver under the plastic cover, between it and the seat and pushing the back of the lever while pulling the seat towards me. It is straight forward but only after I dismantled the near side (functioning) so I could see how the internals work. No damage to leather and can now access torx screws to remove side cover to fix/replace.
Need to jiggle the side cover to get it off, watch the plastic sliding thing under the seatbelt, it is meant to stay there when the cover comes away. Don't force it or you will crack it.
Photos added, with side cover removed. Last photo shows damaged plastic on the slider. Probably needs a new unit but I will try to jerry rig something
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