Back Seat

[ALI&KEITH]

WE HAD PUT DOWN OUR BACK SEAT AS NOMAL TO TRANSPORT SOMETHING BIG BUT DIDNT NEED TO LIFT IT BEHIND THE FRONT SEATS NOW WE CAN NO LONGER OPEN UP THE BACK SEAT THE 2 SEATER PART IT APPEARS TO BE JAMMED ABOUT 12 INCHES IS ALL WE CAN LIFT THE BACK OF THE SEAT FROM THE OTHER SEAT PART IT LOOKS LIKE THE MIDDLE SEAT BELT MAY BE THE PROBLEM WE HAVE TRIED OPENING IT UP FAST SLOW BANGING IT JUST CANT SEEM TO RELEASE WHATEVER IT IS

ANY ONE OUT THERE WITH ANY ANSWERS <_<

[Johndouglas]

Been there; done that - when I had my Xantia estate. It's the seat belt on the back seat that's done it unfortunately I can't remember what I did.

[techbod]

only safe thing I can think of is to unbolt the seat from the floor and once its out you have more room to find the problem without damaging the seat

[ALI&KEITH]

Been there; done that - when I had my Xantia estate. It's the seat belt on the back seat that's done it unfortunately I can't remember what I did.

AV A THINK MATE ITS DRIVING US MAD EVERY ONE IN THE STREET HAS HAD A LOOK THE GARAGE WILL BE LAST RESORT AND WILL COST A FORTUNE

[Johndouglas]

Right! I think this is it! On the centre seat belt there's a black plastic rivet which stops the belt closing too much. What's happened is the rivet has shot through the plastic plate in the top of the seat and when the seat is lifted the rivet won't come back through the slot. I prised out the slot from the seat back, pulled out the seat belt and refixed the slot plate with a self-tapper screw.