nogoodbum Posted July 10, 2022 Report Share Posted July 10, 2022 HELP PLEASE!!! My rear seat cable that releases right passenger seat back to fold down broke at the rear release, [no visible cable left to grab with vice locks]. How can I release now to remove seat to repair/replace? As far as I can tell far rear bolts/nuts are only accessable with seat folded flat. I can get to & have removed the bolts in front of bottom seat & pair at the rear under the bottom seat. But Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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nogoodbum Posted July 11, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2022 Sorry, should have stated car is a 2013 SEL with leather. Although video is helpful to some, 2013 seats a vastly different. Right now I am stuck until I can get back/top half of seat to release. Thanks for the reply, hopefully I can figure it out [still hopeful for any ones helpful advice] without having to replace entire seat. Thanks again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nogoodbum Posted July 14, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2022 Update & Warning: I was finally able to release seat back. At the bottom right corner of the seat back, there is a rounded plastic/vinyl cover on the inner side of hinge that I could push open with a flat head screwdriver & reach in with another flat head & trip the seat release. I noticed that the U-shaped slot that holds the end of black plastic cable sleeve was not "snug" enough to keep cable in place when cable is moved about. I think the cable fell out of slot the last time I folded seat, or put something under seat, or when I put vacuum hose under seat to clean. When it popped out, it looked like it got caught in between something & was cut/pinched into. Since I really want seat to work far into the future, I put a drop of crazy glue where the slot & cable sleeve meet, being careful not to get any on the cable. Hopefully this will prevent this from happening again. Thanks for the read. cr08 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
67gtcougar Posted October 1, 2022 Report Share Posted October 1, 2022 Glad you figured it out. I haven't been on this forum since I repaired the seat release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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