passenger seat fix DIY

[honduh]

I don't know if anyone else was having this problem, but whenever I would have to cram anyone in the back of my s14, when the seat back was lifted back up and it would click into place, the person would sit in the passenger seat and as soon as I would take off, the seat would slam violently back about halfway down the rail before locking in place. I couldnt figure it out because the seat would seem secure but sure enough, everytime, they would slide back and hit the people's legs behind them.


I fixed this pretty quickly the other day. on the side of the seat, remove the seat lever plastic and the side plastic trim, and you will notice a little piece of metal connected by a spring. all you have to do is zip tie this piece of metal back and the seat will lock in whatever position you put it in.


basically, what happens is when you lift the seatback, this piece of metal pops out and while out, the seat doesnt lock all the way. there is a metal bar that sits in the middle of the rail, and the seat doesnt fully lock unless that tab hits the bar and locks back in place. they put the bar so far back that if your rear seat passenger's legs are right behind the seat, they have to be crushed for it to lock. with this piece zip tied back, the seat doesnt have to scoot back at all to lock, and the seat loses no functionality. I took a picture but left my camera at school, so if anyone isn't sure of my instructions, I can host it and stuff when I get back to school.

[tastyratz]

OOoOOoOoOoOoo niiiiiiiiice. Whenever anyone rides in the back of my friends s14 that happens and we hate it! im gonna relay this info to him... good stuff!

[projectRDM]

Is this serious? The seat locks back in it's original position, where ever that is. Move it forward with the slider, lock, then flip the lever to move it farther forward. It will then go right back to where it was and no further. Every single seat in every 2door car on the road is built like this, it's not like you've discovered some new, cool way to get around it.

[2iv0 sx]

Im having the same problem also.. my passengers always complain about the seat movin back and forth while driving I didnt know why this was happening. I just tell them to shake the seat real hard til the seat locks ( which also works ) . . Im tired of always telling them that!

post up the pic to show what that is your talking about.

[honduh]

Is this serious? The seat locks back in it's original position, where ever that is. Move it forward with the slider, lock, then flip the lever to move it farther forward. It will then go right back to where it was and no further. Every single seat in every 2door car on the road is built like this, it's not like you've discovered some new, cool way to get around it.


on mine, there is just a stationary bar that the seat has to slide behind to lock. here is the pic, i made an arrow at the bar i'm talking about and at the piece you need to zip tie.


this pic sucks because i had to resize in word :p i can attach the better one when i get back to my computer tho.