Passenger seat cannot 'lock' ?
 

Hello,

A recent new owner of BRZ 2017.
Just want to make sure i didnt get a lemon,
hope i describe is correctly......

This is for the front passenger seat only.

Under 'normal' condition (with someone sitting on the passenger seat),
If you pull/operate the lever underneath the front side of the seat,
you can choose to lock the seat position (in term of slide forward or backward) in any position you like.

But when you move the 'Back Piece' (vertical part of the seat) all the way towards the front dash by pulling/operating the side lever,
The forward/backward sliding function will not lock.

Is this a feature or mine not working ?

Yup learned that loading my winter tires in lol..

So i purpose that is for the rear passenger to 'unload' themselves :)

Yep. That is exactly what it is for. Pain in the butt when trying to clean the back seat though.

Standard feature. What I have noticed is you can pull the side lever and then push it all the way forward and then press down lightly on the lever you normally use to adjust the seat position. You will have to pull it back up to release it though.

It’s tempting to take the whole thing apart and see if there is some way to fabricate a fix.

Oh also so you know. It’s also a standard feature for the doors to slam on your legs.

There are a few thought processes of the Japanese engineers which have not changed much since the 1970s.

It's actually nice to occasionally retain some old ideas.

Until it gets really cold out and then they don't want to close at all.

It's to allow the seat to slide forward for someone to get in/out and then you move the back of the seat rearward and it will relock. 100% normal and as designed for any 2+2 car I've been in.

Passenger seat cannot 'lock' ?
 

Most cars when you pull the side lever they will unlock the slide rail when the seat back is in the full forward position. You can then slide the seat all the way forward and then it will lock into place. When you are ready to put the seat back you simply recline the seat a tad which will unlock the rail and let it slide back to where it was. It’s this locking mechanism that is missing on our cars. Our cars will not stay forward long enough to access the rear seat and it’s annoying as hell.

IIRC, my old Prelude, Integra, or Eclipse ever had this issue. I've never owned a car where the locking mechanism was simply left out.