Broken Rear Seat Release - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Tank · 03-12-2014, 03:28 PM

I've just bought a used FR-S. One of the releases for the rear seat is broken and pushed down into the backrest. The other release seems to be stuck. Is this common? and is this something that should be under warranty?

sshole · 03-12-2014, 03:38 PM

The rear seat releases are in the trunk. Those cylindrical columns that you can see from inside the cabin are useless and sink into the seat cushion when it has positive lock against the latch.

CN: pull the tabs in the trunk and watch your rear seat fix itself.

Tank · 03-12-2014, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by sshole

The rear seat releases are in the trunk. Those cylindrical columns that you can see from inside the cabin are useless and sink into the seat cushion when it has positive lock against the latch.

CN: pull the tabs in the trunk and watch your rear seat fix itself.

The cylindrical column thing has completely fallen into backrest.

microbionic · 03-12-2014, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Tank

The cylindrical column thing has completely fallen into backrest.

thats suppose to happen. you dont pull them with your fingers,.. thats not what they are for.

Tank · 03-12-2014, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by microbionic

thats suppose to happen. you dont pull them with your fingers,.. thats not what they are for.

One sits flush with the plastic trim piece, and the other is out of sight floating around in the backrest. I'll have to take a picture.

sshole · 03-12-2014, 04:38 PM

Oh, it's broken off and inside the rear backrest? You're screwed, buddy. I doubt the dealership will be willing to warranty replace that on a used car. Hell, even on a new car they'd probably blame owner negligence for not understanding how the mechanism works and make you pay the money to replace the whole thing.

Tank · 03-12-2014, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by sshole

Oh, it's broken off and inside the rear backrest? You're screwed, buddy. I doubt the dealership will be willing to warranty replace that on a used car. Hell, even on a new car they'd probably blame owner negligence for not understanding how the mechanism works and make you pay the money to replace the whole thing.

They also said they'd replace the tail light (condensation) after I bought the car. This was yesterday. Thinking back, I should have got that in writing.

2pt5RS · 03-12-2014, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by sshole

Oh, it's broken off and inside the rear backrest? You're screwed, buddy. I doubt the dealership will be willing to warranty replace that on a used car. Hell, even on a new car they'd probably blame owner negligence for not understanding how the mechanism works and make you pay the money to replace the whole thing.

the warranty on these cars is transferrable.

sshole · 03-12-2014, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by 2pt5RS

the warranty on these cars is transferrable.

Are those rear seats something that can be warranty replaced, though? Seems like every dealer service department would try to claim owner negligence...

Tank · 03-12-2014, 09:45 PM

Pic

sshole · 03-12-2014, 09:57 PM

Open up the seat and try and figure out where it went. That's an odd one for sure.

TheStig85 · 07-23-2017, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Tank

I've just bought a used FR-S. One of the releases for the rear seat is broken and pushed down into the backrest. The other release seems to be stuck. Is this common? and is this something that should be under warranty?

Were you able to fix this? I just encountered the problem.

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03-12-2014, 03:28 PM	#1
Tank Mumbler Join Date: Mar 2014 Drives: Sensibly Location: Maryland Posts: 129 Thanks: 26 Thanked 80 Times in 51 Posts Mentioned: 4 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Broken Rear Seat Release I've just bought a used FR-S. One of the releases for the rear seat is broken and pushed down into the backrest. The other release seems to be stuck. Is this common? and is this something that should be under warranty? Last edited by Tank; 03-12-2014 at 05:08 PM.

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03-12-2014, 03:38 PM	#2
sshole Banned Join Date: Jan 2014 Drives: BRZ Location: VA Posts: 594 Thanks: 201 Thanked 389 Times in 195 Posts Mentioned: 15 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	The rear seat releases are in the trunk. Those cylindrical columns that you can see from inside the cabin are useless and sink into the seat cushion when it has positive lock against the latch. CN: pull the tabs in the trunk and watch your rear seat fix itself.

03-12-2014, 04:38 PM	#6
sshole Banned Join Date: Jan 2014 Drives: BRZ Location: VA Posts: 594 Thanks: 201 Thanked 389 Times in 195 Posts Mentioned: 15 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Oh, it's broken off and inside the rear backrest? You're screwed, buddy. I doubt the dealership will be willing to warranty replace that on a used car. Hell, even on a new car they'd probably blame owner negligence for not understanding how the mechanism works and make you pay the money to replace the whole thing.

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sshole Banned Join Date: Jan 2014 Drives: BRZ Location: VA Posts: 594 Thanks: 201 Thanked 389 Times in 195 Posts Mentioned: 15 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Open up the seat and try and figure out where it went. That's an odd one for sure.

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