Seat hinge locked

[saudivette]

My driver's side seat, outboard hinge locked today

Has anyone else had this happen? How the hell do I unlock it? If it's knackered, does anyone sell new hinges? I had a quick look at the big names and they only have the hinge trim pieces...

 

[big_G]

It's an inertia hinge. It's probably full of dust. Blow it out and lube with silicone spray.

 

[Twin_Turbo]

Exactly. Never smear grease or whatever in there, the pendulum needs to hang free.

To unlock it, poke a small pin or stick inside between the 2 halves, you can see the white plastic pendulum, push it back and the seat will unlock.

 

[saudivette]

Ok, thanks. I'll have a gander in there this afternoon :thumbs:

 

[MYBAD79]

Is this the hinge or the seat track ?? There's a thick wire connecting the two tracks and that's pulling on the left side releasing the track's lock..... maybe your inboard side is moving and the outboard side is not ?????

 

[saudivette]

No, I meant the hinge - I can't fold the seat back over any more...

 

[saudivette]

I couldn't get the damn hinge unlocked so I removed it completely from the car. As soon as I had it in my hand, it folded over no problems

Anyway, I fitted it back onto the seat and it seems to be working just fine...

 

[Dirtbuster1]

Mine has done the same. I took it off and it hinges properly. Put it back on and it locks. Sounds like when I painted mine, something might have gotton stuck.

Anyway nice to know I wasn't the only one having this problem.

 

[saudivette]

If it does it again, I'm going to get rid of that little piece of plastic that makes the inertia lock and fabricate a spring loaded latch so that the hinge is always locked but pull the latch to unlock it...