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How can you fix the rear seat release catch on a vauxhall corsa the catch seems to have broken how to i get access to it?
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∙ 12y ago
I've just fixed the same problem on our 51 reg corsa. I don't have any mechanical skills, but a bit of common sense sorted the problem.
If it is the same problem we had it will be the plastic catch that will have snapped. Replacement catches cost about £12.50 each at our local vauxhall garage and were easy to fit, all you need is a selection of star shaped Allen keys (my set cost about £7 from Homebase).
You can remove the seat totally from the car so that you can work on it indoors, if you want. If the seat is locked in and will not fold down at all, you can do this by unfastening the bolts that hold the guide bars (the progs on either side that the seat locks onto when it's upright). These are located under a flap at the base of the guide bars. You will also need to undo the bolt that holds the centre seatbelt anchor (located under the seat part of the chair). This was the most difficult part of the job I found, as the bolt had seized up a lot. Once these are all undone the seat should lift out. Please note that you should be able to replace the catches without removing the seat back from the car, which would probably save time, but would mean doing the job in the confines of the back of the car.
First step was to remove the back panel. You don't need to undo the large bolt near the centre as this holds the seatbelt mechanism, but you will need to undo the smaller bolts that sit above and below the release mechanism hole (and remove the clip on plastic cover from the hole). Then remove the seat cover. The foam is stuck to the back panel with a little glue, but this should come away easy and doesn't seem to matter (I didn't glue it back down and the seat seems to be fine).
http://www.seatcoverset.com/seatcovers-car_seat_cover.htm
Once the back panel is off, I suspect you'll find that a small part of the catch has snapped off from the bottom (this was our problem anyway). All that needs doing is to remove the old catch covers from the seat (they just clip in) and then remove the catches (again they clip in). The mechanism attaches to the release by a metal bar that hooks onto what was the broken part on ours. Hook the bar in to the new catch release and clip the new catch into the seat, along with the release cover.
Note: The seat has a mechanism that causes the centre seatbelt to lock up when the seat is not clipped in fully. On the right side of the seat ( I think) is a cable that runs from the centre seatbelt mechanism to the release catch. You will need to attach this to the new catch along with the metal bar before clipping it into place.
Once the new releases are in give them a test (they should work properly). Then reattach the cover and the bolts that hold the mechanism in place.
When the seat back is put back in the car the releases should work perfectly and the centre seatbelt should work again as normal.
Hope that helps.
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