C5 seat back
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From: Jeddah
C5 seat back
both seat backs of my 99 C5 can be moved forward and backward without pulling any of the two levers of each seat,,
is that common?
if not,, fixable?
is that common?
if not,, fixable?
Last edited by kj217; Nov 16, 2010 at 05:38 AM.
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Maybe one of the other guys on the forum can tell you how to repair it.
Good Luck.
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St. Jude Donor '09-'10
The latches can be seen on the inside of the sides. When you lift the handle on back of the seat, check that the two latches are lifting off the pegs that lock the seat in the back position. This is a safety function that needs to be addressed.
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From: Dear Karma, I have a list of people you missed.
St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15-'16
FULL movement forward of the seatback should only be allowed by the use of the latch on the rear of the seat.
HTH
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From: Jeddah
Partial movement forward is normal and by-design. It allows for seatback movement when the seat is slid all the way back against the bulkhead and the seatback is in the reclined position.
FULL movement forward of the seatback should only be allowed by the use of the latch on the rear of the seat.
HTH
FULL movement forward of the seatback should only be allowed by the use of the latch on the rear of the seat.
HTH
when the roof is off, it keeps moving back and forth all the time,,
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15-'16
Since the roof is in no way connected to the seats or have anything to do with them, I don't see how having the roof "off" affects them.
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From: Jeddah
loooool
i was only decribing how it acts when the roof is off and the wind move them,,
i was only decribing how it acts when the roof is off and the wind move them,,
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The early C5 seats will flop forward if nobody is sitting in the seat. The recline feature determines how far back they will go but not how far forward. My 97 seats flopped under hard braking while the seats in my 03Z did not flop. While the early seats flopped forward they didn't have the problem of the seat back releasing when under pressure like the seats in later C5s did. My 03Z driver's seat back would release and drop a couple of notches rearward while accelerating hard coming out of turns.
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