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Old May 7, 2014 | 09:41 PM
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I have a C5, The drivers seat back twists to the right when I sit in it, very uncomfortable. I have tried the recalibration procedure and that did not work. Whats the next step?
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Old May 7, 2014 | 09:56 PM
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I have a C5, The drivers seat back twists to the right when I sit in it, very uncomfortable. I have tried the recalibration procedure and that did not work. Whats the next step?

take it out, flip it over and find the white "clips" under the seat bottom. There is a cable that just gets snapped back into place on the clips. I did a write up with pictures and posted it on here but I can't find it. Its and easy fix, do it in your garage/driveway.
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Mine was doing the same thing, pulled it out to address twisting seat and bolster problems. The twisting seat was something simple like the forward tilt button at the top rear of the seat, wasn't engaging both locks at the pivot area. One side was locked the other side wasn't locked and jambed in front of the pin that it was to lock on to , throwing it out of alignment. Kind of felt like the frame was broken. Try pushing button and tilt seat forward and back a few times to make sure both sides are locking and releasing properly. Hope it works for ya.
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thanks punz, I tried that, unfortunately it did not work. I'll be pulling the seat tomorrow and trying GeorgeZNJ's fix. I will let you know how it goes. Thanks Guys.
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Old May 10, 2014 | 09:21 PM
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seat is fixed. I found the white clips under the seat and the one on the right side had come out, to make matters worse the cable end had pulled out of the metal retainer in the seat track. Put that back in place snapped the white clip back in place, problem solved. Thanks again.
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