bretti_kivi
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Turn them. Pressure on the back of the seat helps but only if the ball bearings are aligned correctly.
- Bret
- Bret
I know from experience with my own bench seat it’s very heavy and I have previously on one occasion damaged my precious Bose grills getting it out.Although it is possible to remove the rear bench on your own, my back would advise against it. As Dave says, it's cumbersome and you can easy give your interior a good thump with it.
My 5 seater is Alcantara/Leather how rare is that ? smug mode.I would say a 5 seater TDI with leather is rarer then hens teeth
My 5 seater is Alcantara/Leather how rare is that smug mode.
Yes Andy, the seat works perfectly in upright position... the back locks onto either of the two upright catches... it even fold flat. It just won't release from the floor. There is no movement of the release handle (handle H) which opens/releases the floor bolts/pins.I feel your pain and frustration.
Is the backrest still upright in its normal position?
Andy
My n/s back seat stuck once in similiar vein, a common occurrence with many members , but thankfully it yielded to violently applying full body weight on the folded flat backrest while pulling the release handle, no doubt something you will have tried many times. Sorry no further help but it does sound you are at stage of being destructive to release the seat. A replacement seat from one one of the recyclers on here for peanuts should not be difficult to source if need be first, just the difficulty of matching pattern and transport.Yes Andy, the seat works perfectly in upright position... the back locks onto either of the two upright catches... it even fold flat. It just won't release from the floor. There is no movement of the release handle (handle H) which opens/releases the floor bolts/pins.
I had already tried levering up the base of the seat with a flay pry-bar, but not a smidge of movement. The gap between seat and floor is tight... about 2 mm... and even. That suggests there is nothing squashed between base and floor that shouldn't be there.Just a small chance that the bar that holds the seat base upright when folded is not stowed and has twisted the base on its mounts preventing the release working. You could try to see if it is out and then try to push it with a thin bar or lever to pop it back in its slot. As I said small chance but anything is worth a try before resorting to controlled vandalism.
It's an idea I suppose, but I think your last sentence says it all.... that it MIGHT work. It might work if, by being able to lift the front edge of the seat by a few inches, it exposes something underneath that is fouling the seat base from sitting down flush or in line. But the seat IS sitting down completely flush... and in line.Just a thought, you could remove the front mountings for the stuck seat, if you're prepared to tear the rear carpet on that side where it hooks behind them, or make some small holes or crosses in it. Then you could access the bolts holding the mountings down (M6 spline bit required, not Torx). The holes would be near-invisible afterwards - I've done the same in fitting a rear cupholder bracket to the inner one which I subsequently removed. Once the mountings were removed, that might allow you to get under the seat at the front to give you some more access.
I fully echo Tom’s comments on this totally unsafe modification.It has come to my attention that a member of the A2 community is offering to install rear bench seats in 4-seater A2s by way of a small modification. In response to this, I have updated the opening post of this thread. I shall post my additional comment here, too...
In a collision, the forces upon the seat attachment points are immense. It is absolutely vital that all seats are installed as per Audi's crash-tested design. Anyone claiming to be able to fit a bench seat into a 4-seater A2 (or vice versa) with some modification has clearly failed to understand this. Doing so risks serious injury or death to the rear occupants. If you need to change the rear seating arrangement of your A2, the only solution is to buy a different A2.
Furthermore, carrying out this modification will invalidate your insurance.
Cheers,
Tom
It has come to my attention that a member of the A2 community is offering to install rear bench seats in 4-seater A2s by way of a small modification. In response to this, I have updated the opening post of this thread. I shall post my additional comment here, too...
In a collision, the forces upon the seat attachment points are immense. It is absolutely vital that all seats are installed as per Audi's crash-tested design. Anyone claiming to be able to fit a bench seat into a 4-seater A2 (or vice versa) with some modification has clearly failed to understand this. Doing so risks serious injury or death to the rear occupants. If you need to change the rear seating arrangement of your A2, the only solution is to buy a different A2.
Furthermore, carrying out this modification will invalidate your insurance.
Cheers,
Tom