Driver's seat stuck in recline position

ATR84 · Post by **ATR84** » Tue Nov 04, 2014 2:56 pm

Hi All,

Not my car, but a car I am interested in buying. It is a UKDM BB1, the driver's seat is stuck in a position, it won't move either way. It still slides back and forth on it's rails, it is just the recline position.

Is this a known issue/easy fix or is it a new seat job?

Thanks
Michael

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Tue Nov 04, 2014 7:31 pm

Not heard of that one?
They're pretty simple mechanisms though, so probably a cable become disconnected?

If it's a UKDM it should have 3 ways to adjust the recline - the slider at the top/side of the seat back, the handle at the side of the seat squab and there should be a little lever towards the back of the seat squab/back, that moves it slightly through 3 positions.

Have you tried all 3? Does one or the other work?

Post by **indigolemon** » Wed Nov 05, 2014 2:20 pm

I'd put money on the problem being money. Coins in fact. They fall out of pockets and wedge neatly in the mechanism. An easy fix, but you do have to take the seat out to strip it down.

Chuffter · Post by **Chuffter** » Wed Nov 05, 2014 4:43 pm

Yep, any money its a £1.00 they are just the right thickness and width to stick in the runner

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Wed Nov 05, 2014 5:47 pm

Stuck in the runner?
Causing the seat back to be stuck in recline?

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Wed Nov 05, 2014 5:48 pm

probably means the mechanism wurly

YouTube · Post by **Sailor** » Wed Nov 05, 2014 11:58 pm

So it only costs £1 to tell her that the passenger seat is stuck on full recline?

Chuffter · Post by **Chuffter** » Thu Nov 06, 2014 9:34 am

Doh! sorry I didn't read the thread properly!

Post by **Ludecruz** » Sun Aug 23, 2015 1:11 pm

Sailor wrote:So it only costs £1 to tell her that the passenger seat is stuck on full recline?

Can anyone lend me a quid.Need to take a hot fitty for a ride

Post by **Ludecruz** » Sun Aug 23, 2015 3:13 pm

Confirmed! . I had a similar problem so went out to check for coins.I'm rich and I have a working seat

Wrote up a little tutorial in the how-to section for anyone else with similar problems.

@Chuffter & @indigolemon Thanks for your suggestions .Did just the trick.

http://www.ludegeneration.co.uk/honda-p ... 16783.html