General Rear seat pops in when sat on?

[DazEvo]

I have a 60 plate fiat punto evo and recently, my left rear seat has had a few problems. The back rest will "pop" in when leant on, and again pops out when the person has lifted their weight.. any reason as to why it has weakened and how to fix it?

Thank you

 

[Andy Monty]

Base or back rest?

 

[DazEvo]

Base or back rest?

back rest only, car is a 60 plate and this hasnt happened only until about a week ago.

 

[DazEvo]

any help?

 

[Andy Monty]

check the catch plate hasnt moved out of line have a good look at the paint round it

 

[DazEvo]

check the catch plate hasnt moved out of line have a good look at the paint round it

I'm a bit of a dull bugger when it comes to this. How do I access this "catch plate" and what does it look like... is it easily fixable?

 

[Andy Monty]

tip seat forward and its on the car body where the catch you release locks into

 

[DazEvo]

tip seat forward and its on the car body where the catch you release locks into

So tip the rear seats forward and check the plate on the back of the seat or the locking latch?

 

[DazEvo]

Just had a look, if you are referring to the metal catch that is bolted into the side of the car then that is tight. The problem is the seat itself, it doesnt move but the centre of the seat "pops" and flexes in.. almost like pushing a sheet of plastic in the middle and it makes that popping sound.

So you can visualise, press your hand against the centre of your seat, mine used to be firm but now it flexes in and out when i stop putting weight on it.... seems the seat back as weakened?

 

[DazEvo]

Any help with this guys? Its really bothering me and im not sure who else to go to. It never has happened before... I did have the seats flat down and had some cargo in the back but it wasnt extremely heavy at all, maybe that has something to do with it?

to make it easier to visualise heres a photo, the circled area is where the back rest flexes in and out

 

[DazEvo]

any help fellas? anyway to reinforce the sit again?

 

[excession]

I'd be talking to breakers about new seats

 

[DazEvo]

I'd be talking to breakers about new seats

breakers?

and surely something can be done besides new seats?

 

[excession]

Breakers yards are companies who buy written off cars and strip them for parts. There will undoubtedly be a set of identical back seats out of a written off Evo kicking about. Phone round locally or there are some great websites where you can specify exactly the part you want.

I think that if anyone had any idea how to solve your problem, they'd have posted about it after one of the four times you've asked.

If you asked me to guess, I'd say that you've bent the metal on the back of the seats. It probably won't have lost strength, but will have stretched just a little bit meaning you are getting this "popping" between two different states.

There are probably a lot of ways to fix that, but they are also probably a lot harder than either getting some replacement seats or ignoring it.

 

[DazEvo]

Breakers yards are companies who buy written off cars and strip them for parts. There will undoubtedly be a set of identical back seats out of a written off Evo kicking about. Phone round locally or there are some great websites where you can specify exactly the part you want.

I think that if anyone had any idea how to solve your problem, they'd have posted about it after one of the four times you've asked.

If you asked me to guess, I'd say that you've bent the metal on the back of the seats. It probably won't have lost strength, but will have stretched just a little bit meaning you are getting this "popping" between two different states.

There are probably a lot of ways to fix that, but they are also probably a lot harder than either getting some replacement seats or ignoring it.

hm i see


and i only bumped the question two more times, not four.

 

[AndyRKett]

Is it a split seat (folds down individually on each side), when you say 'pop' is the metal at the back actually flexing?

The split seat has mounting points at each end and one shared point in the middle, I would examine all of these and see if the seat is located properly in them.

You shouldn't need to be buying new seats even if you can't find the reason id be inclined to live with it.

Could probably help more if you're able to video the problem post it up to the tube and share it here

 

[DazEvo]

Is it a split seat (folds down individually on each side), when you say 'pop' is the metal at the back actually flexing?

The split seat has mounting points at each end and one shared point in the middle, I would examine all of these and see if the seat is located properly in them.

You shouldn't need to be buying new seats even if you can't find the reason id be inclined to live with it.

Could probably help more if you're able to video the problem post it up to the tube and share it here

Yeh ofc Im not buying new seats... im the driver.. doesnt effect me :slayer:

Ill have a look at it better soon and should be able to post a vid