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russ210171 · Mar 27th, 2006, 10:50 AM

Cany any one help, I've purchased a 51 plate mini copper and the passenger front seat is u/s. It does not want to fold and slide forward allowing access into the back.

Can I repair my self, as BMW want to charge £ 300.00 Labour.

mike4 · Mar 27th, 2006, 10:58 AM

should be under warrenty!

mine stuck open and would not lock back into place, so i just used some elbow grease and punhed the crap out of it untill it went back!

Mooyer · Mar 27th, 2006, 01:05 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by mike4

should be under warrenty!

51 plate...........

wilmanlee · Mar 27th, 2006, 09:40 PM

If the cooper was purchased from a mini dealer then u should have 1 yr warranty.

Had the same problem with mine and turned out the something was broken inside which caused the seat to jam.

Benham_Monkey · Mar 28th, 2006, 05:15 PM

could be the cable, push the seat rite forward on the slide front handle, then get ur head down in the rear footwell, pull the lower trim/material upwards, there is a cable that runs from the handle u speak off to the handle on the other side of the chair, ive had this pop out before.

KrisMcGrath · Mar 29th, 2006, 05:33 PM

I also have a 51 Mini one which the pass seat doesnt slide forward when you push it down to let someone in the back.
It also got jammed once and i couldt get it back up so i went to my local garage and after about half hour the said the temperarily put it back but i need to replace the stuff inside for £270.
I said thanks but no, and left and my pass seat has worked since (without the slide though)

Chilipadi · Apr 12th, 2006, 06:38 AM

I had the same problem. Did exactly what Benham_Monkey suggested and voila, all is well.

Mar 27th, 2006, 10:50 AM	#1
russ210171 MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Mar 2005 Local Time: 02:47 AM Posts: 3 Offline	Front Seat - problem with folding / slide forward Cany any one help, I've purchased a 51 plate mini copper and the passenger front seat is u/s. It does not want to fold and slide forward allowing access into the back. Can I repair my self, as BMW want to charge £ 300.00 Labour.

Mar 27th, 2006, 01:05 PM	#3 (permalink)
Mooyer MINI2 Senior Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Manchester, UK Local Time: 02:47 AM Posts: 371 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by mike4 should be under warrenty! 51 plate........... "....you'd be getting a child from Albania.......you mean all white with pink eyes???....."

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Mar 27th, 2006, 10:58 AM	#2 (permalink)
mike4 MINI2 Regular Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Guildford Local Time: 01:47 AM Posts: 68 Offline	should be under warrenty! mine stuck open and would not lock back into place, so i just used some elbow grease and punhed the crap out of it untill it went back!

Mar 27th, 2006, 09:40 PM	#4 (permalink)
wilmanlee Newbie Adventure Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Woking Local Time: 02:47 AM Posts: 61 Offline	If the cooper was purchased from a mini dealer then u should have 1 yr warranty. Had the same problem with mine and turned out the something was broken inside which caused the seat to jam.

Mar 28th, 2006, 05:15 PM	#5 (permalink)
Benham_Monkey MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Mar 2006 Local Time: 01:47 AM Posts: 1 Offline	could be the cable, push the seat rite forward on the slide front handle, then get ur head down in the rear footwell, pull the lower trim/material upwards, there is a cable that runs from the handle u speak off to the handle on the other side of the chair, ive had this pop out before.

Mar 29th, 2006, 05:33 PM	#6 (permalink)
KrisMcGrath MINI2 Regular My Classifieds Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Brighton Local Time: 02:47 AM Posts: 323 Offline	I also have a 51 Mini one which the pass seat doesnt slide forward when you push it down to let someone in the back. It also got jammed once and i couldt get it back up so i went to my local garage and after about half hour the said the temperarily put it back but i need to replace the stuff inside for £270. I said thanks but no, and left and my pass seat has worked since (without the slide though)

Apr 12th, 2006, 06:38 AM	#7 (permalink)
Chilipadi Pedas pedas... Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Malaysia Local Time: 09:47 AM Posts: 42 Offline	I had the same problem. Did exactly what Benham_Monkey suggested and voila, all is well.

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