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minimatt87 · Jul 5th, 2007, 05:10 PM

I have a 2003 Mini One and the passenger seat will only recline, is this a dealer repair or can i do it myself any infromation?

miniredcooper · Jul 25th, 2007, 04:09 PM

Hey minimatt - just picked up your thread - not sure if it is the same problem but I couldn't get my seats to 'catch in any position apart from bolt upright with some second hand seats I bought for the MINI. There is an easy fix - but you have to be quite brave to go for it.
Basically you have to force the seat back beyond the standard stop.
Recline the seat fully back, (Push against the seat back very firmly and it will let out a resonably loud click/bang - you'll feel the seat back go back by about a half inch over it's regular stopping point - it all happens quickly and wil no doubt terrify you and make you think you've broken your seat.)
After this the seat reclines as normal again - you'll feel the notches of the mechanism working again.
I think the seat just pops out of alignment within the mechanism and by forcing the back you simply realign something.

Ant FR · Jul 25th, 2007, 06:27 PM

be careful, though, as mine did this for a while, and eventually packed up completly and the base then became stuck on he runners. BMW quoted 3 hours labour to fix, and that was the minimum. I eventually did it myself and fitted a new base, but had to strip the seat apart due to the way the seat had stuck and covered the floor bolts. Was a pain, but fixed it, still plays up occasionaly which is why i will be changing to Recaro's once i have the exterior of the car sorted.

Jul 5th, 2007, 05:10 PM	#1
minimatt87 MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Jul 2007 Local Time: 10:57 AM Posts: 1 Offline	Passenger Seat Mechanism Fault I have a 2003 Mini One and the passenger seat will only recline, is this a dealer repair or can i do it myself any infromation?

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Jul 25th, 2007, 04:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
miniredcooper MINI2 Regular Join Date: Feb 2003 Local Time: 10:57 AM Posts: 52 Offline	Hey minimatt - just picked up your thread - not sure if it is the same problem but I couldn't get my seats to 'catch in any position apart from bolt upright with some second hand seats I bought for the MINI. There is an easy fix - but you have to be quite brave to go for it. Basically you have to force the seat back beyond the standard stop. Recline the seat fully back, (Push against the seat back very firmly and it will let out a resonably loud click/bang - you'll feel the seat back go back by about a half inch over it's regular stopping point - it all happens quickly and wil no doubt terrify you and make you think you've broken your seat.) After this the seat reclines as normal again - you'll feel the notches of the mechanism working again. I think the seat just pops out of alignment within the mechanism and by forcing the back you simply realign something.

Jul 25th, 2007, 06:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
Ant FR MINI2 Master My Classifieds Join Date: Oct 2006 Local Time: 10:57 AM Posts: 1,843 Offline	be careful, though, as mine did this for a while, and eventually packed up completly and the base then became stuck on he runners. BMW quoted 3 hours labour to fix, and that was the minimum. I eventually did it myself and fitted a new base, but had to strip the seat apart due to the way the seat had stuck and covered the floor bolts. Was a pain, but fixed it, still plays up occasionaly which is why i will be changing to Recaro's once i have the exterior of the car sorted.

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