Suicidal Seat Rails

[C.A.R.]

I have a Ph3 which has been fitted with Ph2 GTi6 leather / alcantara seats and recently the passenger sliding mechanism has been problematic.

Basically it will fail to 'lock' in and if there's an occupant in that seat it has been known to slide forward under braking. Obviously, this ain't right.

I plan to remove the seat at the weekend and inspect the mechanism, but I don't really know what I'm looking at / for. Any tips on how to fix this or is it more a case of finding a replacement set of sliding mechanisms from a breaker?

[1616six]

I had a car like this once, think it may have been a 306.

It was a case of a piece of metal on the runner had become 'limp' I suppose you'd call it, I literally looked at the runners whilst in the car for driver/passenger, saw the passenger one had a piece of metal sitting lower down... bent it up with a screwdriver & it was perfect after that!

Hope it makes a bit of sense

[C.A.R.]

I suspect / hope the same, I'm guessing there's got to be some form of ratchet mechanism as you can hear it clicking as you slide the seat into position. Will have to inspect, hoping it's not something broken as going on holiday at the end of the month!

[Seb_Ryan]

My ph1 used to do this, I just used to push the seat back harder and it worked lol

[callumcull]

I had a car like this once, think it may have been a 306.

It was a case of a piece of metal on the runner had become 'limp' I suppose you'd call it, I literally looked at the runners whilst in the car for driver/passenger, saw the passenger one had a piece of metal sitting lower down... bent it up with a screwdriver & it was perfect after that!

Hope it makes a bit of sense

This!

I had it on my old polo, there was a plastic clip the front part of the seat used to slide over, and that was missing resulting on the clip mechanism not actually holding the seat in place. Replaced the plastic clip, good as new!

[daddyfixit]

there is a sliding "bracket" that slides/locks on the inner seat rail---the one nearest the handbrake. my drivers seat had an episode like yours, braking/accelerating !!

before you take seat out, try tilting seat forward then slide all the way back BEFORE you lift the seat back up

sometimes as you slide back in the tilted position the seat hooks under the slider----takes it fully backwards to the end stop---then as you un-tilt the seat it locks back in.