Hi my wifes beetle drivers seat is stuck in position and will not adjust fwd or back, the cable is still intact, but the bracket behind the handle which should support the end of the cable seems to ha

there is a cable that runs from outer handle on the seat and connects to a rotating tube/latch at the inner seat frame. you will need to use a long flat scew driver from behind that part of he seat to slip in theat latch and twist to unlatch that seat then you canr repair the cable.

There is a D shaped handle on the side of the seat nearest the door. Lift up on it and the seat back will fold forward, and the entire seat mechanism will lift up and to the front, giving your passengers room to get into the back seat. Simply push the seat back toward the rear of the car to set it back in place; it will lock itself down once it's back in its original position.

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Hi and welcome to FixYa!

As a first course of action I strongly suggest that you manually put back the lever while you put the seat on the desired position. Sometimes the adjustment lever fails to go back so you will have to do it manually.

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the release cable has broke ,take the seat out and have a play to work out whats wrong ,you may be able to repair it with a bicycle brake cable

This happened to me the other day! My husband took into Kia dealership only to be told they'd need it for a few hours, might have to take the whole seat apart, then resulting in labor charges!
This morning my dad came over with solutions he'd found online involving the use of a broomstick or rake. That didn't work. You first have to slide the whole seat in the forward position, so the metal tracking behind the seat is exposed. Next locate the cable cord on the inside of this track. My dad then took a long, flat head screwdriver, placed it under then cable and pushed it upwards/forwards-which released the rear latches and then I pulled the lever and we pushed the seat out!! Hope this helps!


Slide seat forward so the rear track

I'm assuming you have manual adjustment seats. There is a spring underneath the seat that locks the end of the lever into corresponding notches in the seat frame rail. That spring has either fallen off or broken.

This is not necessary...as many have stated...use a hammer with switch in reverse position. Hammer the seat back...it will catch...

the lever has a wire that connects to the other side of the seat track make sure that wire is still connected.

its the cable from the handle to the seat mechanism that locks the seat in place. an easy fix with new cable from vw .i think its a dealer only part !