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Posted on Jul 22, 2008

Front seat stays in the reclined postion..

My 2001 ford focus front seat seems to be locked in the reclined position..

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  • Anonymous Mar 19, 2014

    Seat reclines backward but not forward

  • Anonymous Mar 29, 2014

    the driver seat recliner dont lock the seat into position. it only lcks into on position

  • Anonymous Mar 29, 2014

    How do I replace the passenger seat reclining motor in my 2009 Ford F-150?

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The seat position is changed through the use of a cable that runs through a flexible tunnel, under the seat. In one case that I'm aware of, this cable got stuck around a projecting seat spring under the seat. When the seat was reclined and moved backward or forward, the cable caught on the seat spring and the seat had insufficient slack in the cable to release from the reclined position.

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