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  • ibookg6
    Noobie
    • Oct 2009
    • 3

    #1

    Sport seats mechanism failure

    The mechanism to adjust the angle of the seat back does not work properly. Has anyone been able to swap the mechanism with that from a standard e30 seat? This is in a cabrio btw.
  • craiggroves91
    No R3VLimiter
    • Oct 2009
    • 3024

    #2
    Originally posted by ibookg6
    The mechanism to adjust the angle of the seat back does not work properly. Has anyone been able to swap the mechanism with that from a standard e30 seat? This is in a cabrio btw.
    Mine stopped work as well. I havent looked at it yet, but I have heard that a lot of times it just something that slipped off or soemthing. Not broken
    You may not have to swap it
    Just take it apart and fix something
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    • BrooklynMW
      E30 Fanatic
      • Apr 2010
      • 1263

      #3
      I've got the same problem, and have been looking for a solution. I don't have sport seats, but I have what I think is called "Semi-sport" seats. (correct me if I'm wrong). Not the ones that come standard, but ones that are a little cushier, and full leather, not leatherette.

      Anyway, I can adjust the back of the seat up and down, but it doesn't retract automatically. Also, I would love to be able to raise the ass part of the seat just a little higher, so I can actually see out the windsheild, but that mechanism seems to be dead as well.

      I hear this is a very common problem.
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