Today we are going to treat a issue that is irritating but not very serious. In actual fact, unlike a leaking injector, or a shaking engine, being a victim of a stuck seat on Citroen C5 is in itself not rather serious. Nevertheless it might prevent you from being correctly installed in your car or produce your passengers enter through one of the sides of your Citroen C5, nothing major on the horizon. But we’ll still try to help you unlock the seat. To do so, first of all we will focus on a front seat blocked on Citroen C5 , then, in a second section, on a rear seat blocked on your car.
Front seat stuck on Citroen C5
So we begin this guideline on the seats stuck on Citroen C5 by the scenario of the front seats, that it is the driver’s seat or the passenger’s seat the trouble is going to be approximately the same, we are going to pay attention to two different problems, the impossibility to fold the seat, then to move it forward or backward.
Impossible to fold down the front seat of my Citroen C5
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So you begin with a front seat stuck on Citroen C5 and specifically if you have problems to fold down the seat . Realize that in this scenario it will be hard to do to fix the issue by yourself. In fact, in general it is the cable of the system that has come out of its guidebook or that has broken off and in order to access it you have to entirely take apart the seat of your Citroen C5. We recommend you either to take this step but it may take you some time and you may have to replace the whole system, or to go to a specialist who will execute the service more quickly.
Impossible to move the front seat forward or backward from my Citroen C5
The second possibility of a front seat stuck on Citroen C5 is that you can no longer move it forward or backward. This is bound to be a trouble if you want to have an ideal driving posture, or if you want your passengers to have enough legroom.
- Electric seat blocked Citroen C5:
The first thing to examine when you have a power seat locked on Citroen C5 is that your seat slides are free of any stuff. If you don’t find any foreign objects, it may regrettably be the seat motor that is at fault. To begin with, examine if it is well supplied with electricity using a manometer and if it is the case, it will probably have to be replaced. - In general in this scenario it is just a trouble of a foreign body that has positioned itself in one of the two slides of the jammed seat of your Citroen C5. So examine both slides attentively, even a small object can block your seat. If this is not the case, examine that the handle used to operate the mechanism is not damaged or that the cable has come loose.
Back seat stuck Citroen C5
Finally, second part of our guideline, we will focus on a rear seat stuck on your Citroen C5 , in reality, the rear seat of your car is not equipped with the same mechanisms as your front seats and the most general matter you may know is not being capable to fold down the rear seat of your Citroen C5 anymore. The most general matter is the opening mechanisms that are based in the headrests. As with the front seats of your Citroen C5, it is quite often a cable that has come out of its rail. Examine if you can put it back in place without any help, but quite often the access to the mechanism is gentle and will require the call of a specialist. If you have other components that trigger you complications, such as a hood stuck on Citroen C5, do not think twice to seek advice from our content to help you fix it.
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