Z71Jack
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I'm posting this up so that people who have issues with the 3rd row power seats not laying flat know how to fix it. I got tired of messing around with the dealership, so I took some time to figure it out myself. Novel idea, right? Yeah.
Anyway...there are two possible causes:
(1) COMMON: your Tahoe came with the rubber protection kit which slides under the seats...thus preventing the bottom cushion from completely folding to the floor. Take a razor blade and carve out the lip that sides under the 3rd row seat. The rubber under there can hinder the folding process.
(2) MY FIX: At the end of the rails on the floor under the seat bottoms there are three 3x4 plastic caps. Sometimes these plastic end-caps sit too high which don't let the bottom seats fold flush to the floor. Snap them out, and then fold down the seats. They go down pretty much flush.
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Anyway...there are two possible causes:
(1) COMMON: your Tahoe came with the rubber protection kit which slides under the seats...thus preventing the bottom cushion from completely folding to the floor. Take a razor blade and carve out the lip that sides under the 3rd row seat. The rubber under there can hinder the folding process.
(2) MY FIX: At the end of the rails on the floor under the seat bottoms there are three 3x4 plastic caps. Sometimes these plastic end-caps sit too high which don't let the bottom seats fold flush to the floor. Snap them out, and then fold down the seats. They go down pretty much flush.
After:
Before:
I've had GM vehicles for over 20 years and it's been an adventure for sure. Dealing with GM service advisors and dealership body shops is a battle more often than not. Some dealers are worse than others. 
