A piece of the latch assembly that holds my back seats in broke off. Of course you can't replace the latch piece, you have to buy the entire assembly. The stealership wants $140. Anybody know of a better place to find it? Here's the part #:12478359
Rear Seat Latch Assembly
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3blackchevys
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give parts4chevys.com a shot
Volant1
Volant guy
Is this for the 60/40 bench? The 40 or smaller passanger side cable clip broke on mine, I just pull up the cable to unlock the seat now, works like a charm
Fyrcaptain
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http://www.gmpartsdirect.com/
87.15.....then of course there's the BOHICA open cheek special shipping charge(s).......
87.15.....then of course there's the BOHICA open cheek special shipping charge(s).......
This is a 50/50 bench. It's the rear left latch of the driver side bench. It sucks I can't buy just the part of the latch that broke. Parts websites call it the 'upper upper back'. Sounds weird...
same here except when you have to go under the seat several times in a row then it hurts to pull on the cable.
MikeTheApeman
Full Access Member
Hurts to pull on the cable?? This coming from the member with chrome trailer nuts as an avatar??
Oh, the irony before I have finished my coffee.
Hurts to pull on the cable?? This coming from the member with chrome trailer nuts as an avatar??
Oh, the irony before I have finished my coffee.
Hurts to pull on the cable?? This coming from the member with chrome trailer nuts as an avatar??
Oh, the irony before I have finished my coffee.
Ouch! He needs em cuz you just kicked em....lol
J/K
I have a Solution to the rear seat latch not working
I have a 1997 Tahoe 5.7L 4 Door with the 60/40 rear seating.
The cable which releases the rear seat to drop down broke and the 60 seat would not fold down.
From behind the seat you will see a small opening where the seat meets the floor carpet. Take a flashlight and a flat head screw driver and push on the latch which will release the seat. I used a second driver to wedge the seat up so I could see in there and find the release latch. Then my tool (flat head driver) to push on the release latch.
I tried for about an hour to address the problem from the front looking at the assembly. But then realised I could see the actual latch from the small opening in the back of the Tahoe.
Hope this helps someone out there
-W
I have a 1997 Tahoe 5.7L 4 Door with the 60/40 rear seating.
The cable which releases the rear seat to drop down broke and the 60 seat would not fold down.
From behind the seat you will see a small opening where the seat meets the floor carpet. Take a flashlight and a flat head screw driver and push on the latch which will release the seat. I used a second driver to wedge the seat up so I could see in there and find the release latch. Then my tool (flat head driver) to push on the release latch.
I tried for about an hour to address the problem from the front looking at the assembly. But then realised I could see the actual latch from the small opening in the back of the Tahoe.
Hope this helps someone out there
-W
Bump for the youngest thread I can find on the subject. I have a very similar situation as wh134802. I have a 2001 Tahoe and both wires that pull the latch when you fold the seat bottoms up are broken. I can still push on the latch with my finger or a screwdriver and get the seat backs to fold down just fine, but that's obviously a less than ideal situation when my hands are full, or when I don't want to get them covered in the lube that I just sprayed everywhere down there.
I see on gmpartsdirect that they should have both wires in stock. My question is this: has anyone ever actually replaced just those wires? If so, can I just pull them through with a tape/the old wire, or does it basically require pulling the seat frames out?
I see on gmpartsdirect that they should have both wires in stock. My question is this: has anyone ever actually replaced just those wires? If so, can I just pull them through with a tape/the old wire, or does it basically require pulling the seat frames out?
I would love to have some sort of input about this too. I have an 03 with both cables on the passenger side broken. I can let the seat(back) forward manually, but the head rest won't fold back which won't allow the seat to lay forward all of the way. I have pulled on the cable that goes up into the seat and it won't release the head rest.
Surely someone out there has encountered this before.
Surely someone out there has encountered this before.
chaingun427
OBS Mad Scientist
I'm going to try to fix my obs with a bicycle brake cable, perhaps that might work for you as well?
let me know how that works. I would assume the cable itself will be fine, but I don't know about the cable ends. I think the end on the hinge side is some sort of typical ferrule, but the end on the seat side is some kind of hook, and mine are bent and broken. Would be nice to know if this can be fixed with "standard" hardware, rather than a gm specialty part.
