Jetta Wagon, rear seat stuck

[gvan]

The passenger side rear seat on my jetta wagon is stuck. Appears the latch won't disengage. Anyone else had this issue?

It worked fine for a couple of years, then got difficult to release, which has now progressed to impossible. Anyone else have this problem? Find/suggest a solution?

I have neoprene seat covers (Wet Okole) and suspect the seat cover, although quite thin, is contributing to the problem.

 

[TornadoRed]

One of the latch releases on my Golf doesn't work. I use a flat-head screwdriver to pry up on the internal mechanism, working from the back of course. If it gets to the point where I need to lower the seat back more frequently, then I'll have to fix it -- the instructions are posted somewhere around here, but I wouldn't know how to find them.

 

[wczorn]

Rear Seat Latch Repair

Here's a thread on repair of the rear seat latch:
http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?p=1681481&highlight=seat+back#post1681481

 

[gvan]

Screwdriver worked!

such a simple solution. Thank you!

George