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Grrrr! what's up with Volvo's flimsy, brittle plastic parts! (need wagon owner's advice) 200

posted by  ugly duckling on  Sun Nov 19 06:37 CST 2006
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So just earlier I was folding the rear seat back and when I got to folding down the backrest I realized the lever that you pull up on seemed to be stuck. I pulled and pushed and against my better judgement applied too much gorrilla force and SNAP! a good portion of the lever broke off. I'm thinking now the seat will never be able to fold down again. But the determination that made me break the lever also made me look at other ways to fold the backrest down. I looked at the locking mechanisms at either end of the backrest. A-ha! I simply popped the locks out and was able to fold it down. Should have done that in the first place. It looked like they were a bit unlubed and hence difficult to move freely.

So now my question is how do I replace the lever and do they even have this part as a regular replacement piece? I fear that I will have to take the backrest apart just to change it. Grrr! For the time being I'm just gonna super glue it back for aesthetic purposes.






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