Hi all,
I've just slid the seat forward in the Trophy and it won't go back. Upon investigation I found that the small clip at the back which other threads seem to suggest is for the seat to "remember" where it was before being folded forward, has snapped in half - not surprising as Renault seem to have made it out of muck metal!
Basically the back part of the clip is a release lever for the front, which locates in the notches in the runner. The front part of the clip has disappeared off down the runners all the way to the front presumably, as the seat now sits in its foremost position and cannot be slid backwards, so the car is undrivable unless I can slip a tenner to a local midget to take it home for me! :lolup:
After several attempts by myself and MarcC with a long thin flat-bladed screwdriver to try and persuade the broken part to get the f**k out of the seat runner, it started to chcuk it down with rain all over my interior and seat, and I lost my rag and phoned Renault Assistance as I consider this a warranty breakdown, hope they don't disagree! :S
I have no idea what the AA man is likely to do when he gets here (I just got a txt saying ETA 23:25).... is he likely to have a tool he can get the broken piece out of the seat runner with, or be prepared to take the whole thing apart to get it? Or will he just take it to a dealership and leave me with no car when I desparately need one tomorrow? I hope he's got something to cover the car over a bit to protect it from the elements while he tries to fix it
Anyone with experiences of this fault before? :S
I've just slid the seat forward in the Trophy and it won't go back. Upon investigation I found that the small clip at the back which other threads seem to suggest is for the seat to "remember" where it was before being folded forward, has snapped in half - not surprising as Renault seem to have made it out of muck metal!
Basically the back part of the clip is a release lever for the front, which locates in the notches in the runner. The front part of the clip has disappeared off down the runners all the way to the front presumably, as the seat now sits in its foremost position and cannot be slid backwards, so the car is undrivable unless I can slip a tenner to a local midget to take it home for me! :lolup:
After several attempts by myself and MarcC with a long thin flat-bladed screwdriver to try and persuade the broken part to get the f**k out of the seat runner, it started to chcuk it down with rain all over my interior and seat, and I lost my rag and phoned Renault Assistance as I consider this a warranty breakdown, hope they don't disagree! :S
I have no idea what the AA man is likely to do when he gets here (I just got a txt saying ETA 23:25).... is he likely to have a tool he can get the broken piece out of the seat runner with, or be prepared to take the whole thing apart to get it? Or will he just take it to a dealership and leave me with no car when I desparately need one tomorrow? I hope he's got something to cover the car over a bit to protect it from the elements while he tries to fix it
Anyone with experiences of this fault before? :S
