"Easy-entry" seats??? Mine don't slide...

[jphealy]

I just picked up my first GTI on Saturday.  Hot-damn it's fast (coming from a 10yr old 1.4 Astra)!!  Anyway, I love it.  It's a 2006 model year, 3 door.

One thing I'm not getting is the supposed "easy-entry" seats.  They're supposed to slide forward after you lift the handle and tilt the seat-back forward - is that right?  I'm lifting the handle and tilting the seat-back forward, but there's no movement forward of the seat-base.  I know you have to push it or pull it or whatever, and I'm trying that, but it won't budge.  Could it just be really stiff?

Is there a knack to it that I'm missing?  I don't want to force it too much and break something!

[Edition30]

When you push the back of the seat forward it usually releases the base and slides forward. Theres no other way to do it except pull the base forward via the handle underneath the seat, but that will soon get annoying. Back to the stealers I say and get them to have a look if it isn't up to scratch.

[wellzee]

Mine are pretty stiff, they don't slide forward incredibly easily, but they do move with a decent push. If you have given it some welly and they still don't slide at all then this is not right and you should take it to a dealer as ed30 said

[jphealy]

Thanks guys.  I haven't tried them all that much yet (only have the car 2 days, and still haven't actually had anyone in the back).  I'll have a proper look again at both seats this evening, and see if they'll move for me.  Can you tell me: does the handle need to remain lifted to allow them to slide, or can you release the handle once the seat's tilted forward?

[gtiski]

Thanks guys.  I haven't tried them all that much yet (only have the car 2 days, and still haven't actually had anyone in the back).  I'll have a proper look again at both seats this evening, and see if they'll move for me.  Can you tell me: does the handle need to remain lifted to allow them to slide, or can you release the handle once the seat's tilted forward?

you need to keep the handle lifted and the back pushed right forward. bit fiddley sometimes.

[wellzee]

Thanks guys.  I haven't tried them all that much yet (only have the car 2 days, and still haven't actually had anyone in the back).  I'll have a proper look again at both seats this evening, and see if they'll move for me.  Can you tell me: does the handle need to remain lifted to allow them to slide, or can you release the handle once the seat's tilted forward?

Yeh if you're not keeping the handle lifted that will be why they aren't sliding

[Edition30]

Dont think you do need to keep the handle lifted, the handle releases the back of the seat to tilt it forward and when you push the back of the seat towards the dash that releases the base....if that makes sense.

[hotrod]

mines in for warranty next week... passenger seat stopped moving forward. rubbish quality compared to my old MK4!

[stokeballoon]

I seem to remember, that you lift the handle once to tilt the back, and then keep it lifted and push the seat forward.  

If you release the handle after tilting, the seat base will not slide.

 

[Spaced]

There is a plastic retainer kind of L shaped located on the bottom of the seat, it holds the cable that operates the sliding mechanism, they can break (as one of mine did) replacements cost about 70p and you can fit it yourself. You may have to fine tune the length of cable by screwing it in or out like a brake cable on a push bike.