Just bought my first ever Audi (previous owner of 2 TDi B5.5 Passat's). Front passenger seat (manual) stuck fast and driver seat wouldn't tilt and slide for rear entry access. Searched the forums and thought it might have been the common broken clip so ordered a couple. Removed driver seat but no obvious problem - original clip is fine. Put seat back and now works fine. Struggled to remove passenger seat as couldn't move the slider to access all 4 bolts but eventually was able to by removing locking pins.
Again no obvious sign that the notorious clip was broken.
What I have observed is that when you lift the lever to move the seat slider the pins on one side are not fully retracting. Any idea how to rectify this?
Unfortunately I made things worse by breaking the plastic cover over the bracket (pictured). Any idea what these are called and where I can get one? Part number appears to be 904033 but absolutely nothing found via a web search.
(Will try and post a photo once I find out how to!).
Thanks folks.
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