Rear Seat Latch Broken

[dataustin]

After 136,000 miles, my driver's side rear seat latch broke with it in the upright position. Don't even know where to start. Can someone point me in the right direction?

 

[Jimbo]

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[CoronaRaptor]

is the handle broken, is it moving the mechanism or not? You could try taking off the handle and see if you can move the mechanism with vice grips?

 

[dataustin]

handle moves, just nothing connected to it

 

[dataustin]

Does this look like the correct part?

Brand New Rear 60 LH Side Seat Back Adjusting Handle BL3Z 1662419 AH | eBay

 

[dataustin]

Got the replacement part in today (thanks UPS) and for the life of me cannot figure how to get the latches swapped out. Guess I'll call FORD tomorrow and see what they would charge me to swap them out.

 

[CoronaRaptor]

I guess the screws are totally different than the scabs, mine doesn't look anything like that. Good luck

 

[dataustin]

Thanks. After some work I was able to get the broken latch out from behind the carpeting and discounted from the existing cable (hoped to just swap the plastic parts and call it a day). There is a lot more going on back there than I had hoped to find... I guess that's why there are no 'how to' videos on the world wide web! lol