Broken Rear Seat Release - 2015 Ford F-150 Long-Term Road Test

2015 Ford F-150: Broken Rear Seat Release

May 11, 2015

There's no real way around this. We broke the rear seat release on our 2015 Ford F-150. More specifically, I broke it. But it does come with some explanation.

Look carefully at this photo. Notice that it's a close-up of the top photo. Then notice what's going on here. The seatbelt, which is still fastened to the buckle in the vertically folded seat, is caught in the seat release mechanism at the hinge. That bit about it being buckled while it's folded? That's not me. I have no idea who left it that way or why.

I come later, in a rush, and grab the release handle which is built into the seat bottom. And it snaps. Fairly easily, I might add. Still, this one is on me.

Fortunately, the release can still be triggered manually by moving the piece at the hinge where the trouble started.

Josh Jacquot, Senior Editor

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