3rd row seats won't open - help needed

[Adam from PL]

Hello All!

I needed 7 seats on Friday, so I installed the 3rd row ones. I've done it before, never any problems. This time however neither will open from the right up position. I am baffled, as the opening handle does not release the catch on both of them... The handle on the right seat has some significant slack additionally.
Please take a look at the pics and tell me what I did wrong...
Is there any "emergency release" procedure? It seems I cannot even uninstall the seats at the moment.

 

[Malleus]

Are the motors plugged in?

 

[Adam from PL]

Are the motors plugged in?

the seats are 100% manually operated

 

[Kinnada]

check post #6

Post in thread '3rd row stuck in stowed position'

Sep 25, 2025

Follow up on my resolution, pretty straight forward really. Pulled the lower D-pillar cover after removing the 2 screws (one at the cargo hook and one behind the cover at the latch release). My cable had popped off the latch release, and upon reassembling it found that the release's plastic clip for the cable housing had cracked and so the cable housing would just pull-through and pop off when putting tension on the release lever. Quick fix with my cheap amazon plastic welder and some reinforcing staples. Works as it should now, and no binding in the actual latch, so not sure what the...

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[Adam from PL]

Done, thanks. EOT