Autofold seat catching issue??

[jargoude]

Hey Guys, new to the forum but I just purchased a 2007 Yukon XL Denali (love it) and I am having some issues with the autofold feature. Sometimes they work and other times you hear the motor working but it will not release the seat back to fold up. Has anyone experienced this before? Also wondering if it simply needs to be greased somewhere? Any help would greatly be appreciated. Thanks

 

[mattah]

I know its happend to me, where the seat back would not fold down. All I do is just have one of the kids just press the seat back and then it usually works. I use this feature on a daily bases cause of kids, love it.

 

[cmblack13]

mine does it in the esky aswell.....Both seats act up from time to time.

 

[HOE-N-IT]

I had the same issue with my 2011 LTZ. I ordered the 60/40 bench seat. The 60 side would not power fold at times. You could hear the motor run and straining and when it did release it would pop. I also had to really slam it down to get it to latch so I could raise the seat back.

Took it to the dealer and it released every time but it was straining and had to be slammed down. They said it was normal.

I decided to try and fix it myself. I put the seat down without slamming and noticed one side would still move a little if I pushed down on it so it wasn't latched on that side. I pulled back the carpet, loosened the bolts on the mounting plate and placed a metal shim under the D ring where it didn't latch and tightened the bolts. This raises the mounting ring just a little. It now works perfectly every time without straining or having to slam it down to get it to latch.

I noticed on GM Techlink http://enterthezone.net/techlink/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/april_techlink_2012.pdf a few months ago that GM referenced this problem and referenced a TSB for it. Scroll to bottom under Truck Issues. Not much information and I don't have access to TSB's but it did say the fix was a shim.

EDIT: Just read your post again and noticed you said the seat BACK. If this is your issue it is probably something else. Sorry.

 

[jargoude]

Hoe-n-it, thank you so much. You descibed my problem to the tee! I also have the 60/40 split seat and have the same rattle sound as well. I will try shims on both d rings to see if that solves my issues. Hopefully I can report back with a resolution.

 

[HOE-N-IT]

If your talking about both D rings on the same seat I would try shimming only one first. The problem on mine was that the floor is not perfectly level and when the mounting bracket is bolted down it too is not level so only one side of the seat would latch unless I slammed it down to make the other side latch which twists the seats a little. Then it was latched so tight that the power fold can't release the latch. See if you can determine what side doesn't latch buy pushing on each side to see which side moves.

 

[felixgun]

I also experienced this when I had my 2008 Tahoe LTZ... I guess it's kind of common which is unfortunate :/

 

[GM Customer Service]

jargoude,

It is possible it could be something as simple as that. Is there anything obstructing the seat (seat belts, etc.)? I encourage you to review pages 22 - 25 of the owner's manual. If the issue still occurs, you may want to consider having it inspected by a certified technician.

Please keep us posted.

Louis
GM Customer Service

 

[jargoude]

Thanks to everyone, I will look at all the possibilities in the coming days and get back as to if the problem went away.

 

[jargoude]

Adding a couple of washers fixed the issue perfectly!!!!!! THANKS TO ALL