Rear seat backrest will not latch in place

[njdriver02]

Wonder if anyone has encountered this issue where the rear back rest will not latch back into place? I’m going to take it to the stealership to have it warrantied

 

[SymChris]

I believe there is a tsb on this, although I haven’t taken mine in for it (2019 Super Crew Lariat).
From what I understand for the tsb the rear “hook” on the back panel needs to come out a bit further to latch on easier.

I know I have the issue as the first time I needed to pull down the seat it didn’t want to latch back as easy as it should have. A good “push” when closing it will work, but there seems to be a sweet spot for it to catch. I hated when first trying to close it by slamming it.

The dealer should be able to resolve with the tsb fix.

 

[njdriver02]

Thanks I spent a lot of time trying to get it to latch

 

[sgtsandman]

There is a known issue with this. Mine will latch if I slam the seat back into position but others aren't so fortunate. There is a TSB on it.

 

[JMGlasgow]

The 2021 models still have this issue. My brand new Tremor has this problem.

 

[Robertmangrum.rm]

Seems like a constant problem. I have to slam mine up as well. But seems to latch with a swift swing. But should be easier than this.

 

[SymChris]

Too lazy to look right now, but I recall the TSB “fix” involved a needle and thread hack-job (no dis-credit to the shop folks, it was the instructions provided).

I haven’t needed the fix but I’ve also only had the back seat down twice in 2 years…

 

[no class]

Had this issue with mine. It will only latch if I close it with some force with my hand directly over the latch in the middle. Fortunately I have no reason to go behind the seat now that it's latched.

 

[Turbodiesel09]

New to this forum I had the same thing truck is only a week old. Notice the only way it latches you need to put some force to make it latch.