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How do I remove captains chairs? - 10/1/2007 5:17:54 AM

Frog

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Brand new to forum....this is a great site!
On to business....I'm a new owner of an 07 LT Uplander. We love it. It has captains chairs with side airbags that the manual says is not removable. I need to get this seat out (behind driver) so that my wife can access the rear bench seat without obstruction to buckle in our twins. Behind the passenger seat, we have our 2 month old. Having that one captain chair folded down, behind driver, stinks b/c it's very hard to get the kids in the back and buckled up. So, any tips on getting this seat out? has it been done before? I know that I have to disconnect the air bag harness and that the dash will light up, but if that's my only issue, I'll get it out tonight. If I can never put it back in, so be it.
Thoughts? Please help so I don't hear my wife screaming all week.
Thanks,
Frog
final queston....will all the other airbags continue to work?

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RE: How do I remove captains chairs? - 10/1/2007 9:07:00 AM

MalibuMaxxSS

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fold it forward, there should be a handle on the botom back, lift up this should release the back of the seat and flip it up, it may not cause of the front seat, the captains chairs are bigger....now I cant remember if there is another lever on the bottom front like the samller seat or if this releases the whole seat....if this dont release the seat check for on on the bottom front of the seat, will just look like a lever to slide it forward and back.....I dont have one here to check.... the air bag harness should play no factorthe sensor is in the side of the vehicle for side impact airbags??, only if you removing one of the front seats this would be a factor, say pass side where its on a sensor to detect if anyone is sitting there.

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RE: How do I remove captains chairs? - 10/1/2007 11:05:28 AM

Frog

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Thanks for the help Maxx. I'll take a look at it tonight. I'm bummed that these seats cannot be removed. I know they slide back and forth, and to be honest, they may not even be able to be released and tumble forward. IF they did tumble forward, it would be great but I was out looking at it and I tried everything and all it did was go back and forth.

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RE: How do I remove captains chairs? - 10/1/2007 2:36:26 PM

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thought more, now I remember, move front seat allll the way forward, flip seat down, using side handle, BOTTOM MIDDLE BACK of seat is a cloth pull tab........dead center bottom, hard to see, pull it straight BACK, not up, back, it is right below the handle to slide it back and forth....this releases the whole seat, to put back realign hooks and slap the ass end in the locking tabs on the floor....easy, should take you all of 10 seconds after you find the pull tab....

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1990 YJ Lifted Locked and always muddy, posi loc, 33s TSLs, weber carb. drop tailgate...

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RE: How do I remove captains chairs? - 10/4/2007 10:05:36 AM

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did you get it out???

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1990 YJ Lifted Locked and always muddy, posi loc, 33s TSLs, weber carb. drop tailgate...

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RE: How do I remove captains chairs? - 10/18/2007 11:38:20 AM

Frog

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Well......no. The owners manual states that captains seats with side air bags are not removable. All they do is fold down. I can only slide them back and forth once I fold the back forward. Bummer. They don't even tumble forward (they don't unhinge from the back brackets and there are no tabs to pull). Oh well, as the kids get older, it won't be a problem, but buckling them in the rear seat now while trying to get around a big folded captains seat isn't the easiest thing to do, but i'm getting used to it.

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