Back seat stuck

[kirstbaldwin87]

Hiya! I’m useless at this but just bought a grand c4 Picasso 2010, and the middle row of three seats - the one behind the passenger - is stuck and won’t move backwards at all. There is nothing stuck in it and everything looks ok/not bent but I can’t for the life of me get it to move. Is there something I’m doing wrong? Thanks in advance from a desperate mum of three!!

[Hagrid]

I had the same, it seems, with the LH rear seat in my 2008 c$GP 7-seater. For ages I could not get it to go back, then one day, with yet another hefty shove, it did! And I've left it like that ever since, not tempted to slide it forwards again as a test!

Do you have the owner's manual for your model? I downloaded 3 or 4 and it is surprising how different they can be to each other, but when I found the one which showed my rear seats, understanding what the various pull tabs etc. did was helpful.

IIRC it might be something to do with a 'comfort position' (at least, there is one in my 2008 VTI+) where pulling a tab or something lets the back recline and the seat base slide forward a bit. It then locks into place for safety, so would presumably need to be unlocked to be put back to its normal position.

I could try to post the relevant page/s if it would help.

The only other difference between us is that I am a 6'6" truck driver, so what I call a hefty shove you would probably call it a sideways Apollo rocket launch!

[kirstbaldwin87]

Oh thank you so much for replying! Any pages you have that are relevant would be so helpful thank you! I’ll get a few of us behind it and try shoving

[Hagrid]

Here are some pages from a May 2008 manual.
If your seats are very different, you might have a Mk2 C4GP. It seems both Mk1 and Mk2 were sold in 2010, photos showing which is which are at the end of this other recent post:
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