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#1 of 5 Stubborn 2nd row seats by sjishimoto Sep 22, 2007 (2:21 am)
We recently purchased a used 2000 Chevy Venture. I purchased a manual online and tried hard with NO success for a couple of weeks now. We've noticed that the middle seat and the seat behind the driver's side are 'switched'. According to the 'diagram' on the bar under the seat, it shouldn't be like that. Even if that could be a reason for those seats being 'stuck', it wouldn't explain why the seat behind the passenger seat is stuck. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. Replies to this message: chases (Oct 22, 2007 2:17 pm) 442dude (Jan 29, 2008 5:22 am)
#2 of 5 Re: Stubborn 2nd row seats [sjishimoto] by chases Oct 22, 2007 (2:17 pm)
Replying to: sjishimoto (Sep 22, 2007 2:21 am) Each seat in the van has a special pin that only allows it to go into a certain location. If your seats are in the wrong location than someone forced it. You might have to do some unforcing (AKA a hammer bangging it backwards while holding the catch open.) Replies to this message: 442dude (Jan 29, 2008 5:22 am)
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#4 of 5 Re: Stubborn 2nd row seats [chases] by 442dude Jan 29, 2008 (5:22 am)
Replying to: chases (Oct 22, 2007 2:17 pm) Correct!!!! If someone forced it in there's only one way to get it out...force it out. Couple of good whacks with a hammer will fix it. You may also want to put a little WD40 on the mounts just to make it move a little easier.
#5 of 5 Move the seats around anywhere in van by atherton Feb 24, 2008 (6:12 am)
Having a 2001 Venture LT with the three separate middle seats and the solid one-piece bench third-row seat, I found that the spacing for all the seats was the same. Just take the rear seat or seats out competely, (make a couch in your garage).      Now you can put any of the middle seats in the rear, put just two seats on one side, one behind the other, so there is a long flat 7-foot stretch down the other side, or remove one of the seats from the middle and put just one seat in the rear on one side, etc. There is almost unlimited interchangability, as far as spacing of the seats, ONCE YOU REMOVE THOSE STUDS with a dremel tool cut-off tool for instance. Take notice that some combinations will preclude using the shoulder harness, but if you move a second-row seat to the same side in the rear, you are ok, and the middle seat has a regular seat-belt which can be used if kept on the side where the clip belongs. REMOVING the studs does not mean the seats won't fit where they were originally, and have all the original functions, just that you can put any seat anywhere. By cutting off one side of the stud, close to the seat frame, the stud can be punched all the way out of the hole (hammer and nail-set) and you will never miss it again.

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