# Seats Stuck in my 2006 Chevy Uplander **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** chevrolet, uplander\ **Created:** [July 16, 2022, 4:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/seats-stuck-in-my-2006-chevy-uplander/185277 "2022-07-16T04:13:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Makenziehturner\_181569](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea5d25/32.png) [@Makenziehturner\_181569](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Makenziehturner_181569)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 4:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/seats-stuck-in-my-2006-chevy-uplander/185277/1 "2022-07-16T04:13:39Z")
The previous owner of my 2006 Chevy Uplander removed the second row seats. When they tried to put them back in they engaged the rear brackets first instead of the front brackets. The seats are now stuck in the rear and will not come out. What can I do to remove them? Will I have to cut them out completely? The car was free from a family member, so I’m not complaining too much, but it’d be nice to have all 7 functional seats instead of 5. ---
**Author:** ![TheWonderful90s](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/thewonderful90s/32/29584_2.png) [@TheWonderful90s](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TheWonderful90s)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 4:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/seats-stuck-in-my-2006-chevy-uplander/185277/2 "2022-07-16T04:28:54Z")
There’s not a release lever on the seat? I doubt the problem has to do with being in the wrong row. You would probably be in the same situation if the seats were installed in the correct row. ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 4:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/seats-stuck-in-my-2006-chevy-uplander/185277/3 "2022-07-16T04:31:58Z")
I have been through hassles with seats, enough lever pulling and yanking they will come out. ---
**Author:** ![Makenziehturner\_181569](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea5d25/32.png) [@Makenziehturner\_181569](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Makenziehturner_181569)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 5:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/seats-stuck-in-my-2006-chevy-uplander/185277/4 "2022-07-16T05:13:40Z")
There is no release lever for the rear brackets, only the front. When installed correctly, using the front brackets lever will remove both front and rear hooks. The seats are installed in the correct row, but they were put in backwards(hooked to rear brackets before front brackets). The rear hooks are stuck in the rear brackets and there is no release lever for the rear brackets. I have seen others have this issue with this car, but have found no answers. ---
**Author:** ![TheWonderful90s](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/thewonderful90s/32/29584_2.png) [@TheWonderful90s](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TheWonderful90s)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 5:17am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/seats-stuck-in-my-2006-chevy-uplander/185277/5 "2022-07-16T05:17:29Z")
How can the lever release both front and rear normally, but when only the rear is installed, that same lever won’t release just the rear? ---
**Author:** ![Makenziehturner\_181569](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea5d25/32.png) [@Makenziehturner\_181569](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Makenziehturner_181569)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 5:18am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/seats-stuck-in-my-2006-chevy-uplander/185277/6 "2022-07-16T05:18:44Z")
Unfortunately, the previous owner tried to remove them with no luck. I’ve been working on them for a few days with no luck. ---
**Author:** ![Makenziehturner\_181569](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea5d25/32.png) [@Makenziehturner\_181569](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Makenziehturner_181569)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 5:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/seats-stuck-in-my-2006-chevy-uplander/185277/7 "2022-07-16T05:25:28Z")
The front hooks need to be connected to the front brackets for the lever to work. When the seats were installed incorrectly, they were only hooked onto the rear brackets which made it seemingly impossible to even connect the front hooks to the front brackets - they won’t reach when installed incorrectly. I’m aware it’s confusing and seems to make no sense. ---
**Author:** ![TheWonderful90s](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/thewonderful90s/32/29584_2.png) [@TheWonderful90s](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TheWonderful90s)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 5:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/seats-stuck-in-my-2006-chevy-uplander/185277/8 "2022-07-16T05:29:22Z")
Is it at all like the 2007 shown in this video? [Chev Uplander Rear Seat Removal - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kheBlEbGNbA) ---
**Author:** ![Makenziehturner\_181569](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea5d25/32.png) [@Makenziehturner\_181569](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Makenziehturner_181569)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 5:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/seats-stuck-in-my-2006-chevy-uplander/185277/9 "2022-07-16T05:36:18Z")
Pretty similar to the second row in that video. I tried using that rear lever and it moves, but the hook latch isn’t budging. ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/seats-stuck-in-my-2006-chevy-uplander/185277/10 "2022-07-16T15:35:38Z")
I’d go to junkyard and remove seat and try to see how it latches. For clues on how to jimmy the latch ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 3:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/seats-stuck-in-my-2006-chevy-uplander/185277/11 "2022-07-16T15:46:02Z")
Any way to disassemble the affected parts to give you more ways to move them? ---
**Author:** ![TheWonderful90s](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/thewonderful90s/32/29584_2.png) [@TheWonderful90s](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TheWonderful90s)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 8:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/seats-stuck-in-my-2006-chevy-uplander/185277/12 "2022-07-16T20:03:14Z")
Can you share a picture? ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 8:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/seats-stuck-in-my-2006-chevy-uplander/185277/13 "2022-07-16T20:09:38Z")
No experience w/that problem, just guessing, If they need to move forward to effect a release, maybe a cable puller would work, tied to a front seat undercarriage. ---
**Author:** ![tcmichnorth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tcmichnorth/32/25126_2.png) [@tcmichnorth](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tcmichnorth)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 8:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/seats-stuck-in-my-2006-chevy-uplander/185277/14 "2022-07-16T20:35:37Z")
See if you can find replacement brackets first, and then break whatever you have to to get them apart. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 10:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/seats-stuck-in-my-2006-chevy-uplander/185277/15 "2022-07-16T22:08:55Z")
Watch the video and sometimes you just have to get more aggressive or use a pry bar as suggested. Worse comes to worse, get underneath an unbolt the brackets so you can get it out and fix it.