Fix Mitsubishi Montero / Pajero / Shogun Jammed 2nd Row Seats Not Folding Up 

You can access the release cable without disassembly of the plastic cover in case you find it impossible to do. Peel back the soft part of the assembly and with a flashlight you'll find it right away. Thanks mate your video saved the day!

Thanks for the video, for those still struggling, you can get to the mechanism with a coat hanger from the back. Lift the cushion to create a gap between the plastic base cover and the material, then with a coat hanger create a small ended hook, place hook over longest pin and give it a good pull. Mine took more effort than I though would be required. Once you hear it click/pop do the same on the other side then continue as per the video to lubricate everything

Thanks for this very helpful video. I thought I'd share my experience in case it helps anyone as my seat was seriously stuck. With the larger seat you need to pull both cables at the same time and fairly hard, vice grips worked well, this releases both catches at the same time, then pull the seat up. Please note - the back of the seat needs to be folded down for this to work.

For anyone having issues when yanking that cable and it is still not unlocking. Jump into the boot, get a VERY firm grip of your pliers and pull extremely hard. Took me a few goes but it ended up unlatching and I got the seat up. Pulled off the plastic trim, sprayed some WD40 across everything and pushed the latch back and forth. It was very sticky at the start but started getting better with every lock/unlock. Put everything back together and now I have a seat I can fold up!!!

Thank you so much @Calislay. I almost gave up that mine won’t get fixed. You video gave me the confidence to fix it myself. Thought I’d share my process. For my case, the double seat did not even fold. So I had to fix the folding first. The upper switch/knob was stuck. So I had to cut through the side cushion and wd40 all springs metal parts. Now it’s smooth as hell to fold. Then I move on to follow you tips.

Awesome bro, have same car with same issue. Ask RU-vid and it delivers

Good effort (with one hand :-) ) much appreciated - UK

Great, going to do right now

thanks for the video very useful

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Thankyou so much for the video!!!

Nice and concise, thanks for posting!

Thanks! Really helped me with my 98 Pajero LWB Widebody (Gen 2), could always hear the door side jaw release but the seat never lifted. After seeing this I had another look at the inner jaw - the wire was stretched, but realised I could just push down on the steel release (until that point I always assumed the whole mechanism was one solid piece...). BTW: my cloth interior has better direct access to the door side wire without needing to waste time with the side screw

Great video, thanks heaps😎👍👍

Hi. Thanks 4 the video very nice , sadly my seat is still stuck , don't know what to do. I've pulled that cable and nothing

thank you

Thank you

Thanks for the video

would it be difficult to remove second row seats ? Im only using one and would be nice to have that extra cargo space .

After 6hrs of fucking around I got my seats lifted up from the normal position. All the cables were broken. Had to get long tent pegs and a hammer and bang open the leaver bars to unlock the clamps to the floor. Such a fucking mission

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Maybe helpful if you know the correct sequence for folding the seats. If that doesn't work then check for jams. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YFx2eV8q8VY.html

Can we completely remove the second row out of the car then fix it ?

Instructions unclear, seat still stuck, Maltese appeared in 3rd row. Suggestions?

Just spent 3 hours battling trying to unlock the seat lock while my seats are trapped in normal position. It just won't unlock no matter how much I pull on those wires!!! FML so annoying

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