Self-reclining Recaros?

Does anyone else's Recaros recline themselves over time?

At first, I thought it was just me, but now I'm absolutely sure its the seats themselves

Basically, over a period of two to four weeks, the seat backs recline slightly and require half a turn to put them back to their original position

The passenger seat is worse (probably because it's empty most of the time and the car's vibrations will make it recline quicker than if it has weight on it)

weird...

Could it be your plus is haunted??

i get that too Nigel, and i find it a bit annoying to say the least

Yes Nigel, my passenger seat has it - over a period of a month - month and a half. It's probably down to a loose mechanism somewhere in the seat. Joe's has it as well (more serious) and he's going to try and find out how to fix it.

Yup, mine does this too. It's not got any worse over time though, so never bothered to look into it any further.

Ditto on mine!! . Long motorway journeys allow the passenger seat to recline nicely.

If anyone finds a fix.......;)

I always thought it would be just my own car, so I never bothered to post about it until now

It now looks like it's a common issue - isn't it amazing that we're still finding out things about these cars, after many years of ownership?

Has been posted on here before Nigel. I believe there is a fix-your-seat set available from Recaro that also fixes this, but the actual reason is unknown I believe. Might be just some bolts that need tightening.

I'm in this club too!

A quarter turn every week sorts it out.

Don't tell everyone or they will all want a set of these special magic seats though

me too, same issue

I've got Cobras in mine which does exactly the same! The Recaro's in my Civic Type R never did this though.

good grief - type "self-reclining recaro" into Google

Seems its a very common problem that afflicts Scoobies, EVOs, Fords, VWs and others as well as Coopsters

Time to speak with Recaro, I reckon

in fact, i just mentioned this to the mrs...

now she is moaning about the GTA seats too...

Mine are fine, no self-reclining at all.

James

Coming soon in the haggling section...

No Recaros no problem

So if anyone want´s to change Recaros for normal seats i can do the favour

Cheers.

My passenger seat self-reclines too !

Mine do this as well

Can open.....worms everywhere!!

Common problem eh?

Never had a problem with my old coupe and my GTA

Is that only when Proccy get near the car???

Giggady!!

@ hyperlink - I think I found the problem!!

Easy fix

Same here, both sides

now you mention it, I have the same too. thought it was just me.

"who in "ell" has sat in here" was the 1st reaction.

Ha mine are fine

Oh MCMike, why don't I see you in the AGM thread....

I'm working on it pinky

Problem occured on my LE, never an issue with my plus (airbag recaro).

If i remember I took the cover off, cleaned and greased the mech. I think its caused by vibration in the car/seat.

Work harder....

Yep, I get it on my plus, I thought it was going out of position when I flipped the seats forward for access to the rear seats....maybe not then!

Ok.....I see loads of people have had this minor issue......any solutions yet?..

No issue on my late non-Recaro "Recaros".

This happens on a lot of seats that adjust with a rotary knob rather than a ratchet and lever, on the rotary type, the knob is prevented from turning without any force (i.e a hand) by a wavey washer and when this washer weakens with age the backrest can work its way back by vibration allowing the geared knob to turn.

Hope that makes sense

The cure is a new, stronger wavey washer.

Any chance of you doing a how to MrT?

I looked into this a while back and did not come up with any decent conclusion. Recaro were not helpful.

TrimDeluxe offered to have a look, but in the end I did not make the trip down there.

Weirdly mine only do this for a short while, then it stops and maybe a couple of months later comes back again...

I should be able to, I'm taking the seats out to sell in a few weeks time so I could do one then.

You would make many people very happy T!