Attention All GT Owners

Just investigated a rattle in the back and discovered that neither of the
rear seats lock into place.

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"Pinot Grigio" <piinotgrigio@somewhere> wrote:

> Just investigated a rattle in the back and discovered that neither of the
> rear seats lock into place.

Interesting. I was loaned a new Alfa GT by the folks at Fiat for several
weeks while I was in Italy last month. I kept hearing the squeaking
sound from the back seat area but was unable to pin it down. Perhaps
that's where it was coming from...

--
George Graves
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Knowledge is good.

"Pinot Grigio" <piinotgrigio@somewhere> wrote in message
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> Just investigated a rattle in the back and discovered that neither of the
> rear seats lock into place.
>

Not just GT's! My 147 (2002) was delivered in the same condition, but
because it didn't rattle I didn't notice until the first time I folded the
seats down and realised they were unsecured. And they could never have been
locked in place because the dealer had to adjust the catches before they
would lock in place!

I was not very happy as the week before I had had two young children in the
back, I shudder to think what could have happened if we'd been involved in a
big accident!

Regards
Ross

Found this problem, during a hard brake the rear seat moved down.
Solved the problem with a "gently" push!
I had the same problem in my previous car, a 147!
Perhaps there are not always perfect tolerances... but with a hard push
normally the problem is solved.

Ciao

"Pinot Grigio" <piinotgrigio@somewhere> ha scritto nel messaggio
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> Just investigated a rattle in the back and discovered that neither of the
> rear seats lock into place.
>

Hi,

Noticed the same thing on my GT - although a few hard slams of the seat back
against the catch did eventually make the little red button on the top of
the seat go down to indicate it was locked.

Even more interestingly though (for me at least) I also discovered this when
I was investigating a rattle from the back!

Is yours coming from around the passenger side (RHD) rear parcel shelf area?
Did you ever track it down?

I've practically had the whole rear parcel shelf assembly to bits trying to
figure out where it's coming from without any luck.

If you've silenced your rattle and it was similar to mine I'd be interested
to know what you did to fix it!

"Pinot Grigio" <piinotgrigio@somewhere> wrote in message
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> Just investigated a rattle in the back and discovered that neither of the
> rear seats lock into place.
>

"Grahame" > wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Noticed the same thing on my GT - although a few hard slams of the seat
> back against the catch did eventually make the little red button on the
> top of the seat go down to indicate it was locked.
>
> Even more interestingly though (for me at least) I also discovered this
> when I was investigating a rattle from the back!
>
> Is yours coming from around the passenger side (RHD) rear parcel shelf
> area? Did you ever track it down?
>
> I've practically had the whole rear parcel shelf assembly to bits trying
> to figure out where it's coming from without any luck.
>
> If you've silenced your rattle and it was similar to mine I'd be
> interested to know what you did to fix it!
>
> "Pinot Grigio" <piinotgrigio@somewhere> wrote in message
> ...
>> Just investigated a rattle in the back and discovered that neither of the
>> rear seats lock into place.
>>

Slammed it fairly hard but they did not lock. Assumed the rattle was to do
with that so haven't really investigated it. Will let the Alfa garage look
at it.

> > "Pinot Grigio" <piinotgrigio@somewhere> wrote in message
> > ...
> >> Just investigated a rattle in the back and discovered that neither of the
> >> rear seats lock into place.
> >>
>
> Slammed it fairly hard but they did not lock. Assumed the rattle was to do
> with that so haven't really investigated it. Will let the Alfa garage look
> at it.

I had the rear seat catches adjusted on my 147 a while back, and also
have a rattle (passenger side) (RHD)! The two didn't seem to be
related and I've had the C pillar stripped down - it's still there
periodically.

I've long held the view that it is the rear seat belt mechanism. Ah
well, it out of guarantee now, so I'm just living with it!
Philip