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Weird-SD card gone missing

Old 07-29-2014, 12:42 PM
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I recently ejected one of the SD cards and it somehow fell out - I thought it had fallen between the tunnel and the right front seat. I searched on both sides and under both seats but couldn't find the card. Surely it can't have fallen into the (power) seat track?
This is really bugging me.

Any ideas welcome and certainly appreciated.
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Originally Posted by FLUSAboy
Hi
I recently ejected one of the SD cards and it somehow fell out - I thought it had fallen between the tunnel and the right front seat. I searched on both sides and under both seats but couldn't find the card. Surely it can't have fallen into the (power) seat track?
This is really bugging me.

Any ideas welcome and certainly appreciated.
We have all been there. Keep looking. It has to be there somewhere. I once dropped the oil fill cap on my car down into the engine. Could not find it and bought a new one..... (Oil Filler Cap that is). It showed up 6 years later in the general area that it dropped into. Keep looking and yes I have dropped coins into the seat track. You need to probe the track with some sticky tape rolled backwards on the tip of a screwdriver blade.
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I dropped an SD card between the console & front passenger seat on my 13 TTS when it was brand new. I searched for an hour with a high intensity light, ran the seat full forward & back - no luck. Did occasional searches for the next year. A couple weeks ago, after a day of moderately aggressive motoring around the back roads of IL & WI, I reached into the back seat & it was lying in the rear footwell. Only thing I could figure was that it got tired of being on vacation & decided to come home
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It's probably fallen through the coin holder!
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check the seat tracks.
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Get in there (under/between seats) with compressed air like the detail shops use. It will launch anything and everything that's not bolted down.
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FLUSA-
Some klever German engineer decided to install seat tracks that are exactly wide enough to hide an SD card, and there's JUST enough clearance for the card to sit and hide under there. Take a piece of cardboard or plastic and poke it around under the track, the card will pop out.
Some clever American is selling special foam inserts that you stick down in between a seat and the center console so nothing can drop in and get lost there. I'm going to use two three feet of plain black pipe foam insulation on mine, about 18" on each side tucked down by the track.
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