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Old 11-14-2005, 11:00 AM
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Default Car is in the shop for the 3rd time to work on the drivers seat. The car was in for about a week...

each time for the seat rocking and then for getting a loose side bolster replaced. Now it is in for rocking in what seems to be along the tilt axis, as opposed to a back-front motion like last time. Has anybody else had this much done to fix a seat?
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search for "rocking chair"...and free up an hour to read all the posts.
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Default ecs tuning sells a kit for under $10, last I checked.

<ul><li><a href="http://www.ecstuning.com/stage/edpd/pagebuild_v2.cgi?make=Audi&amp;engine=2.7T&amp;mod el=B5%20S4&amp;submodel=&amp;category=Interior&amp ;subcategory=Seat">6.89 to be exact</a></li></ul>
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Default the dealer gave up on the rocking seat in my A4. finally said there was no fix for it.

they replaced the seat guides as posted below and it didn't resolve the issue.
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Default my dealer would respond with, the movement is "within spec"...

not sure how or why they would have a "spec" for seat movement.
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Thats easy...reason for spec....can't stop it from rocking. I wonder what the spec really is?
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Default And it works too!

The kit is basically three little plastic pieces, though we could only figure out how to install two of them. But regardless, on Nova's car just those two pieces took what was an intolerable rocking chair and made it nearly rock solid. I haven't seen him post about it yet, which is why I mention it here (maybe I missed it though).
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I guess I am lucky they are putting an effort into resolving the issue.
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Default so they're not replacement parts?

when the dealer tried to fix my seat, they first replaced the oem bushings with new ones, then replaced the lower seat assembly to replace the track, it rocks a little again, I assumed this kit was just replacement oem bushings,

is it additional bushings?
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spec is "how do i get this customer off my back"


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