Need some help on a NEW Challenger - passenger seat flip-down feature

[ViperMan]

Hey folks.  My wife's '10 Challenger has the "feature" where you lean it forward to access the back seat, and once it leans so far forward, it then releases the slide mechanism at the bottom, letting the seat slide forward.

About a month ago, she reported that upon leaning the seat forward to get our daughter out of the back, there was a popping noise under the seat, and now it no longer slides forward.

I took the seat out yesterday and found a cable that runs from the seat back down to the handle that you usually pull up on to make the seat slide.  The cable goes through a small, metal clip, which attaches to a bracket that sticks up on that handle.  When the cable gets tight enough, it's supposed to pull that handle up and let the seat slide.

I'm assuming that a clamp or crimp-end of some sort stopped the cable from pulling through the little metal clip, and whatever that was popped off.  (It appears to take a significant amount of tension to actually lift that large handle.)  I tried crimping on some electrical connector ends, but they failed immediately upon testing.

Can ANYONE sneak a phone up under the passenger seat of their Challenger, slide the seat all the way back and tilt the seat all the way back, and see if you can spot a cable sticking out on the inside-edge of the seat.  It's the side that runs along the center console.  It should be visible just above the wide handle that you use to slide the seat.  (When the seat is leaned back, the cable sticks forward the most.  I'm just wondering what Dodge had on there originally.

I'm going to swing by a bicycle shop to see if they sell the crimp ends, and possibly even have a tool I can borrow to try re-crimping it, but I'm also reading that I could possibly apply a bunch of solder to the end to act as a stop as well.

Thanks!

[anlauto]

You might have to ask this on a web site that features new Challengers, it could be a common problem 

[Chryco Psycho]

Contact @MoparDave at roseville & see if there is any recall or coverage for this problem ?

[Bullitt-]

a wire clip should hold   https://www.grainger.com/product/1DKK4?cm_mmc=PPC:+Google+PLA

[ec_co]

if no one has an answer here, try http://www.challengertalk.com/

[MoparDave]

haven't heard of this being a major issue. 7 year old car, things are going to pop and wear out.

[Chryco Psycho]

I am thinking Ashley uses that feature a Lot more than most people would putting Melanie in & out of the back seat

[Bullitt-]

this the item in question?  highlite in blue




This is for a 2011-up so your 2010 could be a different setup

https://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-OEM-MOPAR-RH-FRONT-SEAT-BACK-RELEASE-CABLE-DODGE-CHALLENGER-1VL54XDVAA-/361392483465

[MoparDave]

if that is what's needed. there is basically no dealer demand