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Has anyone had this problem that I am having? The passenger seat bottom keeps making a clicking noise while driving under normal conditions. I found the problem being that the seat bottom has some play and the way it is clamped with the frame keeps popping in and out causing the noise. below is a picture of where the seat has play.

 

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hotrodz37
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So I was able to solve the seat movement issue as a few others with hose clamps. I bought 2 - 1" hose clamps, and 2 - 3/4" rubber clamps and slid the rubber off of those and onto the hose clamps. I bu

GMC-AT
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whatever... I'm sure 2013 Chevy was perfect and had no issue. I'm sure your 1996 Ford is also perfect and never had any issues ... The truth is that every car/truck, every year has it's issues. Th

tanner709
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Thanks for this.   Just re-quoting for all the new members because I spent about 20 minutes trying to find the fix, with pics.

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Brandon W New Member

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My 2015 Subruban seat is moving when I take left and right turns, is there a good fix for this? Is it the seat adjuster? Does the seat get shimmed? Does anyone know?

My truck has 42,00 miles on it so it is out of warranty..

My 2015 Subruban seat is moving when I take left and right turns, is there a good fix for this? Is it the seat adjuster? Does the seat get shimmed? Does anyone know?

My truck has 42,00 miles on it so it is out of warranty..

mafd2 Senior Enthusiast

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Really? Have you not read this thread??? Of course there's fix. 2 hose clamps bud.

 

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GsBowtie Enthusiast

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I had the tsb done on my 15 a month or two ago and it's been rock solid since. No movement at all. This is the tsb with the shim kit and the extra clamps (black) next to the white factory ones. Seems to working so far. I didn't have a bunch of left-right movement before, but it was there and i didnt want it to get worse.

 

So far so good.

FrankDaTank Enthusiast

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With this clamp fix, can you still adjust the seat? I'm concerned that I'm going to put this in and then my 5' tall girlfriend is going to try to move the seat and burn up motors or require me to get out a screw driver to let her adjust the seat to where she can use it.

groundtrooper Enthusiast

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With this clamp fix, can you still adjust the seat? I'm concerned that I'm going to put this in and then my 5' tall girlfriend is going to try to move the seat and burn up motors or require me to get out a screw driver to let her adjust the seat to where she can use it.

 

The seat can still be adjusted any way you want. It does not affect the rails/tracks. The clamps just keep the seat in place horizontally.

groundtrooper Enthusiast

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So this doesn't fix the front to back rocking seen when the seat is adjusted all the way down to the floor?

 

This is for the right to left shift and clunk that happens when turning.

scottl1346 Enthusiast

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Anyone have a fix for the front to back rocking?

i have this same issue every time i come to a stop the back rest moves foreword and falls back its very slight but very annoying dealer said they couldn't duplicate it i call BS cause it does it at every stop no matter what position the seats in

andyhaug Enthusiast

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I found that mine will only rock front to back if the seat is all the way down. If I raise it up a little, no more rocking.

Silverado-Hareek Senior Enthusiast

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I had the tsb done on my 15 a month or two ago and it's been rock solid since. No movement at all. This is the tsb with the shim kit and the extra clamps (black) next to the white factory ones. Seems to working so far. I didn't have a bunch of left-right movement before, but it was there and i didnt want it to get worse.

 

So far so good.

 

This fix won't hold. I had the TSB done and it worked for about a year or so and then started moving again. Not as bad as before the TSB fix but there's still some play there that has since come back.

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phabejhmoob Enthusiast

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I just got my truck back. they replaced (so they said) the actuator and adjusted rails and re-tighten the bolt on the seat. It doesn't make clicking noises any longer but we'll have to see how long this lasts.

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