Anyone knows what this is?

[Yevvy]

Found it on the floor below the glovebox. Any ideas of where it should go and what it does?

[dylan8]

Yep. because mine came out the other day, but on the drivers side.
they are part of the chair. think its to do with the leaver to raise/lower the chair? mine still works but is just a bit weak feeling. At least that's what i think it is, Silver dub posted about it a while back but i don't remember what the solution was...

[VDUB-BUD]

yeah i have found the same spring thing as well on the floor. i think it's off my seat for the forward and back movement.?

[Manaz]

It's a spring designed to keep the underneath of the car seat "taut". Once they fall out, they just keep falling out, putting it back is fairly pointless.

[Yevvy]

thanks for the replies guys. weight saving!

[dylan8]

It's a spring designed to keep the underneath of the car seat "taut". Once they fall out, they just keep falling out, putting it back is fairly pointless.

Doesn't do any damage not being in there?

[Silver dub]

Mine fell out about 8 months ago and i started my investigationing. Basically it helps in the raising and lowering of your front seats. If you raise the seat whilst your not sitting in it you wont notice a difference but if you sit in the seat and try and raise it, it will be harder to do so. The reason they come out is because the tiny tab on the bottom of the chair in which holds one end of the spring has broken off. It's not worth fixing because you will have to replace your whole seat frame and it cost hundred's of dollars to do so, also then it is bound to happen again in the distant future. Vw obviously didn't make the tab strong enough in there designing stages.

[qsilverza]

Cool, I have wondered for ages, mine came out and Volkspower said it wasnt needed It was rattling like a mofo driving me up the wall

Mine fell out about 8 months ago and i started my investigationing. Basically it helps in the raising and lowering of your front seats. If you raise the seat whilst your not sitting in it you wont notice a difference but if you sit in the seat and try and raise it, it will be harder to do so. The reason they come out is because the tiny tab on the bottom of the chair in which holds one end of the spring has broken off. It's not worth fixing because you will have to replace your whole seat frame and it cost hundred's of dollars to do so, also then it is bound to happen again in the distant future. Vw obviously didn't make the tab strong enough in there designing stages.

[JustCruisn]

Vw obviously didn't make the tab strong enough in there designing stages.

The tab is made of die cast. The same thing used to make model cars.

If you look around on the floor you may find the little bit of crappy metal.

[Manaz]

Basically it helps in the raising and lowering of your front seats.

I wasn't aware that my passenger seat had height adjustment - you learn something new every day!

Any idea of how the mechanism works (I'm curious now as to whether I should organise to have a tab welded back onto the seat...)

[Yevvy]

wow this looks like a common problem. oh well, need to save up fore recaro/koenig replacement

[dylan8]

The tab is made of die cast. The same thing used to make model cars.

If you look around on the floor you may find the little bit of crappy metal.

Yep found mine!

I wasn't aware that my passenger seat had height adjustment - you learn something new every day!

Any idea of how the mechanism works (I'm curious now as to whether I should organise to have a tab welded back onto the seat...)

Be good to know, by the sounds of it everyone needs it to be done.

Off topic, but how did you clean right under your seats without raising them? haha

[JustCruisn]

wow this looks like a common problem. oh well, need to save up fore recaro/koenig replacement

I have OEM Recaros, they are not exempt from this problem !

[balkanac]

Off topic, but how did you clean right under your seats without raising them? haha

You take them out i did this to my 4WD and i found almost $20 in change

[Yevvy]

I have OEM Recaros, they are not exempt from this problem !

TT seats then?