edgedriver79

I called the service department at my Ford dealership and took the car by there yesterday. I wanted to see if they could manually release the seat. I'm in the long, drawn out process of moving and really need the space back there to move things. They looked and said they weren't able to do that without taking the seat out, which the guy estimated would be $300 in labor plus any parts needed. It's not really on my list of things to do at this point. Frustrating issue, and I'm not convinced there's not an easy fix. Seems like manually releasing the seat wouldn't be a big deal if you knew how the thing worked. I have a hard time telling exactly how it functions. The access to the mechanism isn't great, so maybe the seat does have to be removed to get to it. Just wanted to update...that there's really no update.

Thanks! I really appreciate the replies. Unfortunately, I don't have the push button release in the cargo area. I also tried pushing and shaking the seat to see if I could get it to catch, and no luck with that.

In my 2007 Edge, the larger part of the 60/40 split back seat won't fold down. When I pull the lever, I don't feel the resistance I normally would feel before the latch releases the seat and it folds down. In other words, pulling the lever feels like it would feel if the seat were already down. I'm wondering if some big part will need to be replaced or if there is something I can do to put the seat down for now. I've removed the cover and foam inserts around the spare tire area to try to see more of the mechanism, but it's really hard to tell what's supposed to be going on back there. Does anyone have experience with a similar problem?