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- Wingnut
- Member Since: 09 Jul 2024
- Location: Windsor
- Posts: 12
Middle row headrests not folding automatically
Hi I am new to this site. I have a 2017 SD4 HSE Disco . When I fold the middle row seats from the boot area the headrests have suddenly stopped folding down so as soon as the seat hits the front seat it stops.
It used to do it but has stopped .
Can anyone help please?
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- Wolfpack
- Member Since: 25 May 2019
- Location: Norfolk, UK
- Posts: 349
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After you push the rear switch does the headrest still feel locked or can you fold it manually without pressing the side button? My middle headrest was always a bit slower than its companion to drop.
To be honest I find all the rear headrests obstruct rear view so much I travel 90% of the time with them all down anyway, so haven’t noticed any deterioration with time in the auto disengage.
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- Wingnut
- Member Since: 09 Jul 2024
- Location: Windsor
- Posts: 12
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The headrest can be folded manually but it's a bit of a pain as it is supposed to fold down automatically.
I have only had the car a month and they used to click and fold immediately after pushing the folding button.
Do you think seat position can affect it?
I also travel with the middle headrest down and did wonder if that was part of the issue.
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- Wolfpack
- Member Since: 25 May 2019
- Location: Norfolk, UK
- Posts: 349
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If the nearside seat is working its unlikely to be seat position/ rake as it’s joined? to the middle seat.
I have always assumed there was some sort of spring? inside the headrest that came into play once the lock was released …either manually or electronically from the rear.
Does the middle headrest have the same resistance to movement as the others when you lift it back up?
Last edited by Wolfpack on 9th Jul 2024 3:58 pm. Edited 1 time in total
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- Wingnut
- Member Since: 09 Jul 2024
- Location: Windsor
- Posts: 12
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All of the middle row do not lower when the button is pushed.
All headrests are the same and fold and return manually with the same pressure.
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- Wolfpack
- Member Since: 25 May 2019
- Location: Norfolk, UK
- Posts: 349
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Sorry misread middle row for middle headrest
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- Wingnut
- Member Since: 09 Jul 2024
- Location: Windsor
- Posts: 12
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- Wingnut
- Member Since: 09 Jul 2024
- Location: Windsor
- Posts: 12
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actually I have just had a fiddle and when I put the centre headrest up and then pushed the seat fold button the middle headrest automatically folded down but the other 2 did not
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- Loz
- Member Since: 29 Mar 2023
- Location: Berkeley
- Posts: 49
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Do you have the option to drop the headrests individually from the display?
Do you hear the solenoids operate in each headrest?
2023 Dynamic-R Metropolitan Edition D300MHEV
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- Wingnut
- Member Since: 09 Jul 2024
- Location: Windsor
- Posts: 12
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I do not have the option to drop them from the display .
I do hear the click but it's tricky to differentiate whether all are engaging.
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- Ian_S
- Member Since: 18 May 2021
- Location: South
- Posts: 88
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I have found occasionally that using the centre back rest down can result in it not latching back for some sensor which causes the automation to fail, so it might be worth pulling it down and re-latching again to see if that helps... sounds daft, but happened on mine and then the larger split of two seats just refused to go down flat ....
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- Wingnut
- Member Since: 09 Jul 2024
- Location: Windsor
- Posts: 12
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Thanks Ian , I did try that and sadly still not working. I have it in a garage at the moment so hopefully they can fix it
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- Ian_S
- Member Since: 18 May 2021
- Location: South
- Posts: 88
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I have to say I find the motorised seats in my D5 to be a complete pain in the
They're too slow, unpredictable, and when you're cleaning or loading the car, the motors time out so you end up closing doors, cycling the ignition etc. just to be able to move the damn things. You can't even control them from the app like you could initially either. Just a complete waste of tech and energy. The manual seats I had in my Discovery Sport, and had on my original D5 spec before I was 'forced' into a Metropolitan are much more practical!
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- Wingnut
- Member Since: 09 Jul 2024
- Location: Windsor
- Posts: 12
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To be honest the seat operation is fine it is just the outside headrests that do not fold automatically.
Also the front seats move forward to allow the middle row to fold but then the front seats do not return to their original position....even if I have manually folded the headrests down.
I took it into JLR and they said"we don't think the headrests automatically fold" haha .
I had to show them a video illustrating that they are supposed to then show them how the front seats do not return.
they are still"investigating the matter" but as yet have not got back to me.....
Such a pain.
You would think that JLR would know what their cars did.
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- PRH
- Member Since: 15 Feb 2018
- Location: South
- Posts: 49
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For info: On mine, the front seat only moves forward if the rear seat is not in the fully back position when you hit the fold buttons. I also think that the passenger front seat does not move back if it moves forward during the fold, annoying. This is how I know about making sure the rear seats are right back….
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