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The release lever for my rear bench seat is broken. It’s a little plastic piece with a fabric strap attached to it. Mini only sells the plastic piece with an entire seat frame for $1000. Basically my middle seat is stuck upright with no way to lay forward. Has anyone found a suitable fix? Right now seems like my only option is to design a new piece in a cad program and 3D print one?
Plastic is pretty thin and missing a big chunk. Also the leather has to be pulled back from the seat so it’s something I only want to do once. Looks like nobody makes an aftermarket part.
They have online inventory so you can check what they have - click location -go to store - vehicle inventory.
The part you're looking for would probably be something like $5 or maybe even less.
I collect many little bits at the breakers for my R53 and have started hoarding a small stockpile exactly for situations like the one you're having, sometimes it's just the small things which can be so frustrating, so it's good to have spares on hand.
I travel and drive for work so I visit many locations throughout the southeast --- don't see too many R60's but they do pop up on occasion, just last week when I was down in Savannah Ga. at the LKQ they had one which I sat in and snapped a pic, along with a cool little lizard who was just chillin' in the sun...
It had a pretty severe frontal impact.
Last edited by Oldboy Speedwell; Feb 16, 2019 at 11:04 AM.
This very old thread is about the only thing I can find about this problem, which I also have. Bought a '13 Countryman with a broken lever.
I will probably fashion a piece of metal with a lever arm on it to fit in the hole where the plastic piece used to be. It seems to have a torx shape, so a 1/2" or so flat piece would fit in and rotate the mechanism.
