Disable 3rd Row Seat Recline Buttons

[hellohithere]

Does anyone know of any way to disable the 3rd row's seat recline buttons on both sides? Or a clever way to block them? I have two car seats in there for my toddlers and they are constantly playing with the buttons. It's driving me nuts. Thanks in advance.

 

[FlyBry]

Carefully pop the switch assembly out of the panel & disconnect the wiring harness to the switches.
Tie s piece of string to the wiring harness, and tape that to the back of the switches for future retrieval.

 

[hellohithere]

Carefully pop the switch assembly out of the panel & disconnect the wiring harness to the switches.
Tie s piece of string to the wiring harness, and tape that to the back of the switches for future retrieval.

Nice. Have you done this? I'm just about the worst DIY person there is!

 

[Adieu]

Unplug them

Pry up the control panel with a vinyl prybar and pop it out

 

[Ellison Brown III]

What they said. Just makes it a little inconvenient if you need to fold the seats.

 

[Adieu]

Wow that IS a damn weird place for the buttons

Pretty sure they shouldn't work when you're in drive, but that still leaves the kids with plenty options to mess with em at other times

 

[scottdm]

Wow that IS a damn weird place for the buttons

Pretty sure they shouldn't work when you're in drive, but that still leaves the kids with plenty options to mess with em at other times

The buttons in question only allow the rear seat passengers to recline the seats as needed. My kids are older and love this feature! The buttons that collapse the seat are in the cargo area.

 

[scottdm]

What they said. Just makes it a little inconvenient if you need to fold the seats.

Disconnecting these recline switches shouldn't affect the separate buttons in the cargo area that collapse the seats for hauling cargo.

 

[RedneckTexan]

Can you tape over them with some black tape?

 

[ROBERT BONNER]

For about half of the year (hunting seasons) I have a "truck vault" that covers my folded third row. Since I don't want anything to inadvertently try to raise those seats, I disable them by pulling the 50A fuse under the hood that controls all 2nd and third row seat functions. This disables all buttons, the ones you pointed out, the button pad at the rear left quarter area and the dash button for the headrests. Check the manual, I can't remember the exact fuse block number; but, it is clearly called out in the owner's manual. That'll stop those pesky curtain climbers from running the seats.