How can I get right seat back up manually on third-row stow & go seats?

check for correctly locked in position --look for debris or damaged release

supposed to unlock with levers to fold back rest down,my 2000 nm has same prob I have to get large flat blade screwdriver or similarobject and get in back(stow rear dicky seat first)and lever the catches that lock base to floor not hard after you have done it once and seee how it works.hope this helps and works for you.

the middle seats come out easily. There are 2 handles you have to lift up on each of the bucket seats, they are in the front of the seat down by the seat tracks. After you lift them, tilt the seat upward in the front and rotate them backward. Then lift out of the hooks. Each seat is held down by 4 hoks.

The 3rd row seat is not designed to come out xcept by a technician. It does slide forward all the way up to the front seat. It has a sliding seat track.
First, lift the T handle under the seat cushion on the left front side of the seat. This will allow you to lift the seat bottom up all the way to lcok in the full up position.
Then, lift the lever on the same side of the seat and slide the seat forward. It will stop in 4 places.
Rear -Rear
6 inches forward of that.
another two ft to the second row seating position
full frward against the front seats.

Pleae rate as fixya if this helps.

Seat —Third Row Bench Removal
CAUTION: Removal of the third row bench seat requires more than one technician.

1. Remove the second row seats. For additional information, refer to Seat—Second Row .

1. Remove the floor mats.

1. Lock the seat cushion in the upright position.
   1. Lift the handle to release the cushion.
   1. Lock the seat cushion in the upright position.

1. Move the third row bench seat to the second row position.
   • Lift the seat track release handle.

1. Remove the two bolt covers.

1. Remove the two seat track front bolts.

1. Remove the four seat track rear bolts.
   1. Position the rear seat cushion floor cover aside.
   1. Remove the four seat track rear bolts.

1. Remove the third row bench seat.

check for seat belt stuck in crack between seats back and cushion.

remove seat cusion to see if soemthing is stuck. see owner manual for directions. here's explorer

Rear Seat Backrest —Third Row Removal and Installation

1. Release the two seat levers located at the lower outboard edges of the seat cushion. Lift out the seat cushion.

I drive a 2008 Suburban LT and my company has a true work "fleet" suburban. The only difference between these two that I have is the back of the fleet vehicle has a thick rubber mat in the back with no seats. After removing the black mat I found that the channels and rods that the rear seats clip into are present. The third row seats are installed by clipping them in no bolts or tools are required.

My experience with this in the past was yes, but it had to be done by factory authorized, installer, obviously for insurance liability issues that may arise. If you check,(don't have to buy) for price and availability from GM dealer, they will probably advise you of any such requirements, and if they don't say anything, you ask them. I know with my experience, with Chrysler, and basically same idea, I could pay for the seat, but it would be shipped to installer, to gaurantee done by them. That way everybody's rear was covered.

I have an 06 - I pull up on the bottom front of the seat cushion only and pull forward then the back of the seat drops down.

Its pretty tough...the headrest comes as a cassette type and a release cable that runs down the back rest of the 3rd row seat.

You need to expand on this question to get a good answer.

Yes? The thing about the Enclave/Acadia/Outlook triplets is that they are all great, but that second row is very uncomfortable. My friend was going to get the Enclave (amazing interior), but went with the Mazda CX-9 instead.