How to remove the back seat rear cover?

[HighPotential]

Plastic, apparently snap-on covers on the back of the split fold rear seat. I have one that rattles and I want to pop it off and goop it up. Very tempted to pop it off but just in case there is some sort of clever attaching system, I don't want to bust it.

 

[Nosken]

You might say if it is a refresh 2021-2022 or not.
I am also curious about this, because I would like to make a ski pass through for the center armrest area. Plaid

 

[leonwu]

Following this thread. I have a rear seat rattle too and curious what you are referring to.

 

[HighPotential]

Following this thread. I have a rear seat rattle too and curious what you are referring to.

Refresh. Got it March 2022 new.

 

[HighPotential]

Following this thread. I have a rear seat rattle too and curious what you are referring to.

Put your rear seats down and see if it stops. I got lucky and mine did so I've really isolated it. I am referring to all speeds, including barely moving, a sort of creaking from the back right. It did not require road harshness, jounce, body stress, etc.

 

[Hayseed_MS]

I have located two rattles/noises. When I put down the rear pass seat - it is gone.

The most common it seems is the latch and mechanism. I used hockey tape around the u-channel latch and that took care of quite a bit.

The other seems to be a rattle/grinding/creaking from inside the rear seat above and outboard of latching mechanism. I think I have located it and will work to see if I can eliminate this weekend. It mostly happens when the car has a torsional load on it - like over bump or turning sharp corner slowly.

 

[leonwu]

I put my seats down and the rattles diminished - but still there at times.

Does look like the U latch contributed to it, even though I put electrical tape on it. Maybe didn’t put enough - going to try felt tape next.

my theory is also the latching mechanism inside the seat itself. If you “peel open” the felt cover that hides where the U latch attached to the seat, there is a Philips screw and latching mechanism. Probably need to find a way to stop those from rattling.

 

[HighPotential]

Following up. It was the rear left seat latch. I wrapped the forward bar of the seat latch bar a 2-3 times with electrical tape and solved.

 

[howdidIgethere]

Following up. It was the rear left seat latch. I wrapped the forward bar of the seat latch bar a 2-3 times with electrical tape and solved.

Did this stay resolved for you? I’ve tried felt tape and fuzzy Velcro, but each time the latch wears through and the squeak comes back after a week or two…. Losing my mind on this issue..

 

[HighPotential]

Did this stay resolved for you? I’ve tried felt tape and fuzzy Velcro, but each time the latch wears through and the squeak comes back after a week or two…. Losing my mind on this issue..

Yes, it has stayed away. Make sure to do both seats.

 

[thu1]

I removed my back seat back plate to fix some rattles. Here is what you need to know. The driver side rear seat back plate was secured by whole bunch of push pins along and 4 plastic hooks at the bottom. If you start pulling from top all the way down, you should be good. Interesting enough, there are no hooks for passenger side rear seat plate,

 

[thu1]

Did this stay resolved for you? I’ve tried felt tape and fuzzy Velcro, but each time the latch wears through and the squeak comes back after a week or two…. Losing my mind on this issue..

The felt tape and Velcro will eventually wear through without a doubt. Try this Refreshed Model S - rear seat rattle, worked for me to some degrees.

 

[leonwu]

I removed my back seat back plate to fix some rattles. Here is what you need to know. The driver side rear seat back plate was secured by whole bunch of push pins along and 4 plastic hooks at the bottom. If you start pulling from top all the way down, you should be good. Interesting enough, there are no hooks for passenger side rear seat plate,

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What did you fix when you took off the seat cover?

After I took it off, and since put it back on, im convinced something isn’t sitting right (despite all 10 clips being in there spot), and now I hear an occasional loose plastic sound like one of the pegs or the back cover hitting the seat lol.

And still didn’t fix the occasional squeak (which started when I taped the latch to fix the rattle) that my rear seat makes when i go over bumps

 

[thu1]

What did you fix when you took off the seat cover?

After I took it off, and since put it back on, im convinced something isn’t sitting right (despite all 10 clips being in there spot), and now I hear an occasional loose plastic sound like one of the pegs or the back cover hitting the seat lol.

And still didn’t fix the occasional squeak (which started when I taped the latch to fix the rattle) that my rear seat makes when i go over bumps

nothing in particular besides one of the bottom hook is not latched in out of the factory. So I re-hook all 4 hooks and taped up some wires. It didn't help much though. The major rattle sources are still the u-latch and the bolster mentioned here(Refreshed Model S - rear seat rattle)

 

[Nosken]

While you guys had the rear driver seat back off, did you notice if there might be a possibility of cutting out a pass through opening for skis where the arm rest is located in the refresh 2021+?

 

[leonwu]

While you guys had the rear driver seat back off, did you notice if there might be a possibility of cutting out a pass through opening for skis where the arm rest is located in the refresh 2021+?

I don’t think so, there are lots of bars flowing around there and from the rear, it looks like one unit, not an arm rest + seat.

However maybe I’m not interpreting it properly, this is what it looks like with the cover off.

 

[Nosken]

I don’t think so, there are lots of bars flowing around there and from the rear, it looks like one unit, not an arm rest + seat.

However maybe I’m not interpreting it properly, this is what it looks like with the cover off.

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Thanks so much, you saved me lots of, what would appear to be fruitless work! Great photos!