Seat Tensioner BROKE HELP.

[Maple50175]

Hey.. I noticed my back starting to hert while driving the other day. I reach over to turn that knob on the armrest so that the seat can be like not hard. Seems to be a cusion thing that comes out.. and yeah I think one of my friends broke it. Im turning it and yeah its not doing a thing. Then i pull it a little and it just comes off. Looks like they broke it.

Take a look at the pics.. How can i fix it? My back of my seat is as hard as a rock and i want it soft.


Any ideas?

[NutBucket]

It's hard to tell what broke. Is the plastic knob broken? Can you just stick a pair of pliers in there and turn the metal shaft? '

That's the lumbar adjustment BTW.

[Maple50175]

Originally posted by NutBucket


That's the lumbar adjustment BTW.

oh i did not know! heh

Yeah the knob is broken... There is nothing to turn... so yeah how can i fix it?

[accordztech]

use pliers to turn it hehehe

[Aaron]

did that adjuster come with all accords? when i bought mine it didnt have one on it so i figured there was just supposed to be a cover there thats missing, weird...

[accordmaniac]

Originally posted by Aaron
did that adjuster come with all accords? when i bought mine it didnt have one on it so i figured there was just supposed to be a cover there thats missing, weird...

I didn't know either.. Mine also has round plastic cover.

[5speedaccord]

fix it yet? lol add that to the list.

[br0nx finest]

My armrest goes down a click if I put pressure on it, does that happen to yours? And its position isn't adjustible, its relative to the seat angle.

Sorry to jack your thread, but I think pliers would do the trick?

[Maple50175]

there is this knob that u turn to make the back of the seat hard or soft. I cant theres nothing to put the plyiers on.


im gonna go look at it now..

[ACCORDianate]

My old 90 Accord had it but my 93 does not. I used pliers to turn it when the one on my 90 broke (remember, its NOT somewhere to hang a garbage bag).

[Maple50175]

yeah i know some kid pulled it off or kicked it my brothers friends

[mojo]

The lumbar adjustment was only available on the EX and SE models. In the 10-15 years since these cars were made, I'd say about 90% of the knobs have broken.