Autosleeper swivel seat problem Forums

dencol

I have recently purchased an Autosleeper Dorset (based on the Peugeot Boxer) and afraid all this is still new to me so yet another question.
The front passengers swivel seat works fine when facing forwards for travelling and locks into position, but when I swivel it to face into the habitat area I cannot seem to get it to lock. This mean sitting in the seat can be uncomfortable, as soon as I move my legs or shift position the seat moves sideways. Is this normal or am I missing a trick in locking it into position as I have run out of ideas?

Thanks in advance for any advice or suggestions.

Colin

tokkalosh

Hi dencol,

I have an Autosleeper too and find the exact same thing Sad

Don't know what the problem is so will be interested to follow your thread here.

Wupert

stickey

Hi,
The best thing you can do is to phone Autosleeer and ask them if it should lock in the reversed position, I know my Symbol does. I've always found customer service at Auto Sleeper to be excellent and take my van to them for service.
Regards,
Chris V

Velvettones

ditto in a fiat - i think it is by design

on that annoys us is the drivers seat cannot swivel past the steering wheel so cannot turn round, and the passengers you have to open the door to turn it

annetony

Our Autosleeper Harmony locks into position when in both positions
Sticky is right about Autosleepers they are very helpful, we have rung them several times for advice

Anne

dencol

Just a quick update.

Thanks for the suggestion re contacting Autosleeper, must be getting cynical in my old age never thought of a company being helpful. They actually replied within 24 hours (and yes they are helpful) to the effect:

The swivels are not designed to lock off in the rear facing position only the forward facing position. They can however be modified.

I’m not sure of the cost of this modification but have sent a further enquiry re costings.

Thanks again to everyone for their help and suggestions

Colin

warbird

You may find that if you adjust the drivers seat to the full foward position while turning the seat it will just go past the steering wheel! A bit of an odd design really also on some cabs the handbrake lever gets in the way which I have always thought quite dangerous! still, we all want a quart in a pint pot so maybe we have to live with it!

If you want to lock the swivil in a position other than forward then see what locks it, normaly a slot is cut in the top swivil plate that a block on the release lever slots into, there should be nothing stopping you cutting another slot where you feel the seat should face when not driving but ALWAYS make sure that the seat is correctly locked before driving off as any seat movement while driving could spoil your whole day!
Cheers
Geoff W

EJB

Many swivelling seats require the backrest and the front/back slide to be manipulated to turn them around!
Some lock in reverse and some don't....so it seems Smile

motorhomer2