Remove air vent under front passenger seat

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  1. ksoth

    ksoth New Member

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    Hello,

    The kids dropped a marble in the car and it seems to have made its way inside the floor of the car, through the gap between the air vent and the floor pan. It is always rolling and rattling around and driving me crazy. This vent is quite loose, but I am not sure how to actually remove it so I can try to get the marble out, and can't find any information on how to do it.

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    Put car on reverse, accelerate fast and slam on brakes.
     
  3. Tombukt2

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    Funny that duct work goes thru floor metal structure. You've got to finagle the carpet around a bit . Usually believe me it's easier to undo the four bolts holding the seed in unplug the sensor wire on the bottom of the seat while it's leaned back after the bolts are undone lift the seat out of the way now you have that whole area of the floor to finagle the carpet around and do what you need to do to get the marble to stop driving you crazy telling you it's that simple to get the four bolts out in the seat unplugged it's about 8 minutes at best and then the rest will be finagling the carpet moving the ducks finding the marble and putting it back good luck