Q: My seat is sliding back and forward

asked by on December 12, 2016

So simply my passenger car seat just got stuck and it's slinding back and forward. It's just not locking in place the lever that u pull up is stuck all the way up so I don't know what to do. Maybe i can by force pull and fix it but a bit scared that i don't brake it. Pls help

My car has 100000 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.

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