Battery, Back Seat, Help!

[all2kool]

OK, so the last BMW I owned had a battery - in the engine compartment. I know the manual says the battery on my 1992 525i Touring is under the "rear seat cushion", but I'll be damned if I can figure out how to access it. There is plastic cover near the kick panel (passenger side) and under that plastic cover is a nut. Must I remove this nut to release the seat - 'cause that seat ain't moving? Thanks in advance.

[AZ_Jason_S]

I don't know about a Touring, but on my sedan you just grab underneath the cushion and yank like hell and it just pops out. No tricks other than brute force.

[tim]

"panel on passenger side"
No. that ain't it.

Pull up with a short, sharp, yank in the middle of each side of the seat cushion- pull straight up. It'll come up. Until you've done it, you don't know how hard to yank. Once you get the hang it's not hard.

Welcome to the board.

[all2kool]

Thanks guys. I was afraid of damaging something if I yanked to hard. It just didn't seem that this was how to access the battery.