Back Seat Headrest Removal

[gunsnrods]

Hello all, I found out last night at the Boise Airport that you cannot elevate or remove the two headrests in the backseat. Jeep blew it here, the tether that attaches to the rear bulkhead teather loop is unusable unless you tear the rear seat apart. Check out the uTube video, not a difficult task but not something you want to do in a parking garage as it gets dark.
If you are looking at a Glad or have small children beware of this.
My grandkids rolled in last night, this is a major oversite by Jeep for young families.

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[Gvsukids]

Hello all, I found out last night at the Boise Airport that you cannot elevate or remove the two headrests in the backseat. Jeep blew it here, the tether that attaches to the rear bulkhead teather loop is unusable unless you tear the rear seat apart. Check out the uTube video, not a difficult task but not something you want to do in a parking garage as it gets dark.
If you are looking at a Glad or have small children beware of this.
My grandkids rolled in last night, this is a major oversite by Jeep for young families.

Yep, long since known.
https://www.jeepgladiatorforum.com/forum/threads/are-the-rear-headrest-removable.22197/

https://www.jeepgladiatorforum.com/forum/threads/can-rear-headrests-be-removed.23591/

 

[Ricky]

Hello all, I found out last night at the Boise Airport that you cannot elevate or remove the two headrests in the backseat. Jeep blew it here, the tether that attaches to the rear bulkhead teather loop is unusable unless you tear the rear seat apart. Check out the uTube video, not a difficult task but not something you want to do in a parking garage as it gets dark.
If you are looking at a Glad or have small children beware of this.
My grandkids rolled in last night, this is a major oversite by Jeep for young families.

I hear you, I discovered this the other day too. Very disappointing. Of all the things you look for and questions asked when researching a new car adjustable back head rests are not one of them.

I was taking my daughters car seat out to make it easier to remove the top and somehow the seat belt got locked around the head rest. After about a half hour I used a flat bar to pry the belt around the head rest.

 

[WILDHOBO]

Hello all, I found out last night at the Boise Airport that you cannot elevate or remove the two headrests in the backseat. Jeep blew it here, the tether that attaches to the rear bulkhead teather loop is unusable unless you tear the rear seat apart. Check out the uTube video, not a difficult task but not something you want to do in a parking garage as it gets dark.
If you are looking at a Glad or have small children beware of this.
My grandkids rolled in last night, this is a major oversite by Jeep for young families.

We have two kids who had car seats in my gladiator until they were in boosters. It’s true that they don’t raise or remove, but it’s easy to get the tether through by pivoting the headrests forward with the side button. I’ve done it about one hundred times. No pickup is easy with rear tethers, but the back of the cab is what makes that tough.

 

[whysoserious]

Hello all, I found out last night at the Boise Airport that you cannot elevate or remove the two headrests in the backseat. Jeep blew it here, the tether that attaches to the rear bulkhead teather loop is unusable unless you tear the rear seat apart. Check out the uTube video, not a difficult task but not something you want to do in a parking garage as it gets dark.
If you are looking at a Glad or have small children beware of this.
My grandkids rolled in last night, this is a major oversite by Jeep for young families.

This might help...

 

[gladiator_oc23]

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thats cool , just pull those rings out, not sure why I would want to do the 2nd part and take apart the seat only to store the pins essential , since the head rest doesnt stay in the adjusted height place anyways. glad I came across this thread tho, I too have car seats thats a paint to install around the head rest.

 

[GeneralMaximus]

Great, another feature thats been around for decades(removable headrests) that the all-knowing Jeep engineers decided to reengineer for the worse. Thanks for the youtube hack, I am removing that metal clip asap.

 

[Janster]

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Awesome!! Thank you!!
My previously owned GMC Canyon allowed me to remove them. I was surprised you couldn’t on the JT. I’ll be removing those pins here soon!

 

[Dave-in-RI]

Has anyone done this (just the clips) and discovered any “gotcha”s / issues, perhaps when putting it back in?

Also, do the removed headrests fit in the under seat storage area/bin?

 

[Redfour5]

Hello all, I found out last night at the Boise Airport that you cannot elevate or remove the two headrests in the backseat. Jeep blew it here, the tether that attaches to the rear bulkhead teather loop is unusable unless you tear the rear seat apart. Check out the uTube video, not a difficult task but not something you want to do in a parking garage as it gets dark.
If you are looking at a Glad or have small children beware of this.
My grandkids rolled in last night, this is a major oversite by Jeep for young families.

You can flip em forward so they are parallel to the seat bottoms and that helps, or you can just do a seat delete.

 

[gunsnrods]

OP here. The headrests are removed from my back seat and stored in my garage. Once or twice a year my elem age grandkids visit, out come the headrests. These kids are now beyond car seat age and just use a booster, my issue is resolved.
Late last year I attempted to communicate with Jeep corporate about the lousy design and the difficulty using an infant or small child seat in my 2022 Glad. Pretty much blew me off.
For those owners or prospective owners please take your car seat to the dealer or private party meetup and see if your seat works! I had a very nice car seat and teather strap would not reach welded U shape clip with headrest in place. I hope by now Jeep has redesigned the headrest to allow an owner to elevate the headrest to alleviate this issue.

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