e39 headrest jam

[bimmerx98]

A tall friend sat in the passenger seat and extended the headrest up. Now it's jammed and won't go down and remains extended. I am able to the entire headrest out and tried to push it down again but it won't go beyond a certain point.

Any fixes?

 

[mickyb]

Same thing has happened to me on my 97 e39. something is stopping it from going in . Looks like the back of the seat has to come off figure out what is stopping it from going back down.

 

[CosmosBlack]

Remove the seat back panel and take a look.

 

[MMLJTIGER]

Seat headrest

I would suggest that you remove the headrest entirely.
At that point, you can shine a flashlight down the "tubes" for the headrest.
There are (normally) two little plastic tabs down those tubes, used to keep the plastic trim piece attached to the seat. It's possible that one or more of these tabs has "slipped" out of its' catch and is stopping the headrest from going in.
If that's not it, then you'll prolly have to remove the seatback as others have suggested.

Good luck, hope this helps.