The plastic panel behind my rear seats (the 60 side of the 60/40 split) is just barely hanging on. I can't figure out how it is supposed to be attached.

There is a pin on the far right (if looking from the cargo area) which is in place and keeping the panel from falling off, but there has to be more which should be holding it up. If I take out the pin, I can completely remove the panel. It looks like there are red studs on the inside of the panel which line up with white plastic pieces on the back of the seat frame. But, I can't tell if they are supposed to click in place or if they are just broken - - I can't seem to press them together.

I'm not going to mess with the 40 side split to investigate and risk loosening it too, so I'm hoping someone here knows the answer.

Thanks in advance, guys!

 

Can you post a picture so we can better understand what you mean?

 

I should know better than to not include pics. Not exactly an every day type question. I'll take a few for illustration purposes. Thanks for at least responding, Spike!

 

I figured it out and wanted to update this thread in case anyone stumbles upon it via search. I didn't have a chance to take pictures, unfortunately.

The panel behind the rear seats is held in place by 10 or 12 plastic rivets. One of the rivets is different from the others (door side of the seat, beige one-piece in my car, probably black in a black interior) and actually passes all the way through the panel and into the seat back. In my case, this was the only thing holding the panel up. The other rivets are set into the inner side of the panel and are not accessible from the back.

My panel was very loose. Once I removed the one long beige plastic rivet, all I saw on the inside panel were a series of red studs which line up with white heads on the seat back. No amount of pressing was making them stick together (which is why I originally posted the question here).

The rivets are comprised of three pieces:
1) A red plastic stud which is glued to the inner face of the panel
2) A white plastic rivet
3) A yellow plastic collar which fits into a hole in the metal seat back frame

Ideally, the red stud should fit into a slot in the head of the white rivet, which should slide into the yellow collar on the seat fame and hold everything together.

So, I'd never get it to work by pressing the panel onto the seat frame. The red studs were not designed to press fit onto the white rivet heads. What I needed to do was to set everything up the way it was when the seat back was first installed.

1) I carefully pulled each of the white rivets out of the seat back frame. I say carefully because these things are plastic and if the slot in the head becomes too warped, it won't hold the red stud. But, since it is a rivet and not a screw, you do have to use some force to wiggle them out. Remain calm.

2) Slide each rivet on to a red stud. Basically, you slide one side of the stud in and then gently apply a little pressure to get the other side to pop in. If the white rivet head is deformed, you may have to reform the lip a bit with some pliers.

3) When you are done, you should have 10 or so white rivets sticking straight out of the inner side of the panel.

4) Line up the rivets with the yellow collars in the seat back frame. This is a lot easier to do if you have lowered the seat back into the horizontal position. Make sure to look all the way around the panel to ensure that each rivet is hitting the right spot before pressing it all together. You may need to use pliers or a screwdriver to line up a few of them perfectly.

5) Push the panel down on to the seat back frame. Then insert the one long beige (or black) rivet.

Looks perfect now and is holding fast. Sorry for not taking pics, but I was entertaining my 5 year old at the same time. I hope this helps someone out there.