01-19-2012, 10:54 PM
I have a pair of classic gray seats which, other that a little scuffing on the bottom part of the back of the drivers seat, are in near-flawless condition (yes, even the drivers side bolster), and I'd like to sell them since I'm replacing them with lightweight racing seats. But I have a problem with the power functions. Most of them were at best intermittently functional, so I took them all apart, sanded the contacts with 600 grit sandpaper, sprayed CRC contact cleaner on the contacts, and reassembled them. I was very careful to put them back together correctly, and they all spring back to the original flat position after releasing them, so I'm pretty sure the little metal balls are all seated on the bottoms of their springs. Now most, but not all, are working again. Both of the passenger seat's switches work now, so that one's good to go. The drivers side, not so much. It's an 8-way adjustable power seat, with the switches as shown in the diagram on the right:
The front-most switch's fore and aft functions (labeled 5 and 6 in the diagram) now work, but neither of the up-and-down functions of the front and middle switch work. Most concerningly, function #8, which reclines the seat back, also doesn't work. Function #7, which reclines the seat forward, does work, and in the process of testing the switches, I ended up tilting it too far forward for the seat to be comfortably usable for most people. And the rear-most switch, which controls the lumbar, doesn't seem to be working well, either. When I press this switch in any direction, I can feel vibration through the seatback, but no real motion of any kind (not sure what's normal for this function, since it wasn't working at all before).
Since I want to sell the seats, I don't want to buy new switches, which cost over $100 apiece. Plus, I'm not sure if the switches are even at fault. Has anybody here done any major troubleshooting of their seat power functions (Biotechee, are you online?)? Is the drivers seat worth anything with the power functions not working properly? Thanks.
The front-most switch's fore and aft functions (labeled 5 and 6 in the diagram) now work, but neither of the up-and-down functions of the front and middle switch work. Most concerningly, function #8, which reclines the seat back, also doesn't work. Function #7, which reclines the seat forward, does work, and in the process of testing the switches, I ended up tilting it too far forward for the seat to be comfortably usable for most people. And the rear-most switch, which controls the lumbar, doesn't seem to be working well, either. When I press this switch in any direction, I can feel vibration through the seatback, but no real motion of any kind (not sure what's normal for this function, since it wasn't working at all before).
Since I want to sell the seats, I don't want to buy new switches, which cost over $100 apiece. Plus, I'm not sure if the switches are even at fault. Has anybody here done any major troubleshooting of their seat power functions (Biotechee, are you online?)? Is the drivers seat worth anything with the power functions not working properly? Thanks.
(This post was last modified: 01-19-2012, 11:01 PM by Cloud9...68.)
