I have a 2003 ford explorer with driver side power seat. I let someone borrow my truck today and they moved the seat forward, when I went to move it back it doesnt budge. It will go in all directions accept back. Any ideas??? Is there any way to manually move it back?
If you will pardon me for being candid, I just spent 3 hours wallowing around in someones trash (well, I did place a lot of it carefully in the rear seat footwells) while I worked under the dash of their Escape.... This always a fun thing.... mostl because I suffered through the Hepatitis vaccine regimen with our fire department and I never lick my fingers....
Not too long ago, one of our apprentices was working inside a half ton and had to move the seat back..... and it refused to move back to the drivers desired position. I was tasked with rectifying that situation. When the apprentice moved the seat rearward, one of the drive cables came incontact with a frozen (it is winter in northern Alberta), yet thoroughly disgusting impediment...... and became dislodged from the drive motor. This particular item would be featured in a magazine called "New Mom" or something similar and would promise to fit up to 20 pounds.... I'm sure this one seemed to be "fitting 20 pounds".....
Has anyone looked under their seat, lately? For me, it can be like looking in your garbage, your sock drawer or (EEEWWWWW), your underwear....
Jason ha scritto:
Jason,
The switch may be defective. Take a tester with a light (looks like a screwdriver with a wire on it). try all wires on the switch. It should light up with one. This will be your power. Write the color down. Now try one wire at a time. touch the tester to a wire then try to move the seat in all directions. The light should come on for one of the directions. Write the color of the wire with the direction. After testing all wires, there may be 2 unidentified wires. One is your ground and one will probably be your back position wire. The black is normally used for a ground. If you did not identify a function with a color wire (ie. Lime), and no other colors move the seat back, then you know which wire is not getting the power. Get a piece of insulated wire to enable to jump the switch. While holding the switch in the back position (you may need someone to help you) take the insulated wire and touch the wire used for power and the wire for the back position. If there is a short, it will just spark and the fuse will blow (probably a 30 amp fuse). If your switch is defective, the seat will move back. If it clicks and does not move back, something may be jamming your rails.
Kitty
First thing to do is look under the seat... Most of the concerns I see where the seat has been moved a great distance and then wont return involve foreign object... flashlights, forgotten travel mugs (if you live in the US, maybe a misplaced revolver)... that sort of stuff.... Before we get too techie.... look for the obvious.
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