lets talk about electric seats not working

[gsttuner22]

has anyone had a problem with there stock leather seats that have the electronic controls ?....if you did, how did you fix them ?

 

[marcmsj]

It's probably going to be either the switch or the motor. You'll have to do some diagnosing in order to figure out which one it is.

 

[gsttuner22]

when i press the switch, i hear something wanting to do work.

also when i do the control to go up and down it moves...but nothing forward and back, so what do you think that could be ?

 

[marcmsj]

If you hear something then it might not be the motor and it's probably not the switch, maybe a cable snapped or something.

As for it being able to move up and down, I don't know if it has two or one motor, so they might be independent from each other.

You'll probably need to unbolt the seat and take a look.

 

[turbosax2]

Here you go.

 

[gsttuner22]

that look very confusing...

 

[turbosax2]

that look very confusing...

Do you understand how to read it or do you need me to help you out?

 

[gsttuner22]

i dont really know how to read that...if you can help it would be awesome

 

[turbosax2]

i dont really know how to read that...if you can help it would be awesome

I'll try my best to explain this. If I confuse you even more let me know!

First, you need to get a multimeter. Something like this:
http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_th.../2/istockphoto_2274062_digital_multimeter.jpg
You can find them at a lot of stores - WalMart has them for instance. If you already have one, continue reading.

Set your multimeter to read resistance. (It looks like this: &#937 Set it at 200. If the multimeter has a continuity function you can also use that - mine doesn't so I just use resistance.

Now you need to locate the power seat switches. There should be a wire harness that plugs into the switch. Pull out the wiring harness and make it so you can access the pins on the switch where you just pulled the wiring harness out of. You may need to unbolt the switch box, I'm not sure. Now look at the top of the diagram I posted - all of the pins are labeled from 1 to 14. The big chart shows which pins should have resistance. Use your multimeter to make sure there is resistance where there should be. If there is no resistance, your multimeter will read 0. If there is resistance, your multimeter will read some number higher than 0 (may be any number).

For example, the chart shows that there should be resistance between pins 2 and 3. So connect one of the wires from your multimeter to pin 2 (make sure its not touching any other pins) and connect the other wire from your multimeter to pin 3 (also make sure its not touching any other pins). Wait a few seconds while your multimeter does it's thing and it should change to some positive number. If it does, good, now move on to the next check - pins 4 and 14. If at any point, you see that there is no resistance where the diagram says there should be, then there is a problem with the switch. By confirming that there is resistance where the diagram shows, this means that there is continuity between those 2 pins. Continue this process for all of the pairings.

Now you're going to check the motors. You need to disconnect each motor at the connectors (sorry, I'm not sure where these connectors are at but I'm sure you can easily find them right underneath the seat). You need to go get 2 pieces of wire now to use as jumper cables. (What I did was solder an alligator clip to each end of a long piece of wire so I could easily connect it. You don't need to use alligator clips but it sometimes makes it easer. Any long piece of wire will do.) Now, follow the chart for the motor check. You need to apply power to one terminal of one of the motors, and ground the other terminal. So let's do the front height motor first. Locate this motor underneath your seat (see the picture to help you find it.) Hook one end of a jumper cable to terminal 1. Hook the other end to the positive battery terminal. Be careful, this wire has power - do not ground it out. Now take your other jumper cable and connect it to terminal 2 on the same motor. Be careful not to let your 2 jumper cables touch. Run the other end of this jumper cable to any grounded part of the body or just straight to the negative terminal of the battery. Once you connect it, the motor should start working. If it does, disconnect the wires and test the next motor according to the diagram. If it doesn't work, you have found your problem. Continue to test the other motors to see if they're messed up too.

Good luck!

 

[gsttuner22]

THANKS !!!....very appreciative..ill post again with results