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wombatcurry

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Electric seats won't advance
17. Sep 2007 at 22:05

Coming back from Spain, we decided to do a long one-day drive - this meant sharing the driving. When we decided to swap drivers, as my partner is not as tall as me, we tried to adjust the drivers seat for her - it advanced half way then stopped. No matter what we did it wouldn't go any further. This was strange because only the day before I'd wound it all the way forwards to look for something we'd lost.
Any ideas what could be causing this? (I've checked for any obvious blockages such as stuff that's fallen into the mechanism)

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Re: Electric seats won't advance
Reply #1 - 17. Sep 2007 at 22:16

wombatcurry wrote on 17. Sep 2007 at 22:05:

Coming back from Spain, we decided to do a long one-day drive - this meant sharing the driving. When we decided to swap drivers, as my partner is not as tall as me, we tried to adjust the drivers seat for her - it advanced half way then stopped. No matter what we did it wouldn't go any further. This was strange because only the day before I'd wound it all the way forwards to look for something we'd lost.
Any ideas what could be causing this? (I've checked for any obvious blockages such as stuff that's fallen into the mechanism)

if they are electric, try winding fully with the winding handle in the toolkit...

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iggy21uk Omega Knight Offline Omega Spotter - tats gone tanning Posts: 1148 Berkhamsted - Herts Gender: Drives: Omega 2.5 Elite 1999	Re: Electric seats won't advance Reply #2 - 18. Sep 2007 at 08:29 When mine jammed found a pound coin in the runner yours might be a euro coin?
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wombatcurry Junior Member Offline Posts: 77	Re: Electric seats won't advance Reply #3 - 18. Sep 2007 at 15:49 Off to England in a minute, will have a closer look for coins (Euro, Sterling or whatever) there... I've not used the manual winder yet (the old car doesn't have electric seats), I guess it inserts directly into the front of the electric motor? Cheers, Ian
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Dazzler Omega Baron Offline Drive it like you stole it...... Posts: 4459 Sutton, Surrey Gender: Drives: AMG C32 estate	Re: Electric seats won't advance Reply #4 - 18. Sep 2007 at 16:06 Where does this said handle live then?????
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The Cambelt Kid Senior Member Offline Posts: 564 Derby Gender: Drives: DIY LPG'd 2.6 MV6	Re: Electric seats won't advance Reply #5 - 21. Sep 2007 at 23:03 Dazzler wrote on 18. Sep 2007 at 16:06: Where does this said handle live then????? Yeh, where the hec does it live, i've never seen such a tool!
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Timbuk Omega Baron Offline owned a Datsun 120y once! Posts: 3866 Coventry Gender: Drives: 1998 Irmscher MV6	Re: Electric seats won't advance Reply #6 - 21. Sep 2007 at 23:27 Should be in the tool kit as TB says
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Paulus Senior Member Offline Are you lookin' at me??? Punk??? Posts: 961 Wheaton Aston Gender: Drives: S80 T6, RD350LC, TL1000R	Re: Electric seats won't advance Reply #7 - 24. Sep 2007 at 18:31 Any chance of some more info about this mystical tool??? I am not fortunate enough to have the tool kit, but I have had the same problem for over 12 months. Nothing jamming the mechanism, I just get about 20mm of movement.
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sadman43

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Re: Electric seats won't advance
Reply #8 - 24. Sep 2007 at 23:38

Hi had the exact same prob with my elec seat, I raisd the seat to it`s max hight so i could see a bit better and after much searching (you nearly have to be a contortionist) found a ten pence piece on it`s end in the runner, it must have fallen out of my pocket at some point, I extracted it with a pair of thin nosed pliers and now my seat works like a treat. So it`s always worth a good look around.

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Paulus Senior Member Offline Are you lookin' at me??? Punk??? Posts: 961 Wheaton Aston Gender: Drives: S80 T6, RD350LC, TL1000R	Re: Electric seats won't advance Reply #9 - 25. Sep 2007 at 07:47 I don't think that my problem is mechanical. The motor simply switches off at a certain point - no sudden stop as if there is something jamming the mechanism.
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