Help! A problem and solution of a failed motor of a power seat.
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Help! How can I configure a new motor of the electric seat?
My car is 99 CLK430. I lifted the handle of the passenger seat to put the seat forward to let someone in and my seat moved forward. When I put the seat in its normal position, it didn't slide back. So when I pressed the button nothing happened. It doesn't move forward and it doesn't move backward. All other parts of the seat move.
I did some researchs in forums, some people said,"I took my car to the dealer. A cable was marred. They fixed it and the seat worked again, but blew the fuses in a short while of use, so the electric motor that moves the seat will have to be replaced. I thought it would much more expensive, but its US$110 plus labour (US$80).
It's been backordered and will take two weeks to arrive.
If you are still having trouble with your seats, check this. My dealer told me that with use the motor overloads and blows the fuse, or simply dies."
and another person said,"I ended up replacing my seat motor. If you keep blowing your fuse, its time to replace the seat motor. It cost me $128.00 from the dealer. I put it in myself (only 45 minutes). Very easy anyone can do it."
I want to do that for my car. But I have no idea how to make it.
Can someone please specify how I can buy the motor and how I can configure it? Thank you every much.
And I also noticed the handel works weirdly. When I lift it, it doesn't fix on the top, it just falls down to the original position. Is it still caused by the failed motor? Or actually this is another problem about the handle control unit?
I did some researchs in forums, some people said,"I took my car to the dealer. A cable was marred. They fixed it and the seat worked again, but blew the fuses in a short while of use, so the electric motor that moves the seat will have to be replaced. I thought it would much more expensive, but its US$110 plus labour (US$80).
It's been backordered and will take two weeks to arrive.
If you are still having trouble with your seats, check this. My dealer told me that with use the motor overloads and blows the fuse, or simply dies."
and another person said,"I ended up replacing my seat motor. If you keep blowing your fuse, its time to replace the seat motor. It cost me $128.00 from the dealer. I put it in myself (only 45 minutes). Very easy anyone can do it."
I want to do that for my car. But I have no idea how to make it.
Can someone please specify how I can buy the motor and how I can configure it? Thank you every much.
And I also noticed the handel works weirdly. When I lift it, it doesn't fix on the top, it just falls down to the original position. Is it still caused by the failed motor? Or actually this is another problem about the handle control unit?
Last edited by amazon1023; Dec 12, 2006 at 03:58 AM.
