Help! Electric Seat Adjustment Gremlin
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Help! Electric Seat Adjustment Gremlin
I've got a 2003 G55 with just over 100K on it. When I bought it, I had some issues with the passenger seat adjustment only going one way (forward).
So I opened up the door and sprayed some contact cleaner on all of the electrical connections behind the door and under the seat. And Voila, the seat started to work again like it should.
Fast forward 30 days (its a little colder here in the bay area)
My driver side seat decides that sometimes the seat adjustment wants to work, and sometimes it doesn't. When its NOT working, sometimes I will hear an occasional click, but generally nothing. The seat memory recall is adjusting the mirror, but not the seat. A few hours later, it starts working again, for no apparent reason.
So I go ahead and open the driver door up, spray contact cleaner on all of the connections (in door and under seat) and we're back in business again.
Fast forward one week.
The passenger seat starts acting up again, only this time it decides it will not work at all. Later the same day it starts to work again.
Same day, the driver seat decides it does not want to work anymore either. Later that day, it starts working again.
I'm pretty sure this is a loose connection, but I want to be doubly sure. I don't want to invest $200 for each seat controller in the door, and god knows how much the controller is under the seat.
Would love to hear from others about their experience. Is this a bad seat controller switch? Could it be that both have gone bad? Should I invest in new seat adjustment controllers?
Any advice is appreciated.
So I opened up the door and sprayed some contact cleaner on all of the electrical connections behind the door and under the seat. And Voila, the seat started to work again like it should.
Fast forward 30 days (its a little colder here in the bay area)
My driver side seat decides that sometimes the seat adjustment wants to work, and sometimes it doesn't. When its NOT working, sometimes I will hear an occasional click, but generally nothing. The seat memory recall is adjusting the mirror, but not the seat. A few hours later, it starts working again, for no apparent reason.
So I go ahead and open the driver door up, spray contact cleaner on all of the connections (in door and under seat) and we're back in business again.
Fast forward one week.
The passenger seat starts acting up again, only this time it decides it will not work at all. Later the same day it starts to work again.
Same day, the driver seat decides it does not want to work anymore either. Later that day, it starts working again.
I'm pretty sure this is a loose connection, but I want to be doubly sure. I don't want to invest $200 for each seat controller in the door, and god knows how much the controller is under the seat.
Would love to hear from others about their experience. Is this a bad seat controller switch? Could it be that both have gone bad? Should I invest in new seat adjustment controllers?
Any advice is appreciated.
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This is not uncommon, and has been discussed over on P3, along with solutions to fix the problem.
Last edited by DUTCH; Dec 11, 2013 at 09:16 AM.
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Thanks Dutch for responding. I did search, but obviously missed it. I will try to clean the switches again with forced air and if all else fails, just replace the driver side controller.
Between Benzworld, P3 and MBworld, its a wonder that we can't consolidate all three into one and search across them. Would make life easier than three separate searches.
Between Benzworld, P3 and MBworld, its a wonder that we can't consolidate all three into one and search across them. Would make life easier than three separate searches.
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Thanks Dutch for responding. I did search, but obviously missed it. I will try to clean the switches again with forced air and if all else fails, just replace the driver side controller.
Between Benzworld, P3 and MBworld, its a wonder that we can't consolidate all three into one and search across them. Would make life easier than three separate searches.
Between Benzworld, P3 and MBworld, its a wonder that we can't consolidate all three into one and search across them. Would make life easier than three separate searches.
