What is wrong with my seat?

[indierthanthou]

ok here is the story: My girlfriend (a tiny 5'1" tall) moved the passenger seat of my car almost all the way forward so a friend could sit in the back. When she went to move it back to a reasonable location, it wouldn't go back. I checked all the fuses. Everything is ok on that front. There is no noise whatsoever, not even a click of a relay or of the motor being stuck. What can I do?

I also tried to pull the seat out and somehow manually turn the motor to at least move the seat back so people over 5' can fit in there comfortably. I got the bolts in the back out no problem, but I couldn't yank it out from the hooks in the front, it wouldn't move, it just rocked back and forth like a seesaw.

[madis28]

common problem - search E32 electrical headrest repair

[Blitzkrieg Bob]

Did you check the fuse under the rear seat?

You can also operate the motor with a drill and piece of old seat cable.

There's opening at therear of the motor, were the armature can be engaged and spun with a square bit or old seat cable on a drill.

[indierthanthou]

Yep. Checked the fuse under the seat. I am going to go try the drill/square bit right now.

[indierthanthou]

Ok I got it to go back with the drill. It is just a bandaid on the spurting wound of the problem, namely, why isn't it working?

By the way, thanks Bob!

[sfgearhead]

i'd check for power at the switch, and make sure nothing was pulled loose by moving all the way forwards.

next i'd try swapping over the driver's switch, see if it's a bad switch.