I have ran into a few postings on here but no definite answers. The dealership out here (California) wants to charge me $200 just to LOOK at it and I am positive they will tell me to replace the entire seat, especially in these tough times.

The seat is stuck in an akward basically completely upright position and has been this way for some time now. A friend sat it in it 6 months ago and it randomly reclined but as soon as someone lifted the seat to get in the back seat it went back to the same position. When I go to recline it, the motor clicks but does nothing. Could this be a electrical short? I have a few problems other than this to lead me to believe so.

PLEASE HELP!!!!

 

No, it is not an electrical short.....your gears are stuck! Pop off the plastic cover on the side of the seat by the cloth part where the seat folds.....move the carpet/cloth out of the way, and you will see the gears, Get soem WD-40 spray the hell out of them, and get a flat head screw driver in between the gears and keep hitting the switch while moving the screw driver...it will break loose.

 

same thing happened with my dad's jeep

 

try what topher said, if it doesnt work, then I think ur motor is weak and u'll have to replace that.

If you have time, u can remove the driverside motor and hook it up to the passenger seat and see if it works.


In my case, my driver recliner was stuck, but motor was good. (all the gears were stuck together because the previous owner never changed the seat position) WD40 and some hard hitting did the trick.

 

to take care of the motor and gears, try not to sitdown or put pressure on the seat when you're moving it in that position. makes it extra hard on the motor. always kick my friends out when they try to sit down on the seat when its going back to set position.

 

My Sebring did this the other day, I just gave the seat a small push and it worked. The gears were unstuck.

 

this happened to me and i tried what topher said, it didnt work, eventually my car battery died and i needed a boost, after that my seat worked?? maybe try unhooking your battery

 

Did you try the method that I gave you on the seat fix? If you dont understand what I am talking about......I have walked thru this with 4 members over the phone. If you interested, I will give you my number so that I can assist you thru it.

 

try this. also make sure nothing is blocking the seat from moving

 

I know it's horrible! It's like it tries to move but then won't. Still goes fowards and back but just won't recline and is stuck in the straight up position! Has anyone taken apart these seats before and or now a simple fix to this or do I need to take it to Acura to spend a fortune

I think I might try taking a look at it myself first before I take that route but was curious if anyone else had this problem and what your fix was?

 

it'll be really expensive to take it to the dealer to get it fixed...search, I believe this has been covered multiple times, and I'm pretty sure you can DIY with some help from those threads...

 

My passenger seat did not recline fopr like months at one point but then on of my boys didnt wanna sit up erect so he started forcing it back while holding the switch and it started working again!

 

If you want me too, I can walk you thru it over the phone, as I have done for about 5 other members......PM me & I will give you my number!

 

wow this is happening to me also driver seat doesnt move and so even if i press the memory 1 or 2 it wont recline the seat back to the original spot and the light on the memory doesnt stay green its just not lit up.

 

Sometimes the fabric gets stuck on the gears. check to see its stcuk on that.

 

a bit off topic but still relates to this. my seat moves and what not. but when i press the red button on my memory seat thing, nothing happens. i know when u press the red button it activates the memory thing then u can press 1 or 2 to set the seat at that position. any clues?

 

this happened to me, i opened it up, sprayed wd40 on the gears, and nothing happened, a couple weeks later my car died and i needed a boost, after getting a boost the seat worked?

 

haha, TOPHER can help, he helped me, same problem. took me less than 5 minutes. GO TOPHER!!!!

 

^ LOL.....thanks man! Im just trying to do my part for contributing to this site for all the members that need help.

 

hey man.........i would like to know if u can help me out with my seat.......i would really appreciate it

 

hey can you help me out with mine.................topher

 

I surely can! But I cant send you a PM, you will have to give me your email address so I can give you my number

 

my email add is gungal63@hotmail.com............thanks so much

 

my email address is gungal63@hotmail.com

 

my email add is gungal63@hotmail.com .................. i would really be grateful if u can help me with my car seat

 

I sent you an email with my number......if your going to call, do it either today or Thursday, as I need to pull a 17 hours shift tomorrow.

 

thanks chris it works..............man i am so happy.................topher is the man.............i was i could give u something in return

 

LOL......If I was greedy, you could PayPal me some money since I just saved you $650!

 

aH topher I've been so busy. Sorry I haven't called yet! I'll try to soon, I really want a working seat

 

Hey topher bro, i'm also going to need your help!!! My email is apadrinao@sbcglobal.net
Good looking out bro!!! Thanks in advanced.

 

I replied to your PM.

 

whats your email tho?

 

^huh?

 

y dont u just post up how to do it instead of calling a hand full of ppl ? and it will be easier for other ppl

 

^ Who said I called them? LOL

 

that wasnt the point i was trying to get thru.

 

TOPHER33884
Is the man!!! My seat finally reclines!!! Thanks to this guy. Damn dealerships and shops said the motor was busted and I havd to get a new motor. But all it needed wa some wd-40 and some lub to loosen the gears. Thanks again bro! You just saved me a few hundred's!

 

Hello topher, I was wondering if you help with the same issue. My driver seat sometime reclines but my passenger seat just doesn't.
Thanks.

 

Welcome to the forums.

Since you can't PM, you should leave your email address so topher can give you his phone number so you can call him.

 

My seat finally reclines!!! Thanks to toper. But now it wont move forward automatically. So it sucks how I have to move the seat manually every time someone needs to get out of the back seat. This started happening ever since I opened my seat to fix my recliner. So any suggestions would be appreciated. Ohh yeah, I already tried looking on the tracks to see if there's anything blocking it but I don,t see anything.