Seat Motor

[2Seven]

My driver's seat will not always move front to back. The other adjustments are fine. Is this the motor going out?

Thanks!

 

[Onlyone]

My driver's seat will not always move front to back. The other adjustments are fine. Is this the motor going out?

Thanks!

Most likely, but you could lube the slides and try moving the seat around with no one in it after that. I would use some penetrating oil first on all the moving areas.

 

[Rocket Man]

My driver's seat will not always move front to back. The other adjustments are fine. Is this the motor going out?

Thanks!

It could be the switch too. Does it make any clicking noises when you operate the switch back and forth or is there silence?
Edit: not sure if the passenger switch could be swapped to the driver side to troubleshoot or if the connectors are different but it’s worth looking.

 

[89Suburban]

If you bottom out the screw drives on these seat motors they can and will bind on the higher mileage vehicles. If you rock the seat switch back and forth and feel it trying to move but binding you can break it loose with some pliers and get it to work again.

 

[Joseph Garcia]

Make sure that the screw drives are not contaminated with debris. I have 2 White Shepherds that go with me everywhere in my truck, and their shedded hair got wrapped up on the screw drives and hindered the movement of the seat.

 

[2Seven]

It seems like it moves forward ok and if I click the switch back and forth it will go backward. Maybe I need to lubricate the tracks.