Seat Repair Nightmare

[MinnYukon]

Driver seat was stuck in one spot. Would not move forward or back. Did usual trouble shooting. Heated seat weren't working, plugged new elements in to see if it helped, checked fuses, etc. when going forward or back, the motor that controlled that movement made a buzz, but did not work. Local GMC dealer said the entire seat track had to be replaced. They quoted me at $2000, lol. I bought an entire track with all motors and computer for $200 off of eBay. It was a pain in the ass to go the base off the vehicle because the motor was shot. Ended up having to hack saw off the bolt on the back driver side. Could not get at it. Anyway, I finally was able to see some daylight. Replaced both the bottom and top seat elements, the bottom leather, and installed the whole works. I got power and heat now, but my lumbar doesn't work now. That's something I'll have to look into more, but I'm happy with the results.

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[MinnYukon]

Here's the old burned out element.

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[OHSIXX]

Way to get her done.....man your heating element was toast! I can't imagine not being able to move the seat to get to the bolts to remove it. I know this because I just took mine out a few weeks back and did my drivers bottom seat cover.

 

[MinnYukon]

Anyone know which wire controls the lumbar?


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[Fosscore]

Nice work. What a mission getting that seat out!

 

[jcevans7]

Damn that sucks but good work.

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[MinnYukon]

I had someone weld the corner I butchered up to get the old seat track out. Trim hides everything. *disregard the 9mm in the background. [emoji16]

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[Tonyrodz]

Driver seat was stuck in one spot. Would not move forward or back. Did usual trouble shooting. Heated seat weren't working, plugged new elements in to see if it helped, checked fuses, etc. when going forward or back, the motor that controlled that movement made a buzz, but did not work. Local GMC dealer said the entire seat track had to be replaced. They quoted me at $2000, lol. I bought an entire track with all motors and computer for $200 off of eBay. It was a pain in the ass to go the base off the vehicle because the motor was shot. Ended up having to hack saw off the bolt on the back driver side. Could not get at it. Anyway, I finally was able to see some daylight. Replaced both the bottom and top seat elements, the bottom leather, and installed the whole works. I got power and heat now, but my lumbar doesn't work now. That's something I'll have to look into more, but I'm happy with the results.

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I actually repair stuff like this]

 

[Tonyrodz]

Did you replace the entire lower seat cover with a used one?
One more. Was a Tahoe, beat to hell! Was able to repair it.

Sorry, not trying to hijack your post, just want guys to know that most seats are repairable.

 

[t.stimpson]

I do leather repair also but damn I wouldn't have touched that one! lol. I mostly do furniture anyways.