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MY DRIVERS SIDE POWER SEAT WONT GO BACK OR FORWARD BUT ALL OTHER PARTS OF THE SEAT WORK FINE I CAN HEAR SOMETHING CLICKING WHEN I TRY TO MOVE THE SEAT BUT THE SEAT WONT GO BACK OR FORWARD

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Check under the seat for broken wires. Forward and backwards is the function most used and causes the wires to bend back and forth. you may need to remove the seat for inspection or you may be lucky and see the problem just by raising the seat as high as it will go.

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  • Posted on Dec 16, 2008

SOURCE: 1996 cadillac seville power seat problems

Because that switch is broken and stuck in the recline mode.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jun 19, 2009

SOURCE: air cond warm coming out of driver side dash,warm passenger side

you want me to post a free solution yet want to charge for info I requested for free?

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  • Posted on Dec 07, 2009

SOURCE: 1999 Cadillac Deville Driver side power seat not working

No fuse.These seats are protected with relays and a seat module.The module is under the drivers seat.There are 3 connectors and it would be hard to check all these wires for power to the motors.First look under the seat and make sure none of the connectors came apart under the seat by something that might have been left or rolled under it.The 2 main ones you can check are the connector 2 terminal C and connector 3 terminal A.C is a black wire which is ground and A is a red wire which is the feed power wire.Connector 2 is green and 3 is black.If the ground and power wires are good then you could have a bad drivers seat module.What I would do is go to the salvage yard and find a used module to try.Good luck.

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  • Posted on Jan 06, 2010

SOURCE: FRONT HEATED SEATS

you need to check the resistance in each of the heated seat elements in the seat. There's a two wire connector under the back of each front seat. The connector should be green. disconnect it and measure the resistance along the circuit going into the seat. if it isnt .1 - .3 ohms, replace the appropriate heated seat element

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  • Posted on Nov 20, 2010

SOURCE: 2003 cts power seat does not travel forward or back

i have a caddilac cts and my passenger seat does not work anyone has an idea on what it can be?

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