Try mumbling gibberish with a few real numbers when asked for the tracking number. It seems to “trick” the phone system into thinking it’s a problem on its end and puts you on hold for a human. Tho it’ll be a long hold and that person likely won’t be able to help you.
prrrrobably not, but it's still worth a look. When you pull that cover off, you'll expose the switch itself (they're little panel like things) -- with that cover off, plug it back in, if the seat won't move in the direction, you want ...it's probably the switch. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_1P4ZLSxIo4.html
I hope this is the issue with my ford fusion thank you in advanced for this demonstration you did really well and I understand the whole prosses thank you again.
Okay so i watched the first one and now this one... Seems simple enough, my seat switch does the tilt's but not the front to rear, kinda hear/feel it want to ... Is this what you had before the repair?
no, it was just the front/rear action. All 3 directions have a bearing in them but just the middle (front/rear) has the spring. It might be worth taking off the cover on the switch itself and seeing if the switch is toast
Totally tried this on a neighbor's 2011 ford escape and it kind of worked for her switch. Just looks like the grove the ball rides in is too worn out. Can make it work if you press on the switch and slide forward and backward. Great video and made me look like a genius. Thanks
I don't think this is a dumb fix. Dumb is spending 100 bucks on a switch or a grand on a seat when you could simply go in and test with continuity. I was so close but didn't tear into the bearings. Thanks for this!
Thank you. I just watched the first one and had the same question then found this video. Thanks for taking the time to make the more detailed one. I have this issue with my Ford and this will be the first thing I try. It goes forward and not backward in my case, so I hope it's the same easy fix for my car. Thanks again! Very much appreciated.
I have an issue with the additional seat recliner button on a 2013 Ford Kuga (Escape) sounds like your fix will be same for me as it works one way and not the other and now have a fully reclined seat which wont return to upright.
Trying this on my 2016 mustang tonight! It’s stuck in the all-the-way forward position and is swiveling side to side and not front to back. Hopefully this works for me!!
I have a small update I'll post later, but the TL;DR is their social (specifically Twitter, I mean X) is THE effective way ... outside of talking to the driver (which I did) and I told him if ANYTHING is over 20lbs, just drop it at the shop. This still doesn't take away from the inability to navigate their system, give kudos, etc -- so message them on X. it's the cheat code.
It's stupid if you solved the simplicity of saving the rest of the community hours and dollars of their life. Thanks for this one. Now I'm gonna do it too...
queston-- did you try to first sray some lubricant into the button before taking all of that off? The spring could have been compressed inside from dirt & just needed some lubricant..
I appreciate this video so much. It helped me disassemble my chevy and showed me to check my switch. My problem wasn't the same (I just had a bad switch) but this was the most helpful video.
make sure you watch the breakdown video of the actual spring. You'll think its a joke, until you put it back together and the stupid thing works. (Still working 2+ years later by the way!)
Excellent. 2017 Escape switch looks a little different as there are more switches, and you have to remove a larger panel to get to the switch, but same essential fix once you get to it. Recline would only go forward and not backward; hand stretching the spring worked a treat. Thanks for the great tips and video.
