Re: Seat Memory Switch

[steveb@falcon.kla.com (Steven Buchholz)]

> Has anybody ever needed to actually shut the seat memory switch off? The 
> on/off switch in my 5000 stopped working, so I bypassed the switch. This 
> now means that I will not be able to turn the seat memory function off 
> in any kind of hurry. Should I be worried and buy a good used switch, or 
> can I leave it the way it is? Do I have to worry worry about the seat 
> becoming possessed and cramming my forehead up against the windshield 
> while driving on the freeway?
> 
Who knows for sure ... maybe you can get 60 Minutes to investigate for 
you! :)

It does seem that if the memory seat function loses power it returns to 
memory setting #1 from my experience with battery problems.  I don't 
think I'd worry about it too much ... you might want to test my hypothe-
sis on your car though.

I don't know how you bypassed the on-off switch, but I found that it was 
quite easy to disassemble the switch and clean the contacts when I had a 
problem.  This also allows replacement of any illumination bulbs that 
have burnt out.  When I took mine apart it looked like perhaps some water 
had gotten into it earlier in life ...

Interestingly enough, my car recently developed a problem where the only
way I can get the seat to go to a new memory position is by turning the 
memory function off and then on again while depressing the appropriate 
memory button.  

Another tidbit ... the memory function is powered from the same circuit 
that supplies power to the passenger's seat.  If the fuse for the pas-
senger seat blows (30A) then the memory stops working.  It seems to still 
remember the memory locations even after loss of power.  

HTH!
Steve Buchholz
s_buchho@kla.com
San Jose, CA (USA)