Got the car back today!!! misc issues questions - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

ck42 · #1 11-07-2003, 12:14 PM

I'll get some before and after shots posted shortly, but for right now I have a couple questions.

The first has to do with the trunk lid not holding itself open.

They replaced...well, MANY things back there including the deck lid. He said they used the original springs during the transplant. Problem is, the deck lid doesn't want to hold itself open now.....which is rather annoying. He said they couldn't figure out how to adjust anything to change the behavior.

So...IS there some way to adjust the springs or the behavior of the deck lid?

The other issue is non-wreck related:

For as long as I've had the car, the passenger's side seat has had issues with not wanting to recline forwards....it's intermeittent. I've checked the switch and it appears to be functional.

But.....now that I have the car back, the driver's side is doing the same thing and the seat is currently stuck in a much more reclined position than I like.
Reclining backwards still works fine.

What are the most likely areas of breakdown when deealing with seat position problems? The motors? the switches? the wiring?

....and yes, I've searched the forums :p

The Warden · #2 11-07-2003, 01:14 PM

Dumb question, but have you tried putting light forward pressure on the seatback while using the switch to bring the seatback up?

I've never dealt with the power seats, but I know that doing os makes life easier with the knob-operated seatback...

Just a thought...good luck!

ck42 · #3 11-07-2003, 02:36 PM

Jep....I've tried giving it some help....no go.

One thing I forgot to mention/ask:

On the driver's side, I remember now that the seat recline forward switch did NOT always work. BUT......using the memory position button *WOULD* always cause the seat to recline forwards.

It's as if the signal to recline forward using the memory switch and the other seat switch were being generated from two different places since one of them always worked and the other hardly worked.

How exactly does the memory seat system work? Where does it *store* the settings?

EDIT:

Never mind. Found the problem. I took apart the door panel and was gonna use switch cleaner to clean out the switches and noticed that the recline plug was halfway off the pins. Pushed it back on and everything is fine again.

Chris
'85 300SD

lrg · #4 11-07-2003, 04:42 PM

Sounds like a switch problem since the motor and gears are obviously still working. Don't kow if it's possible but you might want to check out if you can remove the assembly on the door and clean up some of the contacts on the recline switch.