w201 head rest

[lsmalley]

Need help with getting my automatic head rest to work. The seat switch works fine: recline, tilts backwards and forwards, slides front and back, but the head rest is the only function not working. Took apart seat switch and cleaned the contacts, still a no go. I can hear a slight click when I try to move the head rest up or down. The clicking sound comes from under the seat whenever I move the switch. Not a continuous noise, but with each tap of the switch there is a click.......problem its on driver side. Thanks.

[bbarcher]

There should be a place under the front of the seat where each individual seat motor connector comes together to connect to the wiring harness that comes up from the floor.

The headrest motor is mounted in the seat back, to the frame of the seat. It has a set of wires that goes down to the junction point described above.

You need to determine which wires they are, and if there is power to the junction point from the switch. Using jumper wires to deliver power and ground to the motor wires directly, so the switch is bypassed, will allow you to determine if the headrest motor and its drive system works.

What you have done so far is good, but now you need to isolate it further at that junction point, which will be easier if you unbolt the seat so you can tilt it back a bit for better access to those connectors under there.

If it has memory seats, it has more wires under there, but the basic approach is the same. The extra wires are because each seat motor has a position sensor on it.

It will help if you can locate the wiring diagram to help identify wires by color.

[lsmalley]

thanks for the input.....I will check it out today.