Originally Posted by Hatterasguy

Interesting solution. MB has been using those seat switch's for years and they worked so well everyone copied them.

Usually they get dirt in them and will no longer work well. I pulled my drivers side one apart and cleaned it out real good, works like new. The pass one will not bring the seat forward I need to clean that one out as well.

Originally Posted by Randy

I had decided my driver's seat switch had had it, oh, well, it is 20 years old. I had reason to remove the door trim (replace door check) and, while the switch was accessible, I played around with it a little. I finally just squirted it full of WD-40 and worked each switch around for a few seconds, then sprayed it again and shook out the liquid. A lot of dirty WD-40 dripped out onto a white cloth, and the switches worked perfectly when reinstalled. Not only did they all work again, but they were much easier to operate, and I no longer had to force them or make several tries to get some of the functions to work.
You might try this before you condemn your switches, and maybe before you break them by forcing them if they are dirty.