Usually the switches just get dirty.
Get a spray can of tuner cleaner (Radio shack sells it). Pull the button for the headrest off the switch. Stick the red tube from the tuner cleaner in the hole and give it a squirt. Wiggle the switch up and down to clean up the contact and see if that works.

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Tom Hughes
St. Louis
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