Elmo Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 My replacement electric seat stopped working soon after I fitted it, and as a result my car failed the MOT yesterday, very annoying Last night I decided to remove the seat, and I found a small white plastic screw type thing on the carpet next to the seat (l/h/s when sitting in seat), it has a cross on the top which I assume is a Philips head, and has what look like thread at the top half, but it looks very worn as the thread is almost non-existent. The plastic part fits in a hole on the side of the seat, I put it in and tried to see if it would screw in but it just spins in the hole and doesn’t tighten. If I push it down on the plastic screw while operating the seat slider button the seat moves on the rail but I can feel it rotating under my finger, and it feels like it is being push out, if I take my finger off it falls out. Does anyone know if the plastic part is supposed to rotate as the seat moves, or is it supposed be fixed. I’m wondering if super gluing it in place would work? Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
safcdixon Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Could you remove this part from your old seat and see if its any better, i think a manual seat is the way forward, an excuse to buy some recaros Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 From memory the little plastic cap with the + on it comes out when the seat is worn and the gears catch the cap and unscrew it. I tried to put mine back a tighten it but it came back out shortly after on my NA. It looks as if the replacement seat has the same problem as the original. As above, time to get a manually adjustable seat IMO. H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo Posted April 5, 2013 Author Share Posted April 5, 2013 Could you remove this part from your old seat and see if its any better, i think a manual seat is the way forward, an excuse to buy some recaros I have but it's the same problem, it won't tighten up when in the hole. I would love a manual seat if I could find one, but they're like rocking horse S#!t. I haven't got recaro money at the mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo Posted April 5, 2013 Author Share Posted April 5, 2013 From memory the little plastic cap with the + on it comes out when the seat is worn and the gears catch the cap and unscrew it. I tried to put mine back a tighten it but it came back out shortly after on my NA. It looks as if the replacement seat has the same problem as the original. As above, time to get a manually adjustable seat IMO. H. Yep, Just my luck. I spent pretty much the whole of my bank holiday going to get the replacement seat, then spent 4 hours getting my old one out to find the replacement is just as good as the one I removed! Now my car has failed the MOT because of it, and my tax has expired, so my car is stuck on the drive until I can get another seat. The Mrs is pi$$ed cos I'm having to use her car to get to work and she hasn't got a car for doing home visits etc. which is part of her job, it just gets worse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Yep, Just my luck. I spent pretty much the whole of my bank holiday going to get the replacement seat, then spent 4 hours getting my old one out to find the replacement is just as good as the one I removed! Now my car has failed the MOT because of it, and my tax has expired, so my car is stuck on the drive until I can get another seat. The Mrs is pi$$ed cos I'm having to use her car to get to work and she hasn't got a car for doing home visits etc. which is part of her job, it just gets worse Had your old MOT expired? If not you can tax it with the old MOT number on line. Can you not get the new seat into a position where you can drive it without need for adjustment? I know it was a PITA when mine went but luckily Supranature donated me a good seat that had hardly been used. I would contact Keron and see what he has on the shelf. I am surprised the seat not adjusting electrically is a MOT failure. You can still adjust the new one with the screws underneath. You may need to bash the thread though to keep the nut on. H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo Posted April 5, 2013 Author Share Posted April 5, 2013 Had your old MOT expired? If not you can tax it with the old MOT number on line. Can you not get the new seat into a position where you can drive it without need for adjustment? I know it was a PITA when mine went but luckily Supranature donated me a good seat that had hardly been used. I would contact Keron and see what he has on the shelf. I am surprised the seat not adjusting electrically is a MOT failure. You can still adjust the new one with the screws underneath. You may need to bash the thread though to keep the nut on. H. Unfortunately my MOT expired 31st March. A few extra bits came in on the MOT for 2013, one of them is the Driver’s seat adjustment mechanism, it has to be fully fuctional or it's an automatic fail. I have already PM'd Keiron a few days ago asking if he had a manual seat available, but have had no reply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Unfortunately my MOT expired 31st March. A few extra bits came in on the MOT for 2013, one of them is the Driver’s seat adjustment mechanism, it has to be fully fuctional or it's an automatic fail. I have already PM'd Keiron a few days ago asking if he had a manual seat available, but have had no reply. I would ring him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo Posted April 5, 2013 Author Share Posted April 5, 2013 I would ring him. I will do that, cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
listy Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 If you can get hold of an EU Spec passenger seat, it would effectively be a UK manual drivers seat Postage may be quite a bit though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo Posted April 5, 2013 Author Share Posted April 5, 2013 If you can get hold of an EU Spec passenger seat, it would effectively be a UK manual drivers seat Postage may be quite a bit though I've been trawling through euro eBay sites; France, Germany, Austria, Holland etc....nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmo Posted April 5, 2013 Author Share Posted April 5, 2013 I got some Loctite and glued the white plastic thing in, it is now rock solid, it's not coming out again. I reconnected the seat to the power and tried the slider switch, at first the seat levelled itself out, then did nothing. The motor winds and sounds like it should when it's sliding backwards/forwards but it's not moving at all. I'm at a loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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