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Front Passenger Seat Not Sliding Back Into Place - Please Help!

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18/1/2012 12:13:52  
 

Posts: 4
Since: 18/1/2012
Status: offline 		Hi everyone,

I have just purchased my Maserati Gransport and when I slid the front passenger seat forwards to access the back seats, the front passenger seat will not slide back into place.

I am only able to move it forward and backwards with the controls about half an inch but the up/down height controls are working fine.

So most annoying part now is that no one can sit in the front passenger seat as it is too far forward.

Any help would be much appreciated.

cheers,
Garland
18/1/2012 14:56:52  

Posts: 746
Since: 11/8/2008
Region: Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Status: online 		Hi Garland!
Try unplugging the wires under the seat and then push them back together again, this can clear out any dirt etc which may be stopping the motors from getting power through the block connectors.
Try the seat reset procedure too:
http://www.maseratiforum.co.uk/Seat_Re-Set_Procedure/m_50082/tm.htm
See if either of them help.
Regards
David


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4200 Cambio Corsa Giallo Granturismo
18/1/2012 15:19:24  

Posts: 52
Since: 28/11/2007
Status: online 		G-Man - can you slide the seat base backwards and forwards manually whilst the seat back is tilted forward ? I think this is possible (but I'm not close to my GS at the moment so can't check).

Apologies if this is a blind alley.

BoK
18/1/2012 17:36:03  
 

Posts: 46
Since: 22/3/2009
Region: Holmfirth West Yorkshire
Status: online 		Rebooting the system by switching off the battery isolator normally does the trick, then doing the seat calibration procedure. Cheers Mike
18/1/2012 18:01:44  
 

Posts: 39
Since: 13/5/2011
Region: West Yorkshire
Status: offline 		Does your car have the memory seats, if so has the memory seat position been changed accidentally?

Cheers
H

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02 3200 GTA Assetto Corsa 75/75, 550 Discs & Pagid Race Pads
19/1/2012 0:36:25  
 

Posts: 4
Since: 18/1/2012
Status: offline 		Thanks for all the feedback. Because the seat is all the way forward its pretty hard to get to the connectors but I'll give it a go after work.

My car didn't come with the memory seat option I don't think. There aren't any other buttons other than the adjusters.

Where abouts can I find the battery isolator?

cheers!
19/1/2012 0:52:18  
 

Posts: 4
Since: 18/1/2012
Status: offline 		So far I've tried the rapid re-set, disconnecting the connnectors under the seat and also switched the battery isolator on/off, all with no luck unfortunetely
19/1/2012 19:09:01  

Posts: 380
Since: 24/12/2007
Region: Greater Manchester
Status: online 		Don't know if this will help but this is the reset procerdure for a 3200:

SEAT MEMORY RESET:-
1) Put seat in desired position.
2) Turn on ignition.
3) Tilt seat forward.
4) With seat still tilted forward, adjust base as far forward as it will go.
5) Tilt seat back.
Seat returns to desired driving position.

Best of luck
23/1/2012 0:32:26  

Posts: 180
Since: 30/5/2008
Status: offline 		On the 4200/GS, you need to have the key in the ignition and turned so the dashboard lights are on before doing the reset.  Clost the doors, then open the one for the stuck seat, then as per the link posted reviously on this thread, click fwd-back twice in quick succession before tilting the seat forward.  It should power forwards then backwards twice the full length of its travel and then be ready for normal use.

HTH, good luck.
27/1/2012 7:17:13  
 

Posts: 4
Since: 18/1/2012
Status: offline 		Thanks for all the feedback but all the reset procedures didn't help.
I took it to my friends place and plugged in the scantool but no fault codes came up.
Next step I guess is we're going to try and take out the seat but it a bit difficult to get to the front bolts because the seat is all the way forward.
27/1/2012 9:45:08  
 

Posts: 151
Since: 11/6/2010
Status: offline 		Just a thought and apologies if it sounds stupid but could it just be a case of something trapped in the slide rails which snapped into place when you slid it forward and now wont snap back out ? Worth a try.
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