power seats
07-03-2007, 01:37 AM
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power seats
I just bought my first car, a 1992 jeep Cherokee limited 4x4. The guy
I bought it from said the seat was wobbling because of a lost bolt,
and that the power seats worked, but would not with out the bolt. It
turns out the seat sub frame was cracked in 3 places and I had to have
a friend weld it back together (took three hours and it cost me a case
of beer). Now that the seat is solid again I need to adjust it so I
can sit comfortably. Unfortunately the power seats do not work. Both
the driver and passenger seats won't move which leads me to believe a
fuse has blown. My problem is that there is no power seat fuse slot I
can see of in the fuse box. Some one told me there might be a third
fuse box somewhere else in the car besides under the hood and in the
foot well on the driver's side. Anyone else had this problem? Is there
an inline fuse I am missing? I am quite a bit smaller than the guy I
bought the car from so driving can be dangerous at times with the seat
the way it is. The car did not come with a manual or any paper work
besides the title. any help would be greatly appreciated.
-Stu
I bought it from said the seat was wobbling because of a lost bolt,
and that the power seats worked, but would not with out the bolt. It
turns out the seat sub frame was cracked in 3 places and I had to have
a friend weld it back together (took three hours and it cost me a case
of beer). Now that the seat is solid again I need to adjust it so I
can sit comfortably. Unfortunately the power seats do not work. Both
the driver and passenger seats won't move which leads me to believe a
fuse has blown. My problem is that there is no power seat fuse slot I
can see of in the fuse box. Some one told me there might be a third
fuse box somewhere else in the car besides under the hood and in the
foot well on the driver's side. Anyone else had this problem? Is there
an inline fuse I am missing? I am quite a bit smaller than the guy I
bought the car from so driving can be dangerous at times with the seat
the way it is. The car did not come with a manual or any paper work
besides the title. any help would be greatly appreciated.
-Stu
07-06-2007, 10:30 AM
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Re: power seats
On my 1990 cherokee (don't know if yours is the same?) there was no fuse
under the dash but in the fusebox you have a circuit breaker. This cuts
power when overheated and turns it back on again after a while. Sort og grey
metaly looking thingy among the fuses. It was for the power windows and
maybe for the seats to. Don't remember.
You could unplug the circuit breaker and measure it for continuity and also
measure for 12 volts in the fuse box (on the hot side) where it plugs in.
On my car the problem was in the wiering under the carpet. There is a
connector under there and the wires and the connector simply rot to pieces.
I opend the back seat. Peeled back the carpet on the left side and found
near the tunnel a bunch of wires. One of them fed the powerseats (always
hot). I just spliced in an new wire to each seat from that point (cut it of
so no power was going to the rotten part). Put the wires inside a protective
wirehose and fed them under the carpet to the seats. Works like charm again.
NB! Tried to locate rotten part first but the carpet is very stiff and the
seats and trimming has to go out first so my solution was quicker and gave
the same result + all new wires.
Odd-Inge Larsen
North Norway
<Trintucket@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1183441056.164137.15190@o61g2000hsh.googlegro ups.com...
>I just bought my first car, a 1992 jeep Cherokee limited 4x4. The guy
> I bought it from said the seat was wobbling because of a lost bolt,
> and that the power seats worked, but would not with out the bolt. It
> turns out the seat sub frame was cracked in 3 places and I had to have
> a friend weld it back together (took three hours and it cost me a case
> of beer). Now that the seat is solid again I need to adjust it so I
> can sit comfortably. Unfortunately the power seats do not work. Both
> the driver and passenger seats won't move which leads me to believe a
> fuse has blown. My problem is that there is no power seat fuse slot I
> can see of in the fuse box. Some one told me there might be a third
> fuse box somewhere else in the car besides under the hood and in the
> foot well on the driver's side. Anyone else had this problem? Is there
> an inline fuse I am missing? I am quite a bit smaller than the guy I
> bought the car from so driving can be dangerous at times with the seat
> the way it is. The car did not come with a manual or any paper work
> besides the title. any help would be greatly appreciated.
> -Stu
>
under the dash but in the fusebox you have a circuit breaker. This cuts
power when overheated and turns it back on again after a while. Sort og grey
metaly looking thingy among the fuses. It was for the power windows and
maybe for the seats to. Don't remember.
You could unplug the circuit breaker and measure it for continuity and also
measure for 12 volts in the fuse box (on the hot side) where it plugs in.
On my car the problem was in the wiering under the carpet. There is a
connector under there and the wires and the connector simply rot to pieces.
I opend the back seat. Peeled back the carpet on the left side and found
near the tunnel a bunch of wires. One of them fed the powerseats (always
hot). I just spliced in an new wire to each seat from that point (cut it of
so no power was going to the rotten part). Put the wires inside a protective
wirehose and fed them under the carpet to the seats. Works like charm again.
NB! Tried to locate rotten part first but the carpet is very stiff and the
seats and trimming has to go out first so my solution was quicker and gave
the same result + all new wires.
Odd-Inge Larsen
North Norway
<Trintucket@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1183441056.164137.15190@o61g2000hsh.googlegro ups.com...
>I just bought my first car, a 1992 jeep Cherokee limited 4x4. The guy
> I bought it from said the seat was wobbling because of a lost bolt,
> and that the power seats worked, but would not with out the bolt. It
> turns out the seat sub frame was cracked in 3 places and I had to have
> a friend weld it back together (took three hours and it cost me a case
> of beer). Now that the seat is solid again I need to adjust it so I
> can sit comfortably. Unfortunately the power seats do not work. Both
> the driver and passenger seats won't move which leads me to believe a
> fuse has blown. My problem is that there is no power seat fuse slot I
> can see of in the fuse box. Some one told me there might be a third
> fuse box somewhere else in the car besides under the hood and in the
> foot well on the driver's side. Anyone else had this problem? Is there
> an inline fuse I am missing? I am quite a bit smaller than the guy I
> bought the car from so driving can be dangerous at times with the seat
> the way it is. The car did not come with a manual or any paper work
> besides the title. any help would be greatly appreciated.
> -Stu
>
07-06-2007, 10:30 AM
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Re: power seats
On my 1990 cherokee (don't know if yours is the same?) there was no fuse
under the dash but in the fusebox you have a circuit breaker. This cuts
power when overheated and turns it back on again after a while. Sort og grey
metaly looking thingy among the fuses. It was for the power windows and
maybe for the seats to. Don't remember.
You could unplug the circuit breaker and measure it for continuity and also
measure for 12 volts in the fuse box (on the hot side) where it plugs in.
On my car the problem was in the wiering under the carpet. There is a
connector under there and the wires and the connector simply rot to pieces.
I opend the back seat. Peeled back the carpet on the left side and found
near the tunnel a bunch of wires. One of them fed the powerseats (always
hot). I just spliced in an new wire to each seat from that point (cut it of
so no power was going to the rotten part). Put the wires inside a protective
wirehose and fed them under the carpet to the seats. Works like charm again.
NB! Tried to locate rotten part first but the carpet is very stiff and the
seats and trimming has to go out first so my solution was quicker and gave
the same result + all new wires.
Odd-Inge Larsen
North Norway
<Trintucket@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1183441056.164137.15190@o61g2000hsh.googlegro ups.com...
>I just bought my first car, a 1992 jeep Cherokee limited 4x4. The guy
> I bought it from said the seat was wobbling because of a lost bolt,
> and that the power seats worked, but would not with out the bolt. It
> turns out the seat sub frame was cracked in 3 places and I had to have
> a friend weld it back together (took three hours and it cost me a case
> of beer). Now that the seat is solid again I need to adjust it so I
> can sit comfortably. Unfortunately the power seats do not work. Both
> the driver and passenger seats won't move which leads me to believe a
> fuse has blown. My problem is that there is no power seat fuse slot I
> can see of in the fuse box. Some one told me there might be a third
> fuse box somewhere else in the car besides under the hood and in the
> foot well on the driver's side. Anyone else had this problem? Is there
> an inline fuse I am missing? I am quite a bit smaller than the guy I
> bought the car from so driving can be dangerous at times with the seat
> the way it is. The car did not come with a manual or any paper work
> besides the title. any help would be greatly appreciated.
> -Stu
>
under the dash but in the fusebox you have a circuit breaker. This cuts
power when overheated and turns it back on again after a while. Sort og grey
metaly looking thingy among the fuses. It was for the power windows and
maybe for the seats to. Don't remember.
You could unplug the circuit breaker and measure it for continuity and also
measure for 12 volts in the fuse box (on the hot side) where it plugs in.
On my car the problem was in the wiering under the carpet. There is a
connector under there and the wires and the connector simply rot to pieces.
I opend the back seat. Peeled back the carpet on the left side and found
near the tunnel a bunch of wires. One of them fed the powerseats (always
hot). I just spliced in an new wire to each seat from that point (cut it of
so no power was going to the rotten part). Put the wires inside a protective
wirehose and fed them under the carpet to the seats. Works like charm again.
NB! Tried to locate rotten part first but the carpet is very stiff and the
seats and trimming has to go out first so my solution was quicker and gave
the same result + all new wires.
Odd-Inge Larsen
North Norway
<Trintucket@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1183441056.164137.15190@o61g2000hsh.googlegro ups.com...
>I just bought my first car, a 1992 jeep Cherokee limited 4x4. The guy
> I bought it from said the seat was wobbling because of a lost bolt,
> and that the power seats worked, but would not with out the bolt. It
> turns out the seat sub frame was cracked in 3 places and I had to have
> a friend weld it back together (took three hours and it cost me a case
> of beer). Now that the seat is solid again I need to adjust it so I
> can sit comfortably. Unfortunately the power seats do not work. Both
> the driver and passenger seats won't move which leads me to believe a
> fuse has blown. My problem is that there is no power seat fuse slot I
> can see of in the fuse box. Some one told me there might be a third
> fuse box somewhere else in the car besides under the hood and in the
> foot well on the driver's side. Anyone else had this problem? Is there
> an inline fuse I am missing? I am quite a bit smaller than the guy I
> bought the car from so driving can be dangerous at times with the seat
> the way it is. The car did not come with a manual or any paper work
> besides the title. any help would be greatly appreciated.
> -Stu
>
07-06-2007, 10:30 AM
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Re: power seats
On my 1990 cherokee (don't know if yours is the same?) there was no fuse
under the dash but in the fusebox you have a circuit breaker. This cuts
power when overheated and turns it back on again after a while. Sort og grey
metaly looking thingy among the fuses. It was for the power windows and
maybe for the seats to. Don't remember.
You could unplug the circuit breaker and measure it for continuity and also
measure for 12 volts in the fuse box (on the hot side) where it plugs in.
On my car the problem was in the wiering under the carpet. There is a
connector under there and the wires and the connector simply rot to pieces.
I opend the back seat. Peeled back the carpet on the left side and found
near the tunnel a bunch of wires. One of them fed the powerseats (always
hot). I just spliced in an new wire to each seat from that point (cut it of
so no power was going to the rotten part). Put the wires inside a protective
wirehose and fed them under the carpet to the seats. Works like charm again.
NB! Tried to locate rotten part first but the carpet is very stiff and the
seats and trimming has to go out first so my solution was quicker and gave
the same result + all new wires.
Odd-Inge Larsen
North Norway
<Trintucket@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1183441056.164137.15190@o61g2000hsh.googlegro ups.com...
>I just bought my first car, a 1992 jeep Cherokee limited 4x4. The guy
> I bought it from said the seat was wobbling because of a lost bolt,
> and that the power seats worked, but would not with out the bolt. It
> turns out the seat sub frame was cracked in 3 places and I had to have
> a friend weld it back together (took three hours and it cost me a case
> of beer). Now that the seat is solid again I need to adjust it so I
> can sit comfortably. Unfortunately the power seats do not work. Both
> the driver and passenger seats won't move which leads me to believe a
> fuse has blown. My problem is that there is no power seat fuse slot I
> can see of in the fuse box. Some one told me there might be a third
> fuse box somewhere else in the car besides under the hood and in the
> foot well on the driver's side. Anyone else had this problem? Is there
> an inline fuse I am missing? I am quite a bit smaller than the guy I
> bought the car from so driving can be dangerous at times with the seat
> the way it is. The car did not come with a manual or any paper work
> besides the title. any help would be greatly appreciated.
> -Stu
>
under the dash but in the fusebox you have a circuit breaker. This cuts
power when overheated and turns it back on again after a while. Sort og grey
metaly looking thingy among the fuses. It was for the power windows and
maybe for the seats to. Don't remember.
You could unplug the circuit breaker and measure it for continuity and also
measure for 12 volts in the fuse box (on the hot side) where it plugs in.
On my car the problem was in the wiering under the carpet. There is a
connector under there and the wires and the connector simply rot to pieces.
I opend the back seat. Peeled back the carpet on the left side and found
near the tunnel a bunch of wires. One of them fed the powerseats (always
hot). I just spliced in an new wire to each seat from that point (cut it of
so no power was going to the rotten part). Put the wires inside a protective
wirehose and fed them under the carpet to the seats. Works like charm again.
NB! Tried to locate rotten part first but the carpet is very stiff and the
seats and trimming has to go out first so my solution was quicker and gave
the same result + all new wires.
Odd-Inge Larsen
North Norway
<Trintucket@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1183441056.164137.15190@o61g2000hsh.googlegro ups.com...
>I just bought my first car, a 1992 jeep Cherokee limited 4x4. The guy
> I bought it from said the seat was wobbling because of a lost bolt,
> and that the power seats worked, but would not with out the bolt. It
> turns out the seat sub frame was cracked in 3 places and I had to have
> a friend weld it back together (took three hours and it cost me a case
> of beer). Now that the seat is solid again I need to adjust it so I
> can sit comfortably. Unfortunately the power seats do not work. Both
> the driver and passenger seats won't move which leads me to believe a
> fuse has blown. My problem is that there is no power seat fuse slot I
> can see of in the fuse box. Some one told me there might be a third
> fuse box somewhere else in the car besides under the hood and in the
> foot well on the driver's side. Anyone else had this problem? Is there
> an inline fuse I am missing? I am quite a bit smaller than the guy I
> bought the car from so driving can be dangerous at times with the seat
> the way it is. The car did not come with a manual or any paper work
> besides the title. any help would be greatly appreciated.
> -Stu
>
07-06-2007, 10:30 AM
#5
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Re: power seats
On my 1990 cherokee (don't know if yours is the same?) there was no fuse
under the dash but in the fusebox you have a circuit breaker. This cuts
power when overheated and turns it back on again after a while. Sort og grey
metaly looking thingy among the fuses. It was for the power windows and
maybe for the seats to. Don't remember.
You could unplug the circuit breaker and measure it for continuity and also
measure for 12 volts in the fuse box (on the hot side) where it plugs in.
On my car the problem was in the wiering under the carpet. There is a
connector under there and the wires and the connector simply rot to pieces.
I opend the back seat. Peeled back the carpet on the left side and found
near the tunnel a bunch of wires. One of them fed the powerseats (always
hot). I just spliced in an new wire to each seat from that point (cut it of
so no power was going to the rotten part). Put the wires inside a protective
wirehose and fed them under the carpet to the seats. Works like charm again.
NB! Tried to locate rotten part first but the carpet is very stiff and the
seats and trimming has to go out first so my solution was quicker and gave
the same result + all new wires.
Odd-Inge Larsen
North Norway
<Trintucket@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1183441056.164137.15190@o61g2000hsh.googlegro ups.com...
>I just bought my first car, a 1992 jeep Cherokee limited 4x4. The guy
> I bought it from said the seat was wobbling because of a lost bolt,
> and that the power seats worked, but would not with out the bolt. It
> turns out the seat sub frame was cracked in 3 places and I had to have
> a friend weld it back together (took three hours and it cost me a case
> of beer). Now that the seat is solid again I need to adjust it so I
> can sit comfortably. Unfortunately the power seats do not work. Both
> the driver and passenger seats won't move which leads me to believe a
> fuse has blown. My problem is that there is no power seat fuse slot I
> can see of in the fuse box. Some one told me there might be a third
> fuse box somewhere else in the car besides under the hood and in the
> foot well on the driver's side. Anyone else had this problem? Is there
> an inline fuse I am missing? I am quite a bit smaller than the guy I
> bought the car from so driving can be dangerous at times with the seat
> the way it is. The car did not come with a manual or any paper work
> besides the title. any help would be greatly appreciated.
> -Stu
>
under the dash but in the fusebox you have a circuit breaker. This cuts
power when overheated and turns it back on again after a while. Sort og grey
metaly looking thingy among the fuses. It was for the power windows and
maybe for the seats to. Don't remember.
You could unplug the circuit breaker and measure it for continuity and also
measure for 12 volts in the fuse box (on the hot side) where it plugs in.
On my car the problem was in the wiering under the carpet. There is a
connector under there and the wires and the connector simply rot to pieces.
I opend the back seat. Peeled back the carpet on the left side and found
near the tunnel a bunch of wires. One of them fed the powerseats (always
hot). I just spliced in an new wire to each seat from that point (cut it of
so no power was going to the rotten part). Put the wires inside a protective
wirehose and fed them under the carpet to the seats. Works like charm again.
NB! Tried to locate rotten part first but the carpet is very stiff and the
seats and trimming has to go out first so my solution was quicker and gave
the same result + all new wires.
Odd-Inge Larsen
North Norway
<Trintucket@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1183441056.164137.15190@o61g2000hsh.googlegro ups.com...
>I just bought my first car, a 1992 jeep Cherokee limited 4x4. The guy
> I bought it from said the seat was wobbling because of a lost bolt,
> and that the power seats worked, but would not with out the bolt. It
> turns out the seat sub frame was cracked in 3 places and I had to have
> a friend weld it back together (took three hours and it cost me a case
> of beer). Now that the seat is solid again I need to adjust it so I
> can sit comfortably. Unfortunately the power seats do not work. Both
> the driver and passenger seats won't move which leads me to believe a
> fuse has blown. My problem is that there is no power seat fuse slot I
> can see of in the fuse box. Some one told me there might be a third
> fuse box somewhere else in the car besides under the hood and in the
> foot well on the driver's side. Anyone else had this problem? Is there
> an inline fuse I am missing? I am quite a bit smaller than the guy I
> bought the car from so driving can be dangerous at times with the seat
> the way it is. The car did not come with a manual or any paper work
> besides the title. any help would be greatly appreciated.
> -Stu
>
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