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YOUR RESEARCHPassenger seat won't travel forward much
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It turned out that the leather folder with the owners manual and all of the original documents were interfering with the travel.
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Dear all,
I am the happy owner of a dark grey 996 C4S. I love it. Problem is, the electrical passenger seat does not travel forward very much compared to the driver seat. It moves backward and forward well but stops very quickly after say 10/15cms. The motor simply stops like it has reached its limit. It makes climbing in the back seat or loading the back harder. Any idea why? Is that a feature?
Here is the max forward position :
Max forward position :-(
Not normal.
Perhaps it needs lube and exercise from being in the same position for the last 20ish years.
Also look for obstructions in the sliders.
4 bolts are all that hold in the seat, but if the seat doesn't move, it can be difficult to reach the bolts.
I had a similar problem when i got my car. It turned out that the leather folder with the owners manual and all of the original documents were interfering with the travel. It was an easy fix and a nice surprise.
Any idea where a person would apply lube? Mine creaks and groans as it moves forward and back. Pic is from a turbo, but I'm assuming they look the same.
Start with the seat rails. Move the seat all the way back and apply lube to the front part of the rails. Then move seat all the way forward and apply lube to the back part of the rails. A white lithium grease works well, as well as silicone spray.
I'd un-bolt the seat (4 bolts), prop up the front rails, clean and then examine everything. I mention clean, because if those seats haven't been out you'll be appalled at the dirt under there. With the front propped up, you'll be able to adjust and watch the movement to see if there is any obstruction as you lube. Here is a photo of the seat in full forward position. I think you have a full 6 inches or so of forward movement yet. If I remember correctly, I once had a coin block my seat movement.
I would go as far as to suggest it might be nothing more than lubrication. My seats do not have electric forward/rearward control but were a total bear to move manually. The passenger seat bound so badly that the return spring could not move the seat by itself. I removed both of them and lubed the mechanisms while they were out of the car. Night/day difference in terms of ease of motion.
If there is no obstruction Yogi may be on to something. While helping a friend install a roll bar in his 996.1 the passenger seat would not move forward. We had to take the seat switch handles off, removed the plastic base and then take a battery and probes to get the right combination of contacts to move the seat. The good news was that the problem was in the switch somewhere and not the motor under the seat. We were able to move the seat back and forth to reach the front and rear mounting bolts.
