AUTO DRIVER POSITIONING

[captainluigi]

This topic has been visited previously but I thought I might receive a better response trying anew. Normally the seat and steering wheel return to the preprogrammed position when switching to off. In my 96Q it was always all the way up and back. Now it only responds by reinserting the key upon and removing key upon exit. It no longer returns to the drive position when starting off again.Whadda ya think? Key worn, key and switch worn, a sensor , gremlins, moon phase?Not the biggest problem, yet it bugs me. If it could be corrected without a goverment bailout I would like that.

[northt]

What does it do if you push the button? Have had 4 of these cars. One eventually did this as well curious about the solution.

[Q451990]

In my experience it's the slide potentiometers located under the steering column surround. Think of a sliding volume control on an old TV or radio. Remember how they would get dirty and cause the sound to crackle and cut out? Same deal with these sensors... they are there to tell the ADPC (auto drive position control) so that it can "see" where the steering wheel is positioned. When it doesn't get a signal it just stops - better than running it against the stop and running the battery down I guess.

I cleaned them on my old Q with electrical contact cleaner. They're a pain to get to, but it worked well for me. My current Q is starting to act up, but running the wheel from stop to stop a few times clears it up for a while - so I haven't had to dig in to it yet.

Heath

[shanec86]

thanks for the info, my car seems to be doing the same thing!

[captainluigi]

Heath, I tried that already to no improvment. I can not figure out how reinserting then imediately removing the key makes it retract but never does it go to the drive position. Oh well, things could be worse.

[maxnix]

Reset your preset preferences on the door panel.

[Aussie-Q'er]

Mine does this, it sometimes works sometimes doesn't. It moves but not all the way. It retracts automatically but usually I have to press my preset button for the column to move the whole way back to position.

[maxnix]

Mine does this, it sometimes works sometimes doesn't. It moves but not all the way. It retracts automatically but usually I have to press my preset button for the column to move the whole way back to position.

That indicates the slide potentiometer referenced by Heath needs to be cleaned.

[Aussie-Q'er]

Thanks heaps! When I first bought my car the steering tilt/telescope didn't work more than a few cm's and I free'd it up by going back and forth etc for ages. I'll clean the pot now, thanks!