Power seat broke

[Ice Cold]

I have power going to the motor, i can hear it click when I hit the adjuster but no dice. I read somewhere on the internet that it may just be a loose cable or the motor needs a little dinging. Anybody else have this problem?

THANKS!

[mda185]

Yes, all the time. Eventually, hitting the motor with a hammer stopped working and the seat jammed all the way back. I have dissassembled one of these seats and the gearbox between the motor and seat track is a POS. It is way undersized for the application. Nissan has a factory repair kit but I believe they are about $400 just for the parts. I made a custom seat adapter and put in an old Recaro seat from one of my past project cars. No one makes a seat adapter for our cars. I had to buy one for a Frontier from Wedge Engineering and the then modify it using seat tracks from some banged up Pathfinder seats purchased from a local junk yard. I cut the feet off of the Wedge Engineering adapter for the Frontier and figured out a way to bolt the OEM feet to the Wedge Engineering piece. This is very doable if you have good fabrication skills but not something to tackle if you are a novice.

My costs were $100.00 for 2 banged up junkyard seats. $175 for the Wedge Engineering adapters for the Frontier, $20 for some flat steel strips at Home Depot, $20 for Class 10.9 high strength bolts and $75 for an old Recaro seat. I could have just purchased the factory repair kit but the Recaro is way more comfortable even though I gave up power adjustments. I should also add that finding a Recaro this cheap in decent condition is rare. I got lucky when some old guy in a local car club decided to clean out his basement.

I still think it was worth all the effort. My Pathfinder is a lot more comfortable on long trips with the Recaro seat.

[hitman1733]

If you've ever removed the seat putting it back may be an issue. I had the same problem, found out that both the seat rails were not lined up properly so it was shifting weight and pushing on an angle....and the motor isn't strong enough for that.

So I took the seat out, slide the rail as far forward as I could get them, remounted the seat, and by a stroke of magic the seat worked fine.