Power Seats I have a 1997 jeep grand cherokee limited v8. my power seat wont work on the driver side it only moves forward not back and it doesn't tilt.what can i do to fix this?

Hi Christy,

The first thing I would do is to look under the seat with a flashlight and see if there are any dammaged wires. This is the most common cause of seat failures. Things get stuffed under the seats, then the wiring gets dammaged when the seats are moved back and forth.

Other than that, all I know to tell you is that you must diagnose the circit that runs the motor that moves the seat forward and back. It could be the switch, the wiring, or the motor itself.

On each side of the back seat (the part you sit on), there is a loop. Pull this up, and the seat cushion will swivel up towards the front seat back. Visible at the lower corner of the seat back, is a lever that tou can pull up ( the earlier versions needed to be pushed down or back). The seat back will then fold /down/forward. The headrest must be removed so that the seat back can fold flat. The headreat can be removed by turnibg the small knob at the base of one of the head rest shafts. There is a small arrow indicating the direction of rotation to accomplish this.

go with a higher amp fuse

not that i'm aware of. i cant say no but check your fuses there may be two for the seats (one under dash one under hood)

THE GEARS ON THE SEAT TRACK MOTOR ARE PROBLY JAMED TRY PUSHING BACK ON THE SEAT WHILE PUSHING THE SWITCH

The limited edition brings memory setting for mirrors and seats, it recognizes which key are you putting in the ignition and puts the saved setting accordingly to that driver's key. That is the reason your seat keeps moving. You need to reprogram the seat position for that key. Good luck

there could be two things, check to make sure theres nothing caught on the seat track, if not its possibly the power seat switch.

I'd check to see if you're getting power to the switch first. If no, check fuse, if yes, test switch. You might get lucky on this one.

Sounds like the same problem I had. I brought it to the Jeep dealer and they told me that the heating element in the seat stopped working. They told me that the only way to repair was to take the seat apart and replace the heating element in the seat. Of course they will charge you the standard $80 to tell you this. and then quote you $500 plus to repair. I can't even remember how much, I have decided it was not worth it.
Also this website could help you:
http://www.wjjeeps.com/seats/seats.htm

Try hitting the seat motor with a small hammer while you move the seat switch.