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Don Greenwood Posted on Sep 01, 2015

Drivers power seat will not move forward from full rear position.how do I access rear bolts to remove seat for repair? all seat switches work

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I would look real careful under the seat and make sure that there is nothing obstructing the movement. Also check the tracks that it sleds on for pennies or anything else blocking it as well.

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  • Posted on Sep 22, 2008

SOURCE: 2001 Chevrolet Tahoe - Power seat

The most likely cause is the switch, replace it.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Mar 21, 2009

SOURCE: 2000 blazer power seat

The guy that posted the first solution...that works...My power seat module went bad , so I used a 12 volt batery charger on the wires to move my power seats.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on May 14, 2009

SOURCE: driver's power seat not working properly on 2004 tahoe

it sound like you need to replace seat control switch

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jun 16, 2009

SOURCE: lost power to the driver seat and heat for both front seats

CHECK FUSES AND LOOK UNDER SEAT FOR A PLUGS IN WIRE, ALOT OF MODELS HAVE THE POWER PLUG UNDER THE SEAT, TRY THAT ,ROBERT

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jul 01, 2010

SOURCE: power seat control not working to move seat back.

that is easy find the motor under the seat that moves the seat back and forth take and neg wire and a hot wire carefully touch the twoo prongs going to the motor after diconnecting the plug going into the motor. it sould go forward one way and croos the wires to get it to go the other way if this works get a new switch and have a working seat.

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