# Continental Power Seat stopped working **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** continental, lincoln, seats\ **Created:** [July 11, 2010, 8:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/continental-power-seat-stopped-working/51672 "2010-07-11T20:47:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kstevens7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6bbea6/32.png) [@kstevens7](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kstevens7)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 8:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/continental-power-seat-stopped-working/51672/1 "2010-07-11T20:47:08Z")
1998 Lincoln Continental. Suddenly, the passenger seat will not move forward or backward. All other positions work – seat back up or down, tilt forward or back, etc, are fine. Is there a home remedy, or do we have to go to the dealer? ---
**Author:** ![Baxter\_s\_Dad](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/baxter_s_dad/32/27_2.png) [@Baxter\_s\_Dad](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Baxter_s_Dad)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 9:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/continental-power-seat-stopped-working/51672/2 "2010-07-11T21:55:44Z")
There are a couple of things that can cause this. Switch: These can be taken apart and cleaned with spray contact cleaner. Motor: There are a series of motors that work the many power seat functions. The “back and forth” motor may be bad. It is replaceable. Debris in the track: Do a visual check to see if something is jammed in the track preventing the seat from moving. It’s also a good idea to check fuses, but you stated the other seat functions were working and I assume they’re all on the same fuse. But maybe not so check there too.