# Electric Seats

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-seats/45012>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** chrysler, seats, electrical-wiring, pacifica\
**Created:** [February 23, 2010, 9:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-seats/45012 "2010-02-23T21:19:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Bjay60](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47774/32.png) [@Bjay60](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Bjay60)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 9:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-seats/45012/1 "2010-02-23T21:19:06Z")

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My wifes Pacifica is a 2007, it has eletric seats both driver and passanger. On the passanger seet she lowered the seat back more to lying down position resting while In went into a store. Upon my return she whent to return the seat back to position, she pushed the button and nothing happened, she tryed a few different times still nothing. She adusted to the seat forward and back and that works. I then shut the car off then re-started still nothing, any suggestions?

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**Author:** ![karl-sieger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c77e96/32.png) [@karl-sieger](https://community.cartalk.com/u/karl-sieger)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-seats/45012/2 "2010-02-23T21:32:33Z")

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Tomorrow I’ll pick the brains of the guys at the Chrysler dealer I used to work at. Meanwhile, scour your owner’s manual regarding electric seat operation. I have a sneaky feeling there’s nothing wrong.

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2010, 9:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-seats/45012/3 "2010-02-23T21:33:19Z")

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The problem is either with the passenger seat switch or the passenger door module. The seat switch circuit passes thru the passenger door module.

Tester

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**Author:** ![karl-sieger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c77e96/32.png) [@karl-sieger](https://community.cartalk.com/u/karl-sieger)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2010, 4:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/electric-seats/45012/4 "2010-02-24T16:49:59Z")

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There is a separate motor for the seatback motion, as opposed to the front to rear motion of the entire seat. They go bad a lot. If your Pacifica is still under original warranty, (36,000 mi, or 3 years; whichever comes first) just go to a Chrysler dealer and drop it in their lap.

If not, go to a good mechanic and tell him to pull up the cloth on the back of the seatback, exposing the motor. If the motor gets voltage in both directions, it needs a new motor.