Hi all,

Got a problem on my (2007) XKR and wondered if anyone has seen this before?

I can not get the driver's seat back to move upwards and it means I'm driving from an uncomfortable reclined position.
All the other movements seem to work ok, just not the back "up" i.e. more upright.

I was wondering if it just needs resetting somehow or if the seat module has failed?

Thanks,
Graham.

 

Try a hard reboot first. Hard to believe, but its controlled by a computer and we all know how often computers lockup and do stupid crap

 

The car has effectively had a reboot as the battery was flat last week and I disconnected it overnight to charge it up.

Seat still no worky though

 

was this an issue before of after? I would do a hard reset again, disc battery terminals and hold them together for 10-30 sec and reconnect cleanly. Ive had cars that 1 reset didnt work and after trying to diag everything lese, did another hard reboor and voila', success. Especially since the battery went flat as you said, and go buy a battery tender to keep the car plugged into when you let it sit. I price some yesturday at Batteries plus for $29

 

Hi Brutal,
Thanks for the reply.

Unfortunately the seat was like this before the battery went flat too.
It's not the motor because it will go down (but obviously I don't want it to!) so I'm left assuming the problem lies in the seat module

Graham.

 

I took the car in to the dealer yesterday.

They had to plug their computer in and recalibrate the seat by running it through it's self-calibration routine.

It's now all working again and I can sit comfortably again. Luvvly-jubbly

 

Good news your back on the road, was this covered under warranty or out of pocket??

Tom

 

Hi Tom,

Unfortunately it's out of warranty so I had to pay for it.

Luckily I only got charged for half an hour's work rather than the "minimum one hour charge for diagnostic work, so that would be £98+VAT (i.e. £117.60) Sir".

Would have been a lot more if they'd found a 'real' fault though.

Graham.