Car Seat Stuck In Recline Position

I believe the linkage between the handle and locking pawl has come off and gotten wedged in the teeth not allowing the seat back to move.

Car seat stuck in recline position.

Our 2002 toyota camry driver seat was stuck but the motor was still trying to work. The connector can be accessed from the back side of the seat. You need to remove the side trim and access the latch to perform a visual inspection to see what has happened. Front power adjust seat is stuck in recline the power wont t work.

Either the power seat recline side of the power seat switch is bad or the recline electronic motor has failed. So my seat is now at an angle. The recline motor is on the hinge side closest to the center console. The right side is in a fixed position.

The ecu has its own battery that stores the seat position memory and other various components such as mirrors. This started after i reclined my. Remove the seat from the floor and re connect the cable that drives the seat from the end of the motor. If the driver s seat is stuck in recline since my husband and i have about the same length legs why can t we just have the mechanic adjust the drivers seat without electric to be permanently uprig.

Drivers side seat with only recline up and down on the left side of the seat. Here s a simple procedure that got it working again. The motor only moves seat upward about 1 4 inch. If cable is broken replace it.

The power seat recline not working on this acura mdx the seat won t recline and it was stuck in one position. I will diagnose the problem and fix it. How many miles are on the car. Unfortunately you can not adjust the seat manually it sounds like your switch was going out and when you ran the jump wire it more then likely fried the switch so it will have to be replaced before you can move the seat.