Electric seat

[Neville Donaldson]

Hi can someone point me in the right direction to fix passenger electric seat not working. I have an audi a5 quattro convertible. Thanks

[Magnet]

Hello Neville,

Thanks for joining. 
Can you please give us rather more to go on, in terms of your issue, and what you have checked so far.

Kind regards,

Gareth. 

[Neville Donaldson]

Hi Gareth 

The passengers seat is electric and stuck in position. When I operate the switches to slide forward or back up or down nothing happens.  I don't even know where to find the fuse. This car is a recent purchase.  

[Magnet]

Thanks Neville,

Have you had a look in the handbook for the fuse location? 
Is the driver’s seat operating as it should? If so, then it’s perhaps unlikely to be a fuse, since I would expect both seats to work off the same fuse - but you would need to confirm via. the list of fuses. 
If indeed it isn’t the fuse, then I would suggest it might be better to invest in an hour’s time with a trusted local autoelectrician, unless you are ‘handy’ with such issues. 
Possibles:- Seat jammed - have you checked under the seat for any obstructions? 
Possible dirty connector under the seat ( quite common), and you could try a good squirt of contact cleaner, but do not ( in caps) disconnect anything! 
Kind regards,

Gareth. 

[Neville Donaldson]

Hi Gareth 

Yes drivers seat works as it should. I've looked at an online fuse box diagram and it doesn't show you the seat fuse location. Thanks for the advice

[Magnet]

Thanks Neville, but the definitive source of the fuse box layout for your model, will be in the handbook supplied with the car. 
Kind regards,

Gareth. 

[Neville Donaldson]

Hi Gareth 

I've used the audi online handbook for this model and it doesn't directly point to a seat fuse, I'll try an auto electrician.  Thanks 

[Magnet]

Hello Neville,

We do seem to be going around in circles with this. Have you got the physical printed hard copy which would have come with the car? 
Kind regards,

Gareth. 

[Steve Q]

I suspect the drivers and passenger seats would run off the same fuse. My money is on a loose wire or burnt motor. 

[Neville Donaldson]

Hi Steve, thanks if its a burnt motor this is going to be a bugger to get out as the seat is set to its lowest point on the floor. Is there a way to manually operate the seat?

[Magnet]

Hello Neville,

It could be as simple as a dirty connection, so have you squirted it with some contact cleaner - do not ( in caps) disconnect anything. Did you check ( with a mirror I guess) that there isn’t anything jammed under the seat? 
Kind regards,

Gareth. 

[Neville Donaldson]

Hi thanks, the seat is so low to the floor I can't even see underneath it 🤪

[Magnet]

The benefits of the assistance of Percy Verance comes to mind! 
Mirror, contact cleaner aerosol with a long nozzle etc. Etc. - or just take it to a garage who can put it on a lift and have the under-seat area at eye height. 
There isn’t any quick fix for this Neville, so you have little other choice than the above two - as I see it. 
Kind regards,

Gareth. 
p.s. Motor burnt out? Balance of probability would suggest no, since it’s the lesser used passenger seat - unless your passengers are in the habit of making frequent adjustments to the seat positions. 

[Neville Donaldson]

I have the owners manual coming soon so we will see what it says about the fuse location. 

[Magnet]

Hello Neville,

I seriously doubt the fuse is at fault since the driver side is working. 
You’ve told us the seat cannot be moved leg-room wise, but can we take it none of the other seat functions (recline etc) work either? 
Pessimistic it may be, but it does seem like you are going to need the assistance of an auto-electrician. 
Kind regards,

Gareth. 

[Neville Donaldson]

On 11/4/2022 at 10:19 AM, Magnet said:

The benefits of the assistance of Percy Verance comes to mind! 
Mirror, contact cleaner aerosol with a long nozzle etc. Etc. - or just take it to a garage who can put it on a lift and have the under-seat area at eye height. 
There isn’t any quick fix for this Neville, so you have little other choice than the above two - as I see it. 
Kind regards,

Gareth. 
p.s. Motor burnt out? Balance of probability would suggest no, since it’s the lesser used passenger seat - unless your passengers are in the habit of making frequent adjustments to the seat positions. 

Hi Gareth 

I finally got to the bottom of this. After a lot of messing about I managed to get the seat out 😵‍💫 to find that a main live wire had loosened itself from one of the connectors. This in turn had burnt out the control box under the seat. 

I'm a happy man now 😃

[jdragon]

@Neville Donaldson

Glad you got it sorted. And thanks for sharing the fix.