Power seat switch
Thread Starter
Intermediate
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 28
Likes: 0
Power seat switch
Hi guys. I've just been a Forum reader up until now, but I've got a problem. 1993 convertible. Console switch for power seat, drivers side stopped working. Every place I've checked, including the dealership, says it's discontinued and can't get it. Any ideas on where to find one???
Thread Starter
Intermediate
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 28
Likes: 0
No taking the seats out. I know it sounds dumb but the switch works a little. The switch moves the seat up and down fine, it just doesn't move forward or backward unless I jiggle the switch and then it moves forward a little at a time. I'm afraid to move the seat forward / backward or the switch might completely go out and then the seat is stuck at that position.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 5,841
Likes: 19
From: CLT, North Carolina
Ok, That's probably the switch. I would check the C4 parts for sale & wanted forum. You'll usually find folks parting out cars there all the time. That switch is probably expensive new.
Race Director
Joined: Jan 2000
Posts: 16,872
Likes: 4
From: Owings Mills, MD 21117
No taking the seats out. I know it sounds dumb but the switch works a little. The switch moves the seat up and down fine, it just doesn't move forward or backward unless I jiggle the switch and then it moves forward a little at a time. I'm afraid to move the seat forward / backward or the switch might completely go out and then the seat is stuck at that position.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 5,841
Likes: 19
From: CLT, North Carolina
Mark, you're right about that. The seat tracks have a high failure rate on these cars. Plastic bushings inside eventually give up stopping operation in one direction. Sometimes you gan coax it to move if you get out of the car and pull on the seat in the direction you want it to go while pushing the switch. If that's it you could swap the seat tracks to put the good RS one on the LS if that's where you need it most.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 918
Likes: 5
From: Gainesville FL
I ran into this problem on my 89 (discontinued switches). I was able to take out the switches and open them up by unclipping the metal straps that hold everything together. The brass contacts on the pins had a black coating where the center rockers touched them. I used very fine grit sandpaper to clean up both the pin tops and the center rockers. No problems since then. The hardest part was to carefully pry off the copper strips to release the switches. I don't know if the 93 switches are the same.
Corvette Stories
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
Top 10 Most Expensive Corvettes Ever Sold on Bring A Trailer
Brett Foote
10 Things Every Corvette Owner Needs (2026 Edition)
Michael S. Palmer
8 Most "Only Corvette Owners Understand" Quirks and Problems
Pouria Savadkouei
10 Reasons the C6 Z06 is Still A Performance Benchmark After 20 Years
Joe Kucinski
How Much Horsepower Every Corvette Engine "LOST" in 1972
Joe Kucinski
Top 10 DOs and DON'Ts for Protecting Your Convertible Top!
Michael S. Palmer
Top 10 Most Explosive Corvettes Ever Made: Power-to-Weight Ratio Ranked!
Joe Kucinski
150 hp to 1,250 hp: Every Corvette Generation Compared by the Specs That Matter
Joe Kucinski
