Seat Problems
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2nd Gear
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Seat Problems
Hello All, This place is great. Have spent hours reading here, I am new to the forum, and hoping if someone can add some insight...I had both sport seats bottoms reupholstered, and now all the back controls do not operate, worked before I removed seats for the upholstery shop. Seems odd that both seats went out at the same time. Is there a connector maybe not connected...All other functions operate perfectly. All the connectors on the seat control box.(SCM ?) are connected and all the connections I could see from the underside are connected good. There is just nothing when you push the adjusting buttons. It is an '01 C5 Coupe w/memory seats and full lumbar support. I was very meticulous in separating the connectors on the seats and resetting them when seats went back in. The shop did a great job of beefing up the seat bottoms for me...feels like a new car now. I have only had it for about 4-5 weeks. Still in great shape for almost 80K miles...
4th Gear
Joined: Sep 2007
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You did not say whether you put the seats back together yourself. There is a small motor pump combination that runs the various lumbar bags. The pumps may not be running or disconnected from the bags. I had to replace my pump and used a cheap Ford pump which is the same. Listen to see if you hear the pump running or not. The seat is easy to take apart and do the repairs.
Advanced
Joined: Feb 2009
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From: Stillwater MN
Hello All, This place is great. Have spent hours reading here, I am new to the forum, and hoping if someone can add some insight...I had both sport seats bottoms reupholstered, and now all the back controls do not operate, worked before I removed seats for the upholstery shop. Seems odd that both seats went out at the same time. Is there a connector maybe not connected...All other functions operate perfectly. All the connectors on the seat control box.(SCM ?) are connected and all the connections I could see from the underside are connected good. There is just nothing when you push the adjusting buttons. It is an '01 C5 Coupe w/memory seats and full lumbar support. I was very meticulous in separating the connectors on the seats and resetting them when seats went back in. The shop did a great job of beefing up the seat bottoms for me...feels like a new car now. I have only had it for about 4-5 weeks. Still in great shape for almost 80K miles...
Burning Brakes
Joined: Apr 2009
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From: Concord California
Check the fuse, it is located at the foot well of the passenger seating against the firewall. I removed my drivers seat and for some reason upon re-connection of the connectors, it was dead, blew a 10 amp fuse for the driver seat. anyway check it out, if no wires are shorted out, it is a good bet the fuse popped. good luck.
Tech Contributor
Joined: May 2008
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From: Howell Michigan
St. Jude Donor '09-'10-'11
Check the fuse, it is located at the foot well of the passenger seating against the firewall. I removed my drivers seat and for some reason upon re-connection of the connectors, it was dead, blew a 10 amp fuse for the driver seat. anyway check it out, if no wires are shorted out, it is a good bet the fuse popped. good luck.
Check the fuse first... 
