Security system, 2005 c6, Help Please..
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Unbelievable.. Here at the dealer, ready to drive away and the power seat doesn't work but, when I get out of the car, not sitting in it, the seat works.. Bottom line the seat doesn't work sitting in it and works not sitting in it.. I had to leave it to find out something Monday.. �� Wow...
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Unbelievable.. Here at the dealer, ready to drive away and the power seat doesn't work but, when I get out of the car, not sitting in it, the seat works.. Bottom line the seat doesn't work sitting in it and works not sitting in it.. I had to leave it to find out something Monday.. �� Wow...
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Unbelievable.. Here at the dealer, ready to drive away and the power seat doesn't work but, when I get out of the car, not sitting in it, the seat works.. Bottom line the seat doesn't work sitting in it and works not sitting in it.. I had to leave it to find out something Monday.. �� Wow...
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Interesting.. I hope it's little.. If they charge me I won't be happy.. It should have been back to normal.. Do you think this has anything to do with the radio replacement?
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It is easy enough to pull seat bottom cushion up to expose the module and all the wiring to see if anything is not making good contact. These cars have soo many different modules. Is your driver seat bottom worn down?
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I don't think it's worn, normal wear if anything.. The car only has 44k on it... I had no clue there was a module under there.. Is it possible that it has any connection to the replacement of the radio?.. Just seems odd this happens right after it gets fixed..
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I don't see how they would be connected, unless tech was heavy guy and caused when he was in driver seat. I have also seen seat wires comes loose when moved back too far.
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Good deal. Thanks for the info.... I'm just frustrated because I excpected to have the car back now it's sitting in the shop again..
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Thanks.. Hopefully that is just it since it still works when not sitting on it.. I actually forgot to mention to the dealer that I noticed the steering wheel doesn't work as well. I tried to adjust it right before leaving as well and it was dead.. Do you think there is any connection there?.. I'm calling them in about 15 mins. When they open.
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Thanks.. Hopefully that is just it since it still works when not sitting on it.. I actually forgot to mention to the dealer that I noticed the steering wheel doesn't work as well. I tried to adjust it right before leaving as well and it was dead.. Do you think there is any connection there?.. I'm calling them in about 15 mins. When they open.
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Interesting. It is the BCM computer that tells the radio to turn on or off by instructions through the digital network but it is the computer in the radio that actually turns the power on and off to the other units. It is surprising that the radio would still work if that computer was not functioning correctly. It decides when to power the aux amp and the antennas. But if it were letting all the other units run then I guess it is possible. How this fixes the issue.
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Interesting. It is the BCM computer that tells the radio to turn on or off by instructions through the digital network but it is the computer in the radio that actually turns the power on and off to the other units. It is surprising that the radio would still work if that computer was not functioning correctly. It decides when to power the aux amp and the antennas. But if it were letting all the other units run then I guess it is possible. How this fixes the issue.
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None work completely to replace a nav unit. To just replace the radio requires jury-rigging and is not a task for the novice.
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