Is there anyway to re-program the memory seat/steering wheel buttons so you don't have to hold them down till the adjustment process is over? Every other GM vehicle I've owned you just click the appropriate button and it completes the operation without holding the button down.

Doug

 

Yes. You can program the memory seat to activate when you hit the start button.

 

If you ave a 2016/17 yes, it's outlined in the Owner's Manual. Agree, my C6 standard shift only required hitting the button once. GM got the M7 seat recall software wrong in the 2014! They came up with optional dealer installed software in 2015. Assume if you have just bought a 2014 or 2015 you can still get a free install. I didn't bother.

Lived with the situation for over a year before GM offered the "optional software" and I developed faster way to start the car than what I call the two button push of the start button. Note GM calls it an option not a fix! Was hoping they would make it like my C6 but they did not!

When I get in, with my seat all the way back, I grab the seat belt as it's easier to reach with the seat back. Simultaneously, while pulling the belt over with my right hand to buckle I use a finger on my left hand to press and hold my #1 button. The seat moves forward so I can easily reach the clutch and with it depressed I hit the start button once! I don't waste a right hand movement hitting the start button to have the seat move only to have to hit it again when I can reach the clutch! Also with the seat moved it's harder to reach the belt buckle. Fred Taylor would be pleased with my efficiency of movement!

 

While you can program it to move to a seat position when you start the car (effectively zero touch of the seat button), you cannot then hit the button once to move to another seat position. Why do I want that? Well I have position #1 for regular driving. And I've set position #2 for what I call "lean back driving". Ya know when you're on the highway, in 7th doing 90...errr 70 and have the cruise control on. This seat position raises the front of the seat, moves it forward a bit but then tilts the back of the seat towards the back (think of your recliner in your living room). It also lowers the steering wheel to the lowest position and, of course, adjusts the mirrors. When the Nav goes off and says you have a turn coming up in 2 miles I hit (and hold <- i.e. the problem) position #1 to return to normal driving. Sure wish I only had to tap the button as it's a difficult one to reach.

 

The Owner's Manual procedure is a little vague.

What you need to do is the "That Cute Ginger" procedure!!!

Ginger has a video that makes setting things up very easy.

Here ya' go:

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...emory-fix.html

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Thanks everyone...I think there's a 13 year old kid down the street. I've see if he can help me figure this out! lol

Doug

 

the memory seat/easy exit function is messed up. Just last night I exited my car while it was running, I hit the unlock button and the easy exit seat back/steering wheel up thing happened although I didn't want it to. It happens every now and then for no reason, I don't need it to, I don't want it to, it just does it. Then getting the settings back to where they should be required me pushing the memory "1" button and holding it a few times over. It's a minor nuisance so I live with it, the fact that it's time of operation is so random is more of a **** me off than anything else.

 

I have a 2016 and the seat memory is driving me nuts. I have mine programed for easy exit. Sometimes this works and sometimes it doesn't. I thought the memory worked with a certain key fob but can't get mine to do so I have to push the number. Sometimes I have to push the number 1 and the seat/steering wheel/mirrors move .5 sec. so I have to keep pushing the button, release, and push the button again doing this 10 times to get in position. Way more complicated than it should be.

 

I have a similar problem (2016Z) and likely it is a fix the dealer needs to do. If holding 1 or 2 only moves everything an inch or so, than it is a malfunction that can be fixed. However I hate to make a dealer trip if this is the only problem.

 

Much easier with a Ford or even MB

 

You wouldn't happen to have an M7 would you? Because I have noticed that if you fail to set the eBrake when you've parked the car, then when you get in the next time the seat will not go to position #1. You can verify this by looking at the DIC to see if the parking brake message is there. If it isn't then you failed to set the ebrake when you parked.

As for easy exit, I've been noticing a timing problem whereas if I open the door just a fraction of a second before I've hit the button to turn off the car (sometimes these actions are close together) then easy exit doesn't work.

However, unless your finger is fumbling on the button 1 or button 2 push and you're not keeping it down, I agree with the other poster that says you should have that checked out by the dealer.

 

I have an A8 and never set the parking brake.

 

You don't have to set the brake on automatics. Just the manuals.

 

Watch this video.

 

Let me see if I can paraphrase the video. So turn off Easy Exit and Auto Memory Recall and then set 1 and 2 as you like them. Also set the Easy Exit position but at least 1/4 inch in front of full back. Then go to settings and enable Easy Exit and Auto Memory Recall. The OM does say that these functions are to be turned on and then the Memory positions "previously stored" will be enabled. I suppose that is a hint to set them with the functions turned off.

The one nit I have about the video is it says to hold set and 1, 2 or Exit simultaneously. On my 2016 they are pushed consecutively not simultaneously.

I will try it and report back.

 

Good idea. Buttons are easy to reach if you use the approach I learned for starting. Use a finger on your left hand to press and hold whatever recall button. With a little practice it becomes 2nd nature.

 

"The one nit I have about the video is it says to hold set and 1, 2 or Exit simultaneously. On my 2016 they are pushed consecutively not simultaneously."...yes, my 2017 agrees with you!

 

I used the hold down the button method since I got my 14 but last week I had the Memory Seat software update and I prefer the push the start button method.

 

In my early 2014 I can push the buttons either way. I occationally reset a seat position when I'm driving and use the buttons sequentially to record the setting. Just need to do within a second and it chimes and is set to the new position.

Video may be fine for automatics but the software for manuals is different and 2014 or most 2015's need a software update to have the two start button push "Optional Method" available unless you use my multitake two handed method! I like it as the Vette is my DD and I like the quicker starts. It allows me to reach the seat belt with the seat all the way back and simultaneously have the seat moving forward with the use of my left hand while the belt is being buckled. They both are finished about the same time and I can depress the clutch and hit the start button once. Don't waste a right hand movement to start the seat in motion and not have it available to reach for and buckle the belt. Now if the start button was on the left!!

To each their own!

Yep would have preferred GM fixed the obviously wrong software for the M7 like I had in my C6, one touch of the button. They did eliminate the irrational "seat moves in position when you open the door option" in the 2016/17. Thought that must have been for Superman who is faster than a speeding bullet!