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Bad wiring in my seat.. To the dealer in the A.M... what should I expect

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Old 12-04-2007, 01:44 PM
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Default Bad wiring in my seat.. To the dealer in the A.M... what should I expect

My seat started blowing fuse 14 in Aug and I disconnected the floor light... the seat would not always tilt(back) unless I lifted my weight of it. DO THE SEATS HAVE WEIGHT SENSORS IN THEM??????? Well now the seat won't tilt at all so I have a feeling the wires broke, VAG says I have an open circuit in drivers seat. What would be a reasonable amount of time for Audi to pull my seat apart and re-assemble?????
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Default Well, in my case they had to take it apart and put it back together 4 times on 4 visits

so it got quite expensive. Suggest finding an independant who know's what they're doing. If they can't fix it by swapping parts, dealers suck.
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Default How much was the first visit... I'm also gonna ask to see the inside

when they have it apart.... if a few wires are broken i can see there work before and after so they don't try and take me
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The whole debacle cost me $1000
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did it start with a similiar issue.. power seat feature issues
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...I'd expect disappointment if I were you......
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Yes, fuse 14 blowing whenever you moved the drivers seat.
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not what I wanted to hear
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Default Why not buy a used seat and just swap it in?

Or better yet tear the current one apart yourself?
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Default Hard to find one local... more to ship and sport seats hard to find

Don't have the know how and everyone I talked to with knowledge said its a PITA and have Audi do DIY project.. I would like to have them just pull it apart, I WILL FIX THE BROKEN WIRES, then let them re assemble... but i'm sure Audi won't agree


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