Drivers Seat Front to Back Movement

andyhaug · July 17, 2015

I have looked through the topic of seat movement and it seems like it is mostly the seat bottom moving side to side. Anyone have their entire seat tip front to back every time they stop? I have a power drivers seat that tips front to back every time I stop. I can feed it shifting where it is joined to the stage that moves it front to back. It was rock solid when I first got the truck, 4000 miles later and it is really annoying. Had it to the dealer about a month ago when it first started but since it was front to back they could not do anything. Thinking it will be going back soon because it is getting worse.

ih8ford · July 17, 2015

is it the entire seat moving or just the seat bottom?

sahls01gmc · July 17, 2015

Could be your track. I had the same thing on my Traverse, dealer replaced the track under warranty.

Bvonscott · July 17, 2015

This is a common problem. Mine does it forward and back and side to side lol. I am going to have to get it fixed under warranty. I am pretty sure during the assembly process someone is not tightening things enough under there.

andyhaug · July 17, 2015

is it the entire seat moving or just the seat bottom?

It is the whole seat, from the stage where it slides back and forth up. Seems like in pivots toward the back somewhere.

pm26 · July 19, 2015

It looks like in an effort to reduce weight on these vehicles, GM is using lighter and weaker seat frames and seat tracks. I cannot help to think of seats in my 1984 Mercedes 500SEL which I had years ago. Each seat must have weighed at least 100 lbs!, It had a huge track with an all metal gearbox in the middle of it and something like 6 power seat motors, all with metal housing. I took the driver's seat out once to replace one of the seat motor cables. It was really hard to remove that seat due to its size and weight.