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vz calais front driver seat only moves an inch all directions

Dylan McGrath

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ive just recently put vz calais seats in my 2000 vx commodore, ive made a bridge circuit to connect it all, the passenger side works perfectly fine, could be faster but no complaints, the drivers seat was working perfectly fine up until my battery went flat and i had to jump start it, all the sudden the drives seat will only move and inch forwards and backwards up and down and the seat will only tilt forward and back an inch if not even that and its driving me mental, ive made sure the wiring is all good, ive taken it out given everything a clean up made sure all the motors were connected and nothing was stopping them from functioning.
but i cant seem to find the issue anywhere, ive looked through other posts and cant seem to find the answer im looking for, any sort of help would be greatly appreciated
 

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This sounds like a voltage spike has done some damage or a general low voltage condition exists.

Have the battery load tested and the the charge system checked. If the battery health is off, that might be your problem. Might.
 

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This sounds like a voltage spike has done some damage or a general low voltage condition exists.

Have the battery load tested and the the charge system checked. If the battery health is off, that might be your problem. Might.
i know the battery will need to be charged or replaced as there was a cheap one put in when it was last fully serviced and it has run flat a few times so ive thought about getting a new high performance century battery as ive installed led lights all through the cab and some of the exterior like the numberplate lights and thought maybe the cars not getting the power it needs hence why the seats are moving extremely slowly and ones not working properly, the car seems to be getting 7 amps on idle (not sure if thats normal or not but it sounded a lot lower than i would have imagined)
 

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Do you mean volts?
 
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i know the battery will need to be charged or replaced as there was a cheap one put in when it was last fully serviced and it has run flat a few times so ive thought about getting a new high performance century battery as ive installed led lights all through the cab and some of the exterior like the numberplate lights and thought maybe the cars not getting the power it needs hence why the seats are moving extremely slowly and ones not working properly, the car seems to be getting 7 amps on idle (not sure if thats normal or not but it sounded a lot lower than i would have imagined)
How did you read 7 amps at idle?
 
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