OEM 2003 Lincoln Town Car Seat Motor

2003 Lincoln Town Car Seat Motor Parts Questions & Experts Answers

• Q: How Can You Safely Service and Repair the Front Track Seat Motor While Ensuring Proper Functionality on 2003 Lincoln Town Car?

  A: The front seat track motor service and repair process requires safety glasses while working on vehicles that have supplemental restraint systems (SRS) to prevent injuries. A normal air bag warning lamp status under ON ignition will appear after removing the RCM fuse as a power-on check for system operation. To test movement activate the control switch while the seat positioned at the midpoint between front and rear vertical motors. A lack of movement indicates the seat should be checked for appropriate directional pressure on the cushion. A stationary seat demands replacement of the whole seat track structural unit. You must move the seat horizontally for access to all fasteners that connect it to the floor before taking out the seat and seat track. The operations for adjusting the seat track horizontally require disconnecting its electrical connector then applying specified power and ground to control pins for placement with two visible teeth adjacent to the outer retainer clip. When reinstalling the slide you will need the marked positions of both track C-channels which were previously noted on the plastic-coated slide. First remove the memory seat module with bracket and wiring along with locations of each connector. Then disconnect the three memory position sensor electrical connectors. Remove two memory seat module securing nuts followed by a single securing bolt and the two nuts at the lift links. A user needs to clamp the drive tube at the inboard track gear stub shaft using a hammer to separate it from the stub shafts. You must disassemble the outboard track assembly by first removing its retainer clip along with two bolts that retain the seat track motor assembly to the outboard track before carefully removing the complete unit with the pinion cage. Detach the two support straps with the seat track motor assembly from the upper support assembly while also taking out memory position sensors if equipped. Before assembly position the memory position sensors according to existing flat spot markings on the previous assembly. Fix the seat track motor assembly onto the upper support assembly while using grease on the motor pivots and inspecting for gear gap absence. Settle the support straps properly until they reach the height adjustment gears without any gaps. Position the pinion cage onto the outboard track after checking its index mark alignment with the C-channel and plastic-coated slide. Finally install it until all components touch each other. The assembly requires installation of two bolts to secure the seat track motor assembly with the outboard track which in turn requires the bracket and its two nuts then an outboard retainer clip. Recheck the index marks alignment before continuing with additional repetitions of previous procedures. When assembling combine the components of the seat track motor assembly with the upper support assembly and inboard track it is essential to achieve correct drive tube and lift links alignment. Use the same procedure to install the inboard track nuts on its upper support assembly lift links while verifying the index mark alignment one last time. The magnetic assembly must go on the pivot point before sliding it back into place while installing the bolt. The seat track should be placed into the vehicle with careful attention to hole alignment that avoids forced insertion. Install memory seat nuts along with components if present and be certain to connect all electrical parts correctly. The installation process requires seating the track followed by the seat with a subsequent power cycle of the SRS and the execution of full-range driver seat cycling for memory seats when relevant.