Hello all:

First of all great board. I have been reading and learning a lot here.

A couple of days ago my four year old was playing with the power seat in the garage and when we went to put the seatback up it not move. So I came here and serched and found out it was likely a broken cable. So I pulled up the trim cover and since we don't have a local dealer I was hoping I could somehow turn the seatback up to a decent seating postion until I got the part. But no instead i broke the square shaft that connects the two recliners.

My questions. Is this a serviceable part? Can I just use standard square barstock? Do I have to buy a whole new seat? (Please say no.) Is there any way I can move the seat angle back to normal before I get the cable fixed?

Sorry for the long post. Any information would be appreciated.

Thanks

Mike

You can either replace the drive cable (around $40) or trim the shielding on the old cable so that a longer drive is exposed that can be stuffed back into the square hole. I did the former. I also tried to get the seat upright just so I could drive it to the dealership to get the part but no luck. During reassembly of the seat I used small snap ties instead of hog rings. Home Depot sells the small snap ties.

You can go to

www.volvospeed.com

The have detailed instructions on how to fix this problem with pictures!!!

Also, i have the same problem on my 850 Wagon. What i did find out was if the cable does not seem broken it maybe the circuitry itself.

A broken cables make a whirring noise while a bad circuit or connections does not do anything at all!!

Good Luck

Well I got it fixed. The plastic cable housed had stretched so one end no longer was connected to the gearbox.

Thanks for the simple tips to be able to fix my car for free.

Mike