2023-07-26

Cable - Flex Drive - Short - Front Seat Motor (Remove and Replace)

Correction Code 13013002

Removal

  1. Prepare a padded area to place the seat when it is removed from the vehicle.
  2. Remove the front seat assembly (refer to procedure) and place it upside down onto the padded surface.
  3. Cut the cable tie that secures the front inner track cover, then remove the front inner track cover from the seat.
  4. Remove the rear inner track cover.
  5. Use a pick or similar tool to release the soft rear lower cover from the seat.
  6. Disconnect the harnesses from the seat memory module and puddle lamp.
  7. Release the fasteners that secure the tracks to the seat (torque 28 Nm).
  8. Remove the tracks and seat motor bracket together as an assembly.
  9. Release the fastener that secures the LH track to the motor bracket (torque 2.2 Nm).
  10. Remove the short flex drive cable from the motor.

Installation

Installation procedure is the reverse of removal, except for the following:

  1. After installing the seat assembly, connect a laptop with Toolbox 3 to the vehicle.
  2. Unlock the gateway. See Gateway Unlock.
  3. To disable seat install mode, in Toolbox 3, click the Actions tab, type "Seat-Install" into the search field, click PROC_BCREAR_X_SEAT-INSTALL-MODE-OFFvia Toolbox: (link), click Run, and allow the routine to complete.
  4. If the front seat motor short flex drive cable was replaced on the driver seat, run the following routine:
    • To calibrate the driver seat, in Toolbox 3, click the Actions tab, type "PROC_MSMD" into the search field, click PROC_MSMD_VCSEATD-FRONT-DRV_CALIBRATE-MEMORY-SEATvia Toolbox: (link), click Run, and allow the routine to complete.
  5. If the front seat motor short flex drive cable was replaced on the front passenger seat, run the following routine:
    • To calibrate the front passenger seat, in Toolbox 3, click the Actions tab, type "PROC_MSMP" into the search field, click PROC_MSMP_VCSEATP-FRONT-PAS_CALIBRATE-MEMORY-SEATvia Toolbox: (link), click Run, and allow the routine to complete.
  6. Disconnect Toolbox and remove the laptop from the vehicle.