I've had a search around and I've seen plenty of posts where the seat stops moving completely, or one range of movement stops working completely (usually fuses, switches etc) but this is different..

My drivers seat works fine in every direction except forward & backward, where it suddenly has a limited range of motion of about 1" or so, right at the back of the range.. it still moves on the switch, still tries to recall the memory position, but only gets part way forward and then "click" - which sounds like a range limit switch clicking (microswitch?) or a relay clicking off.. and that's it.

I've had a look under there and I can't see anything stuck in the rails or obviously wrong with the lead screws (probably not what they're called but anyone who has run a lathe or mill will know what I mean ). Did find an obnoxiously sharp cable tie, though


It's a problem because, as my Fiancee would say, I only have little legs

Any suggestions? I'm not even sure I can get the seat out as the rear bolts are probably trapped underneath it unless you move the seat right forward, no? 2014 BMW 530d Touring, 2006 BMW 650i, 2018 Mini Cooper S

Well, that's strange - it's almost like it heard me post.. because I went back out to the car, bashed on the carpet behind the seat, tutted at it and .. it went all the way forward. (Bearing in mind it's been stuck for a week now, so I've had plenty of tries at "Just hold the button and see if it magically fixes itself already )

Buttons work, memory recall works again; perhaps there was something lodged that I couldn't see but just in case - does anyone know how the limits actually work? Is there a limit switch or does it just look at current consumption and assume a stalled motor is 'end of travel'?

Possible related - what's the little plastic gizmo (white & black wire) bolted to the back inner corner of the drivers seat frame? Because I gave that a good wiggle, too  2014 BMW 530d Touring, 2006 BMW 650i, 2018 Mini Cooper S

Are you me? Because I had this exact same issue 2 days ago and it started working again yesterday

Another thing I realised ws when it was in "not working" mode, the "Auto" function on the steering wheel didnt bring the driver seat back to usual position when starting the car and I had to do it manually

I don't think I'm you, but who can be sure?

I hadn't noticed the Auto setting working or not - partly because I was never entirely sure what that was meant to do! I really should re-read the manual about that.. I'm sure I read something about the wheel automatically retracting away when the door is opened (like my BMW does), but I've never noticed it do that, either.

Still, at least I can reach the pedals now  2014 BMW 530d Touring, 2006 BMW 650i, 2018 Mini Cooper S