Description and Operation - Front Seats - Overview
Overview
Power Driver Seat - Non-Memory
The 6-way power driver seat is equipped with the following motors:
- Front Height Motor (serviced with the front seat track)
- Rear Height Motor (serviced with the front seat track)
- Fore/Aft Motor (serviced with the front seat track)
The 8-way power driver seat is equipped with the following motors:
- Front Height Motor (serviced with the front seat track)
- Rear Height Motor (serviced with the front seat track)
- Fore/Aft Motor (serviced with the front seat track)
- Seat recliner motor (serviced with the front seat back)
The 10-way power driver seat is equipped with the following motors:
- Front Height Motor (serviced with the front seat track)
- Rear Height Motor (serviced with the front seat track)
- Fore/Aft Motor (serviced with the front seat track)
- Seat recliner motor (serviced with the front seat back)
- Lumbar support motor (serviced together with the front seat power lumbar support drive)
Power Driver Seat - With Memory
The power driver seat is controlled by the DSM located on the driver front seat track. PMI is required when installing a new DSM. The DSM hard/soft stops must be installed/reset each time a new DSM, driver front seat track, or driver front seatback is installed.
The memory system allows automatic positioning of the driver seat to 1 of 3 programmable positions. For information on programming memory positions or recalling a stored memory position, refer to the Owner's Literature.
The power driver seat with memory is equipped with the following motors:
- Front Height Motor (serviced with the front seat track)
- Rear Height Motor (serviced with the front seat track)
- Fore/Aft Motor (serviced with the front seat track)
- Seat recliner motor (serviced with the front seat back)
- Lumbar Motor (vehicles without multicontour seats only) (serviced with the power front seat lumbar assembly)
Power Passenger Seat
The 4-way power passenger seat is equipped with the following motors:
- Height motor (serviced with the front seat track)
- Fore/Aft Motor (serviced with the front seat track)
The 8-way power passenger seat is equipped with the following motors:
- Height motor (serviced with the front seat track)
- Fore/Aft Motor (serviced with the front seat track)
- Seat recliner motor (serviced with the front seat back)
- Lumbar support motor (serviced together with the front seat power lumbar support drive)
Heated Seats
This system provides independent electric heating of each front seat on demand.
The seat heating system consists of the following components:
- Seat cushion heating pad
- Seatback heating element
- HVAC module (including seat heater switches)
Heated/Ventilated Seats
This system provides independent electric heating/ventilation of each front seat on demand.
The seat heating/ventilation system consists of the following components:
- Seat cushion heating pad
- Seatback heating element
- Blower motor located in the cushion and backrest of each front seat.
- HVAC module (includes seat heating/ventilation buttons)
- SCME, integrated into the DSM
- Ventilation bags for the cushion and backrest (part of the cushion and backrest foam)
- Cushion and backrest foam
- Cushion and backrest covers
Multicontour Seats
This system provides independent lumbar adjustment and/or massage of each front seat. PMI is required when installing a new SCMG or SCMH.
The multicontour front seat system consists of the following components:
- SCMG, mounted to the driver front seatback
- SCMH, mounted to the passenger front seatback
- Multicontour seat buttons located on the FDIM (touchscreen)
- Multicontour seat control switch (part of the seat control switch)
- Front seat cushion bladder, attached to each front seat frame (includes 4 inflatable bladders and hoses)
- Power front seat lumbar support, attached to each front seatback (includes air pump, 3 inflatable bladders and hoses)
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