Hi all,

We have a 2007 ford five hundred. It has been a wonderful car with around 190k on her now.

We recently moved the power front passenger seat to it's most forward position to get something in the back seat. When we went to move it back, it stopped working.

We don't really care about the power function - we just want to get it back to it's most rear position and leave it there so the seat is usable. Is there a manual release or something we can do to force it back? We don't really want to spend much $$ on this car at this point.

Thanks for your help!

 

Did you check under the seat, many times something gets jammed under there and will not allow the seat to move.

 

Yup, always good to go through the easy steps. Nothing under the seat.

However, i was able to fix it. From the backseat, i grabbed a metal bar under the seat and yanked it backwards as firmly as i could. It didn't feel like it moved or did anything, and i don't even know what made me try this, but it felt like a good idea. I then tried the switch and i heard a click and it began moving! Perhaps it was slightly off the track. But it worked, and we'll never move this chair again

 

Thanks for the update.