Thread: can't adjust seat without opening door
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Old Oct 11, 2009 | 11:55 AM
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Default Re: can't adjust seat without opening door
Originally Posted by bluecoupe
Mine will adjust in the following: door open, engine off, door closed, engine running. If I close the door with engine off then I can't adjust the seat. I thought this was by design?
That is the way mine works. Actually, the engine doesn't have to be running, just the ignition turned on. If the ignition is off and the door closed the seat won't adjust.
If you do a search on this you will find this explanation of this German engineering feat.

"It does make absolute sense. There are two pockets behind the seat that can be used to hold things (flat things). If you have the top open and the car locked, you don't want someone to be able to just reach in and move the seat forward and grab whats in those pockets. Thats why you can only move the seats with the door open(meaning you have the key to unlock the door) or with the ignition on and the doors closed. Similar to the reason why they made the central locking button deactivated once the engine is turned off, so that it prevents someone from reaching in and unlock the doors and alarm when you park with the top down."

I assume this is a carryover from the SLK design since the first Xfires were coupes?
 
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