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AFAIK the k-Bus is used to take the remote signal from the EWS / remote receiver and tell the memory seat ECU which key is being used to open the door and thus which default position to move the seat into. if the only think you have done is fit an amplifier then please recheck the wiring connections as a voltage drop may be causing this... IIRC if the kbus voltage goes too low then it stops communicating and may cause issues with windscreen wipers and indictors etc... the car stereo is also on the k-bus so this is possibly the root of an issue if the wrong wire is connected
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I have a similar issue (going on for two years now - I am not that bothered that the memory doesnt work, since I am the sole driver)
After discovering the wiring present, I obtained and fitted a set of electric memory seats. (into a mk2 ZT diesel auto). I have an aftermarket stereo initially Kenwood, and latterly Alpine, with a single 4 channel amp. The seats were fitted after the amp and Kenwood stereo. They were plug and play. Memory, heat and electric operation were all fully operational. They still operated after the Alpine was installed, and power cable for the amp re routed. I assume them to have remained operational until I had the crank pulley and injectors replaced. I know it was put onto a T4 at the time, as the map was adjusted. It was about a fortnight after I discovered the memory was not operational. I didnt contact the guy that did the work (he is a very trustworthy and capable specialist) as since it didnt bother me, I didnt want to disturb him lol, and besides I can assume it just as possible to be a coincidence. I have read up, and it seems the memory ECU can be a possible issue - non memory apparently do not have the ECU (?). A couple of weeks ago, I serviced it, and resetting the oil service indicator with Phil's IPK tool, I started up TOAF to have a look at it. All seat functions were accessible on TOAF. The seat ECU showed the VIN from the car they came from, and I did not know if or how I could change it (but it shouldnt matter since it worked previously, unless the T4 has seen an issue with the mismatch and disabled it?) So is it possible that T4 has disabled it due to the mismatched vin? or could it be a seat ECU issue on RSNAIL's car, with the kbus being a coincidental and additional issue?
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Well, the ONLY "modification" I made for the radio (I have an android radio which didn't ever disturb the memory seats evem after having it installed for 1 year) is that I cut the blue wire of the 17 pin loom of the radio for the amp to receive the AUX signal and start when the key is in AUX position, that is a normal 12v wire that only gives the amp the signal to start and I can't imagine how that would disturb the seat memories. Also, as I said, I disconnected the amp completely, left the car more tham half an hour disconnected from the battery, than connected the battery without connecting the amp wiring to the battery, still, memories not working.
Also, when unlocking the door and if the seat is in another position than normally set with the key in the ignition, it doesn't move amymore to it's default position set by me like before, so the lazy seat function is also not working anymore |
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I had a similar problem with my seats the memory button beeped but the 3 buttons did nothing.
Turned out the seat ECU was faulty, got hold of another from Mickeyboy and not had any problems since.
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So you're saying you've had the exact problem like me and the fix for that was a ECU replacement? I'd try to do that also because I was thinking that if the motors work, the memory positions can be stored, the only problem is in between which would be the ECU... Now it could also be a K bus problem or something similar but I really don't know how the K bus system works and can't say if it really is that or not
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That's what I did, for the price it cost I thought it was worth ago.
After reading on the forums different threads I came to the conclusion it had to be that.
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I'll try unplugging the connectors and then connecting them back in again, hope it'll work, if not, I'll also try replacing the ECU unit of the seats, now I remembered, when I installed the amp, I've had the plus wire already connected to the battery, and then I accidentally pulled the wire out of the glass fuse that is connected to the power wire of the amp and burned the end of the wire that goes into the fuse a little bit, maybe that had also to do with disturbing the system, I can't really imagine how because all the current went to the car's body metal ground, maybe the + original wire of the car that is connected to the battery picked up that huge battery power loss caused by the short of the amp wire and screwed up the system of the seats... I can't know this for sure, was just saying
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Unfortunately the slightest thing can trigger problems & these things can just fail for no apparent reason.
When I converted a drivers height memory seat to the passengers side the memory function worked fine when I took the seat from the donner car, but when I put it all back together, Nothing. Changed the Control unit & it all worked fine. I'd not played around with it, it just stopped working. Change the Control unit for a known working one, then if there's still an issue check the wiring working back from the seat. Good luck with it. Regards Paul
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Hello everybody after a year and a half not updating this thread lol. So as I said, bought the memory seats ECU a year and a half ago and decided to do the 15 min job to swap it today lolll. Done that together with fixing the airbag connector from under the passenger seat, which was an eaxy fix, just tightly wrapped one cable tie around the connector to firmly hold it in place and error doesn't appear anymore regardless the seat position. So to get back at the memory seat ECU; replaced it, now it seemed that the memory seats won't store new positions and would only move to positions set before on the donor car. Gave it up and fixed the seat back in position again. After 2 hours drove the car and just thought well let's try and set a position, and voila! Surprisingly, I could all of a sudden store positions and also move the seat to the stored positions by preasing the position buttons. So the problem was indeed the memory seat ECU.
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