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Old 10-24-2011, 08:17 PM
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Hi guys I have a 99 jimmy 4.3 four wheel drive, and there is a 25 amp circuit breaker clicking on and off under the dash everything in the vehicle works except for the power seats I have removed the drivers seat and checked the seat wiring all looks good. I have pulled up the carpet and checked the harness, can't see anything obvious there either. After the battery has been unhooked for a while and then rehooked the seats both work fine for a little while then they stop working. The battery will drain conmpletly after two days if the vehicle is not ran. I know this is all pointing to a short to ground somewhere I need any ideas of where to continue looking. thanks Ryan
 
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Old 10-24-2011, 08:31 PM
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try leaving your seats unplugged... could be a bad switch on one of your seats, if it doesn't trip any after they've been unplugged for some time, then it's def one of the seats.
 
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The drivers seat is out of the vehicle I will unplug the passenger seat. Thanks for the reply.
 
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Old 10-25-2011, 06:38 PM
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I found a broken wire touching the metal seat track under the passenger seat. It was one of the orange ones coming from the main harness.
 
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voila... there's your problem..
 
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