Chrysler Repair: 95 Chrysler Concorde seat motor, amp fuse, chrysler concorde

Question
Power seat adjustment operates extremely slow on my '95 Chrysler Concorde. Can this be fixed or must the motor be replaced? My wife and I both drive the car and are quite a bit different in height so this electric seat has been used a lot. The car has done 125,000 miles.  

Answer
Hi Bill,
I haven't any direct experience with the power seats. It is a good sign that the seat is functioning although slowly. On the electrical side, you might want to verify that the 30 amp fuse H in the power distribution center under the hood and the 20 amp fuse that might be labelled F35 or be between points 45 and 46 or between K1 and G2 in the fuse box under the dash are shiney at the contacts between the fuse and fuse socket, and that you have full batttery voltage on the red wire that comes to the seat control switch. If you have the full voltage, then check the ground wire for the circuit which is black in color and located on cowl just to the left of the driver's left shin to make sure that connection to the body is clean, shiney and tight.
If that checks out and the motion is still slow, then you may be able to lubricate the mechanism that is driven by the seat's electrical motor for the direction that is slow.
It may be that there is too much friction in the mechanism and that could be reduced by some peventive maintenance with some grease. I would observe the motion of the seat to see what parts move and then lubricate them.
If that doesn't provide improvement then the motor replacement may be the only solution. A final alternative might be to see if the seat moves more rapidly when it isn't working against the weight of the occipant so that you could make the adjustment and then sit down.
Roland