Inspection and Verification: Notes
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2003 Ford Windstar. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
- Verify the customer concern by operating the power or memory seat.
- Visually inspect for obvious signs of mechanical and electrical damage.VISUAL INSPECTION CHART
Mechanical Electrical - Seat track
- Fuse(s)
- Circuitry
- Driver seat module (DSM)
- Lumbar control switch
- Memory set switch
- Power seat motor assembly
- Seat control switch
- If the vehicle is not equipped with a memory seat and the concern is not visually evident, determine the symptom. GO to SYMPTOM CHART .
- If the vehicle is equipped with a memory seat and the concern remains after the inspection, connect the scan tool to the data link connector (DLC) located beneath the instrument panel and select the vehicle to be tested from the scan tool menu. If the scan tool does not communicate with the vehicle:
- Check that the program card is correctly installed.
- Check the connections to the vehicle.
- Check the ignition switch position.
- If the scan tool still does not communicate with the vehicle, refer to the scan tool manual.
- Carry out the DATA LINK DIAGNOSTIC TEST. If the scan tool responds with:
- CKT914, CKT915, or CKT70=ALL ECUS NO RESP/NOT EQUIP, refer to MODULE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK .
- NO RESPONSE/NOT EQUIPPED for DSM, refer to MULTIFUNCTION ELECTRONIC MODULE .
- SYSTEM PASSED for the DSM, retrieve and record the continuous diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs), erase the continuous DTCs and carry out self-test diagnostics for the DSM.
- If the DTCs retrieved are related to the concern, go to DSM DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE (DTC) INDEX .
- If no DTCs related to the concern are retrieved, GO to SYMPTOM CHART .