Do I Have Seat Creep?...

JARblue · 03-20-2017, 10:38 AM

One other thought ...

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chubbs · 03-20-2017, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by JARblue

One other thought ...
Do you ever let the seat creep more than once without correcting it? I know you have corrected enough that it would be way further back, but if you had just never corrected it, I wonder if it would continue to creep backwards.

It creeps forwards, not backwards.
If I let it continue to creep my face would smash through the windshield (joke), so I've always set it back. At the very least it would be uncomfortable to drive - and possibly dangerous.

Thanks for the helpful suggestions and support, guys. I shall continue to collect data. I've repositioned the tape and now that it's stopped raining I'll go outside and lock/unlock several times, on both doors, to see if anything happens.

JARblue · 03-20-2017, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by chubbs

It creeps forwards, not backwards.
If I let it continue to creep my face would smash through the windshield (joke), so I've always set it back. At the very least it would be uncomfortable to drive - and possibly dangerous.

Thanks for the helpful suggestions and support, guys. I shall continue to collect data. I've repositioned the tape and now that it's stopped raining I'll go outside and lock/unlock several times, on both doors, to see if anything happens.

Oops.. I misread that. But yeah, obviously I'm not suggesting that you be unsafe in your attempts to diagnose the situation. If you can get it to do it at least twice, that would be good data. That is, assuming it doesn't go from perfect position to unsafe in one "creep". To me, it doesn't look like the tape moved that much.

But if you need to, maybe, you start with the seat just a bit farther back in your testing to allow for that second "creep". This might not be too bad since you don't have to deal with a clutch pedal.

03-20-2017, 10:38 AM	#1 (permalink)
JARblue A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Austin, TX Age: 45 Posts: 36,450 Drives: 11 Z34, 98 E36 M3 Rep Power: 2684442	One other thought ... ( Click to show/hide ) Do you ever let the seat creep more than once without correcting it? I know you have corrected enough that it would be way further back, but if you had just never corrected it, I wonder if it would continue to creep backwards. For example, I have a motorized tv mount that is almost 10 years old and is no longer able to hold a precise position for more than a few days. I can set it and leave it hanging out from the wall, but after a few days it drifts to the left noticeably - but it just drifts those few inches and never any further. I can adjust it back to the original position using the remote and it stays for a few more days before drifting again - if I leave it after the drift it will stay in that position for months. I wonder if you're experience something similar with your driver seat (mechanical wear?). chubbs and cooltoy like this. __________________ 2011 370Z 6MT Sport Gun Metallic \| ARC \| CJM \| Ecutek \| FI \| Fujimura \| R2C \| SPL \| Stillen \| TWM \| Z1 \| ZSpeed \|

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