Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 13:35:41 +0100 From: "Simon Watkins" <106374.2647nopsamuserve.com> Subject: Re: 1999 9-5SE - Couple of questions
Have owned 2 x 9-5's now. Not experienced the back banging you described. Simon -- Spammers, here's some for you: fraudinfonopsamet.com sweep.daynopsam.gov.au ucenopsamgov Neil Weinstock wrote in message <78jhos$e3q$1nopsamrQ.com>... >In article <77qtvi$rjm$1nopsam3t.infi.net>, >Scott Turnamian <wahoo1nopsamnfi.net> wrote: >>My driver-side seatback (power, heated & vented seats) is giving me trouble. >>First of all, something in the lower portion seems to move around and poke >>me in the back when cornering or coming to a complete stop. It feels like >>something swinging around and then thumping me in the lower back. It seems >>like some of the power mechanisms or possibly the head-restraint system may >>be loose/broken. Not painful but damn annoying in a brand new $34K car. > >I have a similar symptom in mine (though it's minimal and I stopped noticing >it after a month or two.) > >The cause seems clear enough (unconfirmed by any real investigation). The >9-5 has active head restraints, in which the headrest move forward to "catch" >your head to prevent whiplash in the event of a rear-end collision. The >headrest is one end of a lever; the other end extends into the seatback. > >When you get rear-ended, the seat is pushed into your back; this pushes >the lever back, causing the headrest to move forward. > >So, it seems that the end that goes into the seatback has a little too >much play, so that in sudden accelerations, you can feel it banging into >your back. Annoying yes (though only at first), but it is the result of >an unusual safety system, not anything broken. > >Disclaimer: As mentioned above, I have not confirmed the above explanation, >because the seat no longer bothers me, and assuming my understanding of the >active head restraints is correct, it describes the symptom perfectly without >indicating any sort of failure. If anyone can convince me that the banging >in the back is abnormal, and indicative of a failure or defect, I'll get >it checked out. > >Hope this is helpful, > > - Neil > >--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==-- >Neil Weinstock See the Passat/A4 Wheel and Tire Page: >nswnopsampan.net http://www.webspan.net/~nsw/Wtpage/
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