Seat Position Memory Adjustment
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Seat Position Memory Adjustment
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New to the Club - just purchased an RX 350 for my wife last week. We found several things that needed to be reinitialized, such as the moonroof, power rear door and windows. It looks like there may be one more thing. From reading in the forums here it sounds like others have seen this issue as well.
In order to adjust the seats with the memory buttons, it is necessary to start the vehicle. Not a problem for her, because my seat setting is all the way back and as low as the seat will go. But her setting is just about as far forward and as high as the seat can be set, and I just can't get in the vehicle with it set there to start the engine. So to my question.
Is there an initialization for the seat memory that makes it work by pressing the buttons without starting the vehicle?
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Rory
New to the Club - just purchased an RX 350 for my wife last week. We found several things that needed to be reinitialized, such as the moonroof, power rear door and windows. It looks like there may be one more thing. From reading in the forums here it sounds like others have seen this issue as well.
In order to adjust the seats with the memory buttons, it is necessary to start the vehicle. Not a problem for her, because my seat setting is all the way back and as low as the seat will go. But her setting is just about as far forward and as high as the seat can be set, and I just can't get in the vehicle with it set there to start the engine. So to my question.
Is there an initialization for the seat memory that makes it work by pressing the buttons without starting the vehicle?
Thanks!
Rory
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Just trying to figure out if I'm banging my head on the A-pillar for nothing.
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Huh? Maybe something has changed from my 04 RX but I can open the car door and press the desired memory button and the seat will move to that location. I don't need to be in the car nor do I need the key to make this happen.
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That's what I'm trying to find out....has it changed, or is there an initialization for the seat memory like there is for the moonroof. Can't seem to get that answered.
The battery in my wife's car was disconnected for about three weeks while it was on the showroom floor. Everything else in the car that I know about had to be initialized. The dealer's make-ready department missed the moonroof, and I had to do it myself. I did the rear door and windows "just because". I am just wondering if there is anything else they might have missed. Is there a comprehensive list of those things that need to be reinitialized after an extended battery disconnect?
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The battery in my wife's car was disconnected for about three weeks while it was on the showroom floor. Everything else in the car that I know about had to be initialized. The dealer's make-ready department missed the moonroof, and I had to do it myself. I did the rear door and windows "just because". I am just wondering if there is anything else they might have missed. Is there a comprehensive list of those things that need to be reinitialized after an extended battery disconnect?
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On my wife's '08 RX 350 you must have the key in the ignition and in the Acc or Run position for the seat memory buttons to work. It's not technically necessary to be sitting in the driver's seat, but the key must be in Acc or Run. Doesn't seem to be necessary for the motor to be running.
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I agree. And I've read references in other threads to the same behavior you describe. That's why I'm wondering if maybe there's some secret initialization sequence you have to do with the seat memory to make it work correctly.
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I would drive it by my dealer and let em set it up right...
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Rory, I am assuming that you have tried to push the seat button on your RX before you have got in the vehicle and it did nothing. If that is the case then you will have to turn the ignition on for the seat button to work but that should initialize the memory buttons so that the next time you should not have to put a key in the ignition and turn the motor on. I am also assuming that the seat buttons have been programed with the transmission in park. If you have done all that and it still requires that you get in or turn the motor on than you need to have your dealer address the problem.
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