Non-Working Lumbar controls (FIXED) kinda long

[NEO-ZR1]

So I went ape-**** the other day after spending hours reading everyones problems with the lumbar seats/motors/bladders/switches/buttons/etc..

Here is my story:

So about 2 weeks ago I go to adjust the lower lumbar back support and i feel the dam thing deflate and I hear no motor. Im like WTF!! I Try to driver the passenger put the switch in the middle all that happens is I lose the air in all the bladders. NOW im VERY uncomfortable in this seat. That nite i tear into her. Starting with the drivers side.

So im thinkiing to myself. OK i will probably have to fix this tommorow cause its 2am and I dont have any rubber gloves for the pump bladder. If i broke a lumbar support I have to tear these seats apart. oh man.. this is gonna hurt.

HOLY CRAP thers alot of stuff under here. So i pull out the trusty multimeter and start to disconnect everything. whats this clickin pry/pull...Oh those are the solenoids. Hmm wheres the pump?
I find that i have power going into everything from the switches but i do not have a motor. Lets look at the passenger side.

OH WOW this side is different. i wonder if that big black cylinder with the tubes coming out of it is the pump motor. YEP it sure is. So i start to check all the connections all the sudden BZZZZZ. hey it works. What did i do?!?! I grab hold of the lower plug assembly. and hit the switch... nothing. shake/grab.. BZZZ

AHHA I FOUND IT. the friggin wire was just a little loose after 8 years of vibration. GO figure. So I wasted 3 friggen hours and all i had to do was disconnect and reconnect a few wires and I would have been done.

I realized after the fact that my girlfrined puts her purse on the floor when she gets in and leaves it there in front of the seat. When she placed it there it proabbly got a jammed under the seat causing the wires to be pushed/pulled just enough to lose contact and hence no motor power no work.

So after my long boring story I would reccomend to anyone before you go tearing into everything. Don't overlook the obvious. If its electrical and its old theres probably a good chance that its just a simple connection.
In HS I took a technical drawing class and my teacher taught me the KISS method. (Keep It Simple Stupid)"Guess I forgot what I learned.

Happy hunting

 

[Eagle85C4]

Classic case of analytical troubleshooting gone bad...When you first start out as a trouble shooter you always go to the easiest , obvious place first. Then after a while you learn that it is not always there and go digging. Then after a longer while you go on past the obvious and dig right in. Then what happened here happens and you remember that you should always do a cusory overview of the problem first, then a visual look before digging in.
Never discount the obvious...
An old adage...it is hard to remember your initial task was to drain the swamp when you are up to your a$$ in alligators...

Can't say how many times I have done the same thing...