96wWindstar180K

First post here. I have a 96 S10 Blazer and the breaker that works the electric seat and also the door locks blows for ahwile. Ill pull it out and it resests and sometimes holds and other times fails. It may go days without failing and sometimes fails 10 minutes later. I swapped out with another but have the same problem. Could it be a stuck door lock solenoid or something to do with the motor on the front seat. Thanks for any help.

sreve

breakers that have reset many times are comprimised at best and often pop before there rating. pay close attention too what you did when it stopped working, binding seat tracks could do it. the ice scrapper you have not seen since last winter could be the culprit. simplest things first.

96wWindstar180K

Sreve
There doesnt seem to be anything that I do that is the same that might cause the problem. I might try unplugging the seat motor and see if it happens. I did swap out with another breaker and problem still occured.

16th hippy

breaker only blows when trying to move seat or use lock/window? or just driving down the road it will go out?

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96wWindstar180K

16 hippy
It blows at random. You really dont know because it works the door locks and seat so unless you try either one you wont know. The thing is it gets real hot and will drain the battery because the circuit is live when the key is off. I will check every once in ahwile when driving and it will be fine other times it wont be. It may go days without blowing or ten minutes later it might blow.

dmbrisket 51

you could have a bare spot in one of the wires grounding itselfe, the seat and wires going into the door are both good places for this to happen

96wWindstar180K

I have to check first I will unplug the seat and see if it still blows.
Thanks Mike

BLAZERBOY69

THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN MY FIRST CHECK. WHEN YOU HAVE A BREAKER BLOWING REPEATEDLY, THE FIRST THING YOU ALWAYS CHECK IS FOR EXPOSED WIRE. NOT THE MOTOR, NOT THE SOLENOID, NOT THE ACTUATOR.
SWITCHES, MAYBE, BUT ALWAYS CHECK THE WIRES FIRST

r.rogers8

i had the same problem. and it was the wire under the passanger seat got tie up in the seat track. look there for a ground hot orange wire.

96wWindstar180K

Thanks for the help. I think I solved the problem. I took the driver side seat out removed it from the frame with the electric motors and found the teflon or nylon runners between the metal frame were broken and missing in areas. I bought some white lithium grease and lubricated the tracks and all the screw drives. Replaced the breaker the old one actually got so hot it burned out. Everything fine so far will see. Thanks, Mike