Groaning Seat

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Our 02 Cab. is the first Porsche we’ve owned with power seats. I use the word "we" because my 5'1" wife loves the car and drives it a much as I. As you can guess, when its my turn at the wheel, the driver’s seat is always in a for forward position. Its then that the seat memory function really comes in handy.

The trouble with this rosy picture is that rearward seat movement is always accompanied by a loud groaning noise. Up, down, tilt - fine. Just moving back. I’d live with it but its embarrassing that such a wonderful car would make such awful noises in public.

I’ve checked for rubbing upholstery or anything extraneous under or around the seat and lubed the seat rails and gear track but still the same groaning. There’s three small motors under the seat to do all the adjusting. One has what looks like a sheathed drive cable on one end which seams suspicious to me. You can reach under the seat and hold outer casing on this cable while running the seat back and forth and I did that but couldn’t feel anything unusual. So now I"m thinking it may not be this cable and even if it just required lubrication, I wouldn’t know how to as it looks like its sealed.

Has anyone had this or have an idea how to fix it?

Thanks for this great forum and all the contribute to it. You’ve taught me a lot and gave me the information and confidence to tackle various small repairs.

[geoff]

My '01 Boxster had the same problem. The cable is the issue. After lubricating the cable several times under warranty (temporary fix), the dealer gave up and replaced the cable. No more seat groaning noise problem after 5+ years

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My '01 Boxster had the same problem. The cable is the issue. After lubricating the cable several times under warranty (temporary fix), the dealer gave up and replaced the cable. No more seat groaning noise problem after 5+ years

Thanks You’re helped me a lot. I’m thinking to try lubricating before I replace parts. Does anyone know how I should go about this?