Too much Lumbar Support! (2000 Excursion)
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Mountain Pass
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From: Federal Way
Too much Lumbar Support! (2000 Excursion)
Just bought the truck last Sunday, still learning about it.
It feels like I'm leaning back against a pregnant woman or something!
It's the luxury leather model with fully adjustable electric seats.
The lumbar support is adjusted with a wheel/**** at the side of
the seat cushion.
I adjusted it all the way in, and it still sticks out too much for me.
Is there a way to get into the seat back to see if maybe the
previous owner added extra lumbar support or something?
Can I just give it a good hard whack with a very large sledge hammer
It feels like I'm leaning back against a pregnant woman or something!
It's the luxury leather model with fully adjustable electric seats.
The lumbar support is adjusted with a wheel/**** at the side of
the seat cushion.
I adjusted it all the way in, and it still sticks out too much for me.
Is there a way to get into the seat back to see if maybe the
previous owner added extra lumbar support or something?
Can I just give it a good hard whack with a very large sledge hammer
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Uh, the pregnant woman might not care for it......
I have a 2000 X Limited and the support seems just fine, and I'm a big guy.....
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Lumbar support
Those seats are tricky to adjust until you get use to it. The back will also recline. Recline the back one notch at a time and adjust the power tilt of the seat. In other words just fiddle around with it.
Hope this helps.
Hope this helps.
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Mountain Pass
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From: Federal Way
Thanks.
Yes, I can feel the lumbar support adjusting when I turn the adjustment wheel.
I noticed that I have not only redline, but can raise the front of the seat,
or raise the rear of the seat, or both (raise/lower entire seat).
The recline is manual, raise/lower front &/or back of seat is electric.
BTW, does the Excursion have the feature where different keys will
set up the seat to each driver's preferences (so I would have one
key, and my wife a different one, and the electric settings would
adjust for whichever key is sensed in the ignition)?
I'll try fiddling with some of that... also I will see if raising the seat
electrically moves only the seating part or moves the seatback
with it. If it only moves the bottom of the seat, I can adjust how
high the lumbar support will hit me in my back, which may help.
I might just try kicking the lumbar support - I read in another
message thread that it's sheetmetal.
Thanks, and please keep the ideas coming!
Yes, I can feel the lumbar support adjusting when I turn the adjustment wheel.
I noticed that I have not only redline, but can raise the front of the seat,
or raise the rear of the seat, or both (raise/lower entire seat).
The recline is manual, raise/lower front &/or back of seat is electric.
BTW, does the Excursion have the feature where different keys will
set up the seat to each driver's preferences (so I would have one
key, and my wife a different one, and the electric settings would
adjust for whichever key is sensed in the ignition)?
I'll try fiddling with some of that... also I will see if raising the seat
electrically moves only the seating part or moves the seatback
with it. If it only moves the bottom of the seat, I can adjust how
high the lumbar support will hit me in my back, which may help.
I might just try kicking the lumbar support - I read in another
message thread that it's sheetmetal.
Thanks, and please keep the ideas coming!
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Mountain Pass
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From: Federal Way
If Toyota offered a FJ Cruiser with a diesel engine, better mirrors,
and no opaque glass in the back (full visibility) I would be driving one.
Are you saying that there is a memory on the seat settings, but you
have to push a button for it to auto-adjust? or is there no memory at all?
and no opaque glass in the back (full visibility) I would be driving one.
Are you saying that there is a memory on the seat settings, but you
have to push a button for it to auto-adjust? or is there no memory at all?
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From: Lost in Pa.
If you have the memory buttons on the drivers door labled 1 & 2 and your mirrors are power they should, but since you have one FOB you need to find out which memory that is tied to 1 0r 2, BTW if you would say have 3 FOBS the third memory is 1&2 pressed at the same time. Check your manual it will tell you all about this function
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Mountain Pass
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From: Federal Way
I haven't gotten that far in reading the manual yet... it's 232 pages
so I have a long way to go before I have read it all.
And then there's the Diesel Supplementary Manual and the Maintenance Schedule.
The 4WD manual is all stuff I already knew.
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I'll have to look for that in the owner's manual.
I haven't gotten that far in reading the manual yet... it's 232 pages
so I have a long way to go before I have read it all.
And then there's the Diesel Supplementary Manual and the Maintenance Schedule.
The 4WD manual is all stuff I already knew.
I haven't gotten that far in reading the manual yet... it's 232 pages
so I have a long way to go before I have read it all.
And then there's the Diesel Supplementary Manual and the Maintenance Schedule.
The 4WD manual is all stuff I already knew.