Dispatcher Justin handed me a repair order for a power seat inop concern on a 1997 F150. After verifying the concern, (ALWAYS the first step in the repair process), I pulled the truck into my bay and started my diagnosis.

I checked the fuse for the circuit, which was good. But I had no power on the supply wire at the seat switch. This meant I had to do some digging to see what was broken and/or disconnected. After tracing the wiring and removing some interior trim, I had my answer.

This customer apparently had a stowaway at some point.

At some point, the stowaway became hungry and started chewing on whatever was nearby. One of those items happened to be the seat wiring harness.

I found where the power wire for the seat was broken and repaired it which allowed the driver's seat to function again.