Lumbar support in driver seat?

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I have an 07 GT premium with leather seats. Is there a lumbar adjustment lever/button? I can't find one but I can't imagine a "premium" wouldn't have adjustable lumbar support?
 

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if it has it, there's a rocker switch on the left side of the seat
 

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if it has it, there's a rocker switch on the left side of the seat
Ahh, thank you. I do have the rocker switch, it just doesn't work! I've put about 2,000 miles on the car since owning it, and on a longer trip the other day, my back was killing me, but I didn't notice that switch, or didn't realize what it's supposed to do until now.

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Ahh, thank you. I do have the rocker switch, it just doesn't work! I've put about 2,000 miles on the car since owning it, and on a longer trip the other day, my back was killing me, but I didn't notice that switch, or didn't realize what it's supposed to do until now.

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Yeah mine doesn't work either I just haven't gotten around to fixing it. seriously NOT looking forward to it.
 

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As someone who has replaced their seat covers and foam recently... its a pain. Taking the seats apart are not fun at all. My lumbar support was broken by the PO, so when I went to replace the seat cover and foam, I cheaped out and fixed the lumbar support mechanism with zip ties (yeah, yeah, I know....), which resulted in it breaking about 2 weeks after I got the seat back together. So, if you do decide to dig in, make sure you fix it right. It'll probably never be fixed in my car at this point, at least by me. It fortunately broke in a reasonably comfortable spot.
 

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Mine broke after I had owned the car for about a year. As I understand it, the problem is that the gears are nylon or plastic. I keep a golf ball in the forward cup holder. When my back bothers me, I just stick the golf ball at the trouble spot, and it's like a deep tissue massage.
 

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The part that broke on mine is where it attaches between the two vertical supports inside the seat.
 

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Years ago mine popped while riding down the road. I looked at replacing the unit from Ford and it was close to 500.00. When I pulled the upper seat cover there were two small plastic gears that had broken. That was the only thing wrong with the unit. I somehow tracked down the company that made the unit. I was in Canada and I got in touch with them and they sent me the new gears made of metal and with a grease at no charge, Apparently this was an ongoing problem and was corrected later in production. I do not have the info on the manufacturer but the gears are more than likely the problem.
 

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mine broke a few years ago, it was the metal spring that connects the bit that adjusts to the frame (cable adjuster is at the other end). Its on the left hand side of the seat.
I didn't take photos sorry.
Any way, after taking the seat out of the car and stripping the seat down ( not hard at all) I found the snapped spring and just welded it back together and filled in the circular part of the top of the spring with weld also and re fitted it to the mechanism. Been fine for about a year now.
When your sticking your hands inside the seat wear gloves as the steel frame inside is sharp as shit, ask me how I know !
there were some pictures online somewhere, ill try and find a link.
 

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Years ago mine popped while riding down the road. I looked at replacing the unit from Ford and it was close to 500.00. When I pulled the upper seat cover there were two small plastic gears that had broken. That was the only thing wrong with the unit. I somehow tracked down the company that made the unit. I was in Canada and I got in touch with them and they sent me the new gears made of metal and with a grease at no charge, Apparently this was an ongoing problem and was corrected later in production. I do not have the info on the manufacturer but the gears are more than likely the problem.
Was it difficult to take off the seat cover? I read something about having to be careful about unhooking the side airbags so they don't go off when you're tinkering with it.
 

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Maybe get a friend to weld it for you ?
You must know a guy who knows a guy.
Come on, don't give up to easily.
Yes get it apart and see what's what first.
 

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Not looking forward to this....

Mine hasn't worked since I bought the car

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