No Power Seat on 2 Door...?

[MallCrawlinBranco]

Power seats are indispensable for changing your driving position while driving. Manual seats are unbeatable in their speed.

Price being equal I think I'd have to go for power. Easier to fine tune, don't have to worry about inclines or declines, can adjust on the go. I change my seating position all the time, from camping in the back (seat needs to be full forward, tilt and slide), cleaning the car out (I try to after every adventure), looking for lost items. It does certainly takes more patience to do the power seats (comparing to the passenger seat, which is manual).

If there is a high additional cost for power I'd probably go manual.

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[SoccerDude]

Power seats are overrated. I have had power seats on my last 3 vehicles with the fancy memory settings and they never get touched once you set them. It also helps the wife is close in height, tall wife, but still, not a necessary feature. I even disabled the damn move seat back and forth bit for the steering wheel and seat, it just bothers me and is unnecessary.

 

[Bronco21fan]

There is no way to raise the seat on any of the 2-door models. This guy cannot see over the dash or anything in front of the truck. This is the setup for a $60,000 rock crawler?!

You will be able to raise the seats there’s usually a knob or like a hand controll that pumps or raises the seat up in that pic I see a round knob on the side which could be used to raise the seat also keep in mind these are all pre production models

 

[RockEye]

If there was an option for manual seats over power seats and it still cost the same money, I would go with manual. Power seats are so slow and useless. The first time you get your interior rained on because you didn't expect rain that day and your seats will no longer function at all you'll wish you had manual.

I could own a car for 20 years and I'll never touch the seat settings after the initial setup.

 

[FLSTFI Dave]

Not a fan of power seats with out memory. With memory they are great. I get in wife’s car and hit 2 and set for me. Walk up to my truck it sets seat depending on my fob or wife’s fob. If bronco has memory I’ll go power. No memory I’ll go manual I believe.

 

[Cobra Jet]

and then if they were full power - we’d hear the future complaints that “my power seat isn’t working after going through a 3ft river bed, a washout or mud hole with the doors off”... or “I hosed down my interior and the seats no longer work”...

LOL!!

 

[rkj__]

and then if they were full power - we’d hear the future complaints that “my power seat isn’t working after going through a 3ft river bed, a washout or mud hole with the doors off”... or “I hosed down my interior and the seats no longer work”...

LOL!!

When I was looking at a Wrangler Sahara for my wife, they cited water as the reason power seats are not offered in the JL.

Personally, I am not too fussy regarding seats. My wife definitely prefers power seats. She likes to slide them back when entering and exiting the car sometimes.

 

[pan-y-cerveza]

Manual. Less to go wrong.

I also have the benefit of having the exact same driving position as my wife even though there is 7" difference in height between us. The seat rarely gets moved.

 

[steverollin]

I like manual seats but the only thing that bugs me in my wrangler is this. I do have kids and they ride in the back all the time. Most of the time they just crawl over the side. But if I have to use the tilt feature for any reason, when I fold the seat back again, it's locked in a forward location and I have to get in and slide back and readjust. Always wondered why the tilt feature would go back to the previously adjusted manual position when the seat is lowered. I'm not sure if this is an issue for most manual seats or just the jeep. Haven't had manual seats before this except for my bench on my 1989 Mazda b2200 when I was 16.

 

[FLSTFI Dave]

and then if they were full power - we’d hear the future complaints that “my power seat isn’t working after going through a 3ft river bed, a washout or mud hole with the doors off”... or “I hosed down my interior and the seats no longer work”...

LOL!!

Well the four door has available power seats so they must have addressed the water issue. I want power only if they are memory, with easy exit like my truck and car.

 

[Aman]

Well the four door has available power seats so they must have addressed the water issue. I want power only if they are memory, with easy exit like my truck and car.

I bet the power option is only available with the leather seating. Guessing that it will not be available with the marine vinyl. Just my two cents.

 

[FLSTFI Dave]

I bet the power option is only available with the leather seating. Guessing that it will not be available with the marine vinyl. Just my two cents.

Could be, but you can get leather in Badlands with rubber floor. Also heated seats with marine vinyl from what I understand.

 

[Aboen]

I would’ve paid extra for manual seats if electric was standard

 

[timhood]

Not a fan of power seats with out memory. With memory they are great. I get in wife’s car and hit 2 and set for me. Walk up to my truck it sets seat depending on my fob or wife’s fob. If bronco has memory I’ll go power. No memory I’ll go manual I believe.

This. My wife and I regularly switch as drivers. I would go nuts if every time I wanted to drive I had to fiddle with the settings to get the seat just right, only to discover I didn't quite get it right and have to fiddle some more while driving. Press 1 and done--it's exactly the way I wanted it. For the few times we will have someone in the back seats, I'd be OK with the power seats taking longer to fold forward. Ford is giving us a zillion options and configurations, so why not make everyone happy and give this option, too?

Also, I wouldn't let "one more thing to go wrong" sway my decisions. Power seats have been around since before I was alive--at least since the '60s that I know of. I've had power seats in cars since the '80s and never had one issue. Pretty sure they've got the reliability down on a basic electric motor.

 

[BP Bronco]

It wouldn't surprise me by not offering the power seat option they get to claim a higher Water Fording spec then Jeep. I truly hope they offer at least a power driver seat as an option. I'm 6'2" and my wife is 5'0" and it is an issue for us.

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