Hello all!

My escape’s seat controls were fine for months (since purchase) until I’d had a breakdown due to a couple bad coils and a grounding issue. The coils were replaced and an extra ground was added, main ground removed and cleaned, refixed.

At one point I was trying to fix my backup camera by checking the fuse and saw a weird dual fuse plugin with a wire attached for the driver seat controls.. i unplugged it, removed the 25 and 10 amp fuses, cleaned and replaced. Seat worked fine..

After these two incidents, the car came back to me and I realized days later the controls no longer work. Not one.. and I don’t get the impression that any power is getting to the controls or motor. No sound is made by the seat to indicate it’s trying. Lumbar support also dead.

I wanted to attach a picture of the fuse box but it seems you can't do pictures here.. the fuse going into F9 is a black 'socket' with two fuses as mentioned - a 25amp and a 10amp. The fuses plug into the side of this little black connector and there is a red wire coming off the black socket. About 4 inches down the wire there is a visible join with black electrical tape that does not look factory. The car did come with power seats so it does not appear to be aftermarket mod, but I found it strange that the drivers manual only mentions needing a 25amp in F9 and a 5amp for the memory control unit. This appears to be 'side-loading' (as we call it in IT) a 10amp along with the 25..

Should I attempt to remove the plug and just use the 25 to see if it solves the issue? 

Refer to manual: here.

Many thanks!