Driver Seat Module (DSM) Hard Stop/Soft Stop

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2012 Ford Pickup, 2012 Ford F550 Super Duty, 2012 Ford F450 Super Duty, and 2012 Ford Cab & Chassis. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.

A hard stop occurs when one of the memory seat track axes physically reach the end of travel and can go no further. A soft stop occurs when the seat stops before physically reaching the end of travel. The hard stop is set by seat design and cannot be changed or adjusted. The soft stop is set by the DSM. The DSM has the ability for soft stops both at the upper and lower limits on all axes of the driver seat. When an axis reaches the hard stop and the switch is held for approximately one second, it then backs up 180 ms and establishes the soft stop for that axis in that direction. The DSM uses this back up strategy to check sensor integrity any time movement has stopped prematurely due to a sensor failure or obstruction. The seat track axes are forward/rearward, front up/down and rear up/down. To prevent unnecessary stress on the seat and motors, the DSM sets soft stop positions, 2 for each moving axis. The DSM uses a preset distance from the hard stop to determine where the soft stop will occur. When an axis reaches the hard stop and the switch is held for approximately one second in the same direction, the DSM establishes the soft stop for that axis in that direction.