Q: Buttons don't work after a minute or so

asked by on October 30, 2016

Basically after I open the car with my alarm system, after about a minute or so the buttons and car seat don't work, the car seat being electrical, so after I got the car running I can't get down the windows and if for example I did roll down the window I can't put it back up or I can move the seat forward, and I can't lock or unlock the doors I have to do that manually , but the alarm system works if I lock it it will go off if someone opens the door, and if I leave the car off for give or take 30 minutes or an hour I have that brief moment where everything works and I can unlock or lock the doors, move my seat and what not

My car has 117000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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