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Title: Drivers leather heated seat not working.
Post by: garbage456 on 07 January 2009, 12:49:22
for about 2 weeks the drivers seat has gone to burning mode whatever number I put the dial on between 1 and 5, now it has stopped working altogether, the light next to the dial comes on but no heat.
Any ideas please.
Title: Re: Drivers leather heated seat not working.
Post by: garbage456 on 07 January 2009, 14:35:30
is there a guide on here, i went through all 6 pages but could only find cloth instructions about removal, but i dont know if it is in the same place on the leather
any help will be great thanks
Title: Re: Drivers leather heated seat not working.
Post by: jjleonard on 07 January 2009, 14:37:35
From what I can tell from the posts on here (i have leather myself), the pad is stitched to the seats and difficult to replace. Given the amount of work required to take the seat apart - unstitch and re-stitch the leather, it may be easier to replace the whole seat. (or do without the heat!)

Several breakers on here who should be able to assist.  :y
Title: Re: Drivers leather heated seat not working.
Post by: garbage456 on 07 January 2009, 18:09:30
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From what I can tell from the posts on here (i have leather myself), the pad is stitched to the seats and difficult to replace. Given the amount of work required to take the seat apart - unstitch and re-stitch the leather, it may be easier to replace the whole seat. (or do without the heat!)

Several breakers on here who should be able to assist.  :y

thanks for the tip
Title: Re: Drivers leather heated seat not working.
Post by: TheBoy on 07 January 2009, 18:53:26
Contact a specials car upholstery place for a quote to replace heater pads, though on facelifts, may be worth checking stat first
Title: Re: Drivers leather heated seat not working.
Post by: kevpuk on 07 January 2009, 19:47:13
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Contact a specials car upholstery place for a quote to replace heater pads, though on facelifts, may be worth checking stat first

Stat ? My drivers seat (leather) does not work.....passenger and rears all fine - go figure  :( - what to check ?
Title: Re: Drivers leather heated seat not working.
Post by: benbrunt on 07 January 2009, 20:47:01
I think you can stick a replacement pad under the leather covers in a frakenstein type fashion similar to the cloth ones, failing that a fan heater in the rear footwell will have to do ;D
Title: Re: Drivers leather heated seat not working.
Post by: garbage456 on 09 January 2009, 15:57:14
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I think you can stick a replacement pad under the leather covers in a frakenstein type fashion similar to the cloth ones, failing that a fan heater in the rear footwell will have to do ;D

so what has failed is it litterally the pad in the drivers seat, no wires or fuse boxes no?
Title: Re: Drivers leather heated seat not working.
Post by: benbrunt on 09 January 2009, 17:48:35
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I think you can stick a replacement pad under the leather covers in a frakenstein type fashion similar to the cloth ones, failing that a fan heater in the rear footwell will have to do ;D

so what has failed is it litterally the pad in the drivers seat, no wires or fuse boxes no?
Check if you have power at the switch, if you do I would say that the pad itself would be the prime candidate
Title: Re: Drivers leather heated seat not working.
Post by: TheBoy on 09 January 2009, 19:14:10
99.99% of the time it will be a failed heater pad.  On facelifts, there is a stat under the seat that worth checking first...
Title: Re: Drivers leather heated seat not working.
Post by: Richie London on 09 January 2009, 19:35:43
mine stopped working ages ago. but im wellard southerner and can cope with cold bottom  ;D ;D
Title: Re: Drivers leather heated seat not working.
Post by: Richie London on 09 January 2009, 19:36:27
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mine stopped working ages ago. but im wellard southerner and can cope with cold bottom  ;D ;D


is it possible to swap the front seats over at all?
Title: Re: Drivers leather heated seat not working.
Post by: ngrainqey on 09 January 2009, 19:53:43
yeah you can swap the seat for another drivers seat or just get a heater pad and stick it under the existing pad and it works ok
Title: Re: Drivers leather heated seat not working.
Post by: Richie London on 09 January 2009, 20:05:38
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yeah you can swap the seat for another drivers seat or just get a heater pad and stick it under the existing pad and it works ok

sorry,i meant swap passenger and driver seat over
Title: Re: Drivers leather heated seat not working.
Post by: ngrainqey on 09 January 2009, 20:24:52
i think they're a straight swap but buttons etc will be on wrong side
Title: Re: Drivers leather heated seat not working.
Post by: benbrunt on 09 January 2009, 20:28:42
If you do it with pretensioners on a later model you'll likely upset the airbag ecu, and then there's the side airbags too!
Title: Re: Drivers leather heated seat not working.
Post by: ngrainqey on 09 January 2009, 20:31:09
...yeah there is that, prefacelift doesnt seem to care... even if you had a plastic deck chair bolted through the floor pan lol
Title: Re: Drivers leather heated seat not working.
Post by: benbrunt on 09 January 2009, 20:32:32
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...yeah there is that, prefacelift doesnt seem to care... even if you had a plastic deck chair bolted through the floor pan lol


So you've seen mine then ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Drivers leather heated seat not working.
Post by: ngrainqey on 09 January 2009, 20:38:47
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...yeah there is that, prefacelift doesnt seem to care... even if you had a plastic deck chair bolted through the floor pan lol


So you've seen mine then ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

lmao! no... do i want to see yours lol?