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[Omega 37]

My drivers leather seat gets very hot even on heat setting 1 untill it burns me & smells like the car is about to catch fire. Where is the thermostat?
The pass 1 is fine.

[Pete Elite]

My drivers leather seat gets very hot even on heat setting 1 untill it burns me & smells like the car is about to catch fire. Where is the thermostat?
The pass 1 is fine.

    :-? They only work on an on off switch as far as I'm aware.

[hotel21]

The facelift has variable heat settings.... 

Would investigate switch and wiring before using again, TBH...

[rustym95]

mine switch off after about 20min then come back on keeps a steedy temp on bum and back
there is a relay some were  (in dash) can hear it click on and off when get to temp.

[I_want_an_Omega]

There is a thermostat sewn into the seat fabric at the lower reas of the seat base on Elite & Leather models, but lesser models with cloth seats have a solid state thermostat.

An absolute pig to change and you are best off regulating with the switch IMHO.

This is a sign of impending failure as the hotspot then burns through & the heater element goes open circuit & stops working 

If leather then the element is sewn into the seat cover & the whole lot needs to be swapped, the heather pads for (non-Elite) cloth are separate and could be added to an Elite seat as a repair - if that makes sense.

Repairs to the leather ones are possible, but very very fiddly and just tend to move the hotspot to somewhere else that's the one next most likely to fail 

HTH

[mathewst]

I could also check this.
Rusty if you find out where that relay is please let me know.

[rustym95]

i will have a look when i come back from mot.

[rustym95]

jt had a listen and the clicking comes from behind the center console right side above the ash tray on drivers side, dose the same on the other side for the pass side.

[Andy B]

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Repairs to the leather ones are possible, but very very fiddly and just tend to move the hotspot to somewhere else that's the one next most likely to fail 

HTH

My repair has, so far, lasted about 5 years

Shhhh! 

[Omegadoha, Desert Member]

My back gets hotter than my bum. I think a burnt back is better than a burnt arse. 

I don't think I'm going to try and investigate this one since as soon as I get to the bottom of it, my a/c will have stopped working again in 45 deg C. 

[I_want_an_Omega]

I could also check this.
Rusty if you find out where that relay is please let me know.

There is a relay inside the seat base of leather and Elite cloth seats, but its enclosed inside a small box and not audible in normal circumstances. It also only works if the heated seat is operational as the coil is wired in series with the element for the back.

Normal cloth seats are not controlled by a relay, with the  dash switches taking the full seat current (of about 5 amps) on pre/mini facelift models.

HTH

[Andy B]

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Normal cloth seats are not controlled by a relay, with the  dash switches taking the full seat current (of about 5 amps) on pre/mini facelift models.

HTH

The rears are, cos they're ignition latched.   

[Omega 37]

Oh well looks like it's doomed, it is a leather seat on a cdx facelift
thanx for the advice

[Andy B]

Oh well looks like it's doomed, it is a leather seat on a cdx facelift
thanx for the advice

Nothing is stopping you from removing it & having a look see. It doesn't cost owt, other than your time, and the fix might very well be obvious. 

[Omega 37]

yeah your right i am an electrical engineer after all!!!!!!!!!!!!!