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Post by derkach99 on Aug 31, 2018 9:58:04 GMT -6
Today i turned on my drivers side heated seat and a few kms down the road i realized it was off, turned it back on just to see if light up and turn off again, knowing of previous talked about issues on here i was like crap! I am hoping its just a damaged wire. I read on here that you need to remove the seat out of the car to remove the leather covering but my question is do you have to? I am hoping i can just peel back the leather and take a look. What do you guys think?
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Post by tigger on Aug 31, 2018 16:29:59 GMT -6
Yeah, mine stopped working just as the weather started warming up this year. So, I haven't really looked at it yet.
I guess it depends on where the break is.
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Post by AuroraGirlFromMars on Sept 1, 2018 7:42:24 GMT -6
I know from personal experience the switch will light up and then turn offi if its not properly connected to the heated element. Check your fuses, each seat has a fuse. Check the wiring under the seat and make sure all connectors are connected and sound. Open up the middle tray (pull of shift knob, undo two bolts) lift up tray and make sure switches are connected and not breaking (original switches are brittle... trust me.....)
Then after that, its is not very hard to remove the seats in our cars. 4 bolts which I BELIEVE are t37 or t47, i may be wrong on that though. I believe its referenced somewhere here. Then wiggle seat out and you have a lot of access at that point.
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Post by derkach99 on Sept 1, 2018 8:06:41 GMT -6
I know from personal experience the switch will light up and then turn offi if its not properly connected to the heated element. Check your fuses, each seat has a fuse. Check the wiring under the seat and make sure all connectors are connected and sound. Open up the middle tray (pull of shift knob, undo two bolts) lift up tray and make sure switches are connected and not breaking (original switches are brittle... trust me.....) Then after that, its is not very hard to remove the seats in our cars. 4 bolts which I BELIEVE are t37 or t47, i may be wrong on that though. I believe its referenced somewhere here. Then wiggle seat out and you have a lot of access at that point. It could still be a bad fuse even if a fuse is blown, I will check the switch. I know one of the switched in my center console has a broken clip by me lol. Not looking forward to peeling my seat apart. How hard is it to get the seat out of the car though? |
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Post by AuroraGirlFromMars on Sept 1, 2018 8:34:57 GMT -6
Easy as I said. Just 4 torx bolts(big) and pull out. I dont know where i put my socket so I couldnt tell you off top of my head. From memory I want to say its T47. But I dont know that for a fact.
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Post by derkach99 on Sept 1, 2018 9:07:23 GMT -6
Easy as I said. Just 4 torx bolts(big) and pull out. I dont know where i put my socket so I couldnt tell you off top of my head. From memory I want to say its T47. But I dont know that for a fact. I am hoping that pulling the seat out of the car will be easy and not to heavy. But I am going to try your steps with fuses and switches beforehand just in case. Also do you have any experience pulling off the bottom leather seat cover? |
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Post by derkach99 on Sept 2, 2018 15:09:34 GMT -6
Well I just checked the fuses and the switch connector and all looked good. However I can confirm now that a blown fuse can see the switch click on then off after a fer seconds so don't underestimate it. Connections under the seat look good, there is a huge blue connector under there beside the yellow airbag connector that looks fun to disconnect but makes sense for all the futuristic technology in the seat for 2001 lol. Anyway before i set time aside to remove the seat out of the car is there any more ideas you could suggest. I am thinking about swapping the modules from the passenger seat, how likely it is for them to go? I am really hoping if my luck runs out that its just a break in the wire to the heating element and not the element itself.
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Post by AuroraGirlFromMars on Sept 2, 2018 15:11:01 GMT -6
if you could find where power goes you could try giving it 12v from the battery directly, see if it gets warm
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Post by derkach99 on Sept 2, 2018 15:27:51 GMT -6
if you could find where power goes you could try giving it 12v from the battery directly, see if it gets warm Wow fast response! do you live in the forums lol. Are you talking about the module? |
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Post by AuroraGirlFromMars on Sept 2, 2018 15:33:46 GMT -6
Err.. im not sure. And I had got an email about the thread being updated
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Post by derkach99 on Sept 2, 2018 15:57:07 GMT -6
Err.. im not sure. And I had got an email about the thread being updated That could do it. lol. Any more ideas i should try before i decide to remove the seat? |
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Post by tigger on Sept 3, 2018 22:10:26 GMT -6
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Post by Paulaurora on Sept 4, 2018 6:53:58 GMT -6
There was something on forum that showing how to fix that one member did fix his seat by soldering the wire
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Post by RCA1186 on Sept 4, 2018 11:25:36 GMT -6
I dug up this thread and added it to the stickies for future use. This is essentially what I had to do in my classic too. I knew Dan had done a repair thread for it, just had to find it. aurorah.proboards.com/thread/26041 |
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Post by derkach99 on Sept 4, 2018 12:26:37 GMT -6
I saw that article I am hoping its a break in the wire and not the heating element. I am worried about getting the seat out of the car as well as properly removing the leather skin off the seat.
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