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Malcolm_D

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Heated leather seat
« on: 24 February 2014, 00:00:32 »
The heated seat element in my driver's seat packed up a while ago and I would like to get it fixed. Does anyone know of anywhere reliable in the north of England where I could get this done?
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Re: Heated leather seat
« Reply #1 on: 24 February 2014, 00:04:32 »
Quote from: Malcolm_D on 24 February 2014, 00:00:32
The heated seat element in my driver's seat packed up a while ago and I would like to get it fixed. Does anyone know of anywhere reliable in the north of England where I could get this done?

How handy are you with spanners?

The official answer is that the heater elements on a leather seat is sewn into the cover so you have to buy/obtain a complete new cover. However it MIGHT be possible to cut out the shorted out section of heater element to fix your seat. The covers aren't that hard to remove once the seat is out of the car, but beware that the seat itself is ****ing heavy!
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Re: Heated leather seat
« Reply #2 on: 24 February 2014, 00:13:09 »
I am pretty good with spanners and most things practical, I can even sew!! I am a little nervous of messing with the airbags built into the seats and of getting the leather off and not being able to get it back on!
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Re: Heated leather seat
« Reply #3 on: 24 February 2014, 00:40:38 »
Quote from: Malcolm_D on 24 February 2014, 00:13:09
I am pretty good with spanners and most things practical, I can even sew!! I am a little nervous of messing with the airbags built into the seats and of getting the leather off and not being able to get it back on!

It's easier to remove the cover than give a detailed 'how to' on doing it.  ;) The base has a card strip sewn to the edges that hooks up into a fabricated slot on the side of the seat base, so if you push down on the base, the side of the base will come away fairly easily. Note that the elements are wired in the seat base & back in series so if one or the other is open circuit, neither will work. I'd guess that most faults occur in the base where you're likely to kneel across it. When the cover of the base of my Omega & Senator was pulled away, you could see scorch marks on each of them where the break was. An inch or so cut out and re-joined fixed them both.
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Re: Heated leather seat
« Reply #4 on: 24 February 2014, 17:06:45 »
The hardest part in stripping/rebuilding seats are those annoying cow rings, and the head restraint tubes.

That aside, its not too bad a job
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