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[powerslinky]

Hi all
            any info on this little problem greatly received

Firstly as mention on my other thread front heated seats stopped working 

Was advised to check various fuses as fuse 14   ( the one I thought was the front heated seats was ok)

checked all fuses out & Fuse 29 was blown . It was only a Red 10 where as my owners handbook says Yellow  20.

I replaced with a 20 & heated seats would now switch on 

after about a minute smoke started rising from the top of the climate panel directly above the drivers heated seat switch.

Switched off both seats & removed fuse , which was not blown.

Also noticed from the owners manual  that fuse 29 covers"airbag, cooling fan, courtesy lamp as well as heated seats " and my airbag

light has been on since I recently changed seats.  What & where  would be cooling fan & courtesy lamp so I can check if these are working

Could this have also caused the airbag light to stay on .   Problem with that is that I just removed the airbag bulb on Sunday as it was

driving me nuts as I have not been able to get a tech2 put on it to put it out 

TIA 

[Ever Ready]

Here is a copy from the online handbook/s
29 Cooling fan,
heated seats,
courtesy lamp,
airbag,
terminal 30:
constant current for
caravan/trailer
10 A

29 Cooling fan,
heated seats,
courtesy lamp,
airbags
10 A

Both versions show Fuse 29 as a 10A fuse

Hope that helps

[TheBoy]

GM's wiring diagrams show F29 is 10A

A fuse is there to protect the wiring, and thus a larger one should never, ever be put in. That's how fires start.

I assume it was all working before you buggered around swapping seats, so I'd be inclined to go back to that working configuration, and then work forward from there.

[TheBoy]

Although you may also need to remove the centre console components and inspect the wiring condition, following tuning it to channel smoke 

[powerslinky]

Here is a copy from the online handbook/s
29 Cooling fan,
heated seats,
courtesy lamp,
airbag,
terminal 30:
constant current for
caravan/trailer
10 A

29 Cooling fan,
heated seats,
courtesy lamp,
airbags
10 A

Both versions show Fuse 29 as a 10A fuse

Hope that helps

Bit of confusion here  . . . my owners handbook (edition  TS1433-2   June 2001) says :  20A

Marks DTM posted a comprehensive listing of cabin fuses for all cars back in October 2006 & shows a 30A

Really confused now .   Also  where it mentions "cooling fan"   would that be the ones in front of the rad then ?

[powerslinky]

Although you may also need to remove the centre console components and inspect the wiring condition, following tuning it to channel smoke 

   
Oops !   not looking good    eh    TB ?

[TheBoy]

Although you may also need to remove the centre console components and inspect the wiring condition, following tuning it to channel smoke 

   
Oops !   not looking good    eh    TB ?

Well, as said, the fuse's only job is to protect the wiring. By effectively bypassing the fuse (by slapping a bigger one in), you are putting the wiring at risk, and the smoke you witnessed is likely to have been the wiring.

[powerslinky]

GM's wiring diagrams show F29 is 10A

A fuse is there to protect the wiring, and thus a larger one should never, ever be put in. That's how fires start.

I assume it was all working before you buggered around swapping seats, so I'd be inclined to go back to that working configuration, and then work forward from there.

I appricate that TB . . . but looking it up in my owners book said a 20A  . . . thinking that an under rated fuse would blow.

Don't think there is any damage , there was no burning smell & only a slight sighting of smoke .

there is almost certainly a problem with the  heater pads , so can I unplug these from below the seats as I am not bothered about the heated seats ?

and then put a 10A back in to run the other bits ?

[TheBoy]

I'd go back to where it was all working, esp as you've managed to bring on your airbag light, get it all working, then move forward to where you want to be.

[TheBoy]

Airbag light and non functioning heaters following seat swap. Anyone else hearing alarm bells?

They were the correct seats, weren't they?

[powerslinky]

Airbag light and non functioning heaters following seat swap. Anyone else hearing alarm bells?

They were the correct seats, weren't they?

Yep . . from  FL elite  in to FL MV6     got them from Albs .         We thought the airbag prob was to do with the child seat gizmo /sensor in the cabin light.

The airbag light on  was intermittant at first after swap then constant after a day or two

[powerslinky]

Airbag light and non functioning heaters following seat swap. Anyone else hearing alarm bells?

They were the correct seats, weren't they?

got me thinking now  TB  . . .   said seats came from an 02  3.2 Elite that Albs broke   . . . but could they have been incorrectly transplanted into that car?

How do I tell which era they are ?

[GastronomicKleptomaniac]

A fuse is there to protect the wiring, and thus a larger one should never, ever be put in. That's how fires start.

A "reputed" autoelectrician did that to ex-BiL's car, having miswired the stereo... the next day all the smoke escaped from the wires...

[RobG]

Airbag light and non functioning heaters following seat swap. Anyone else hearing alarm bells?

They were the correct seats, weren't they?

Yep . . from  FL elite  in to FL MV6     got them from Albs .         We thought the airbag prob was to do with the child seat gizmo /sensor in the cabin light.

The airbag light on  was intermittant at first after swap then constant after a day or two

Passenger seat fitted with transponder for child seat, flat yellow rectangular plug underneath said seat connected

[RobG]

Airbag light and non functioning heaters following seat swap. Anyone else hearing alarm bells?

They were the correct seats, weren't they?

got me thinking now  TB  . . .   said seats came from an 02  3.2 Elite that Albs broke   . . . but could they have been incorrectly transplanted into that car?

How do I tell which era they are ?

That`s your SRS light problem. Guess you plugged in the yellow flat rectangular plug under passenger seat