Rear seat Relays

[amba]

Any idea where the heated rear seat relays are on a elite saloon?

[MutantCav]

Hi mate, didnt I send you them? They are under the back seat...2 of them...

[amba]

Yes Chris..just wondered where they clipped on as top of relays have cut out for clipping to something

[MutantCav]

They fitted in the very front area of the metal cutout area that the rear seat base sits on...

[Entwood]

Hope this helps ...

[amba]

Thanks Entwood.can they be accessed just by folding the upstand of the carpet back or do I need to remove seat base  aswell.?

[Entwood]

The instruction sheet that goes with that picture says to remove the seat base completely..  

Never done the job so I can't comment ....

[amba]

Could do with a picture of the wiring that meets the relays from the switches on rear console as in process of refitting all the wiring etc for rear seat heaters and need to understand where it all goes and what it connects to ..does the description have a working detail or wiring drawing?

[Entwood]

The words that match that picture are purely for changing the relay ...

Relay – Rear Seat Heating, Remove and Install

 Remove

Release rear seat – see operation "Rear Seat, Remove and Install" in group "C". Push back floor carpet from heel plate.

Detach clip (1) from heel plate. Remove relay (2) from heel plate opening. Remove relay from relay base.

 Install

Insert relay into relay socket. Insert relay into heel plate aperture and fasten to heel plate with clamps. Install floor carpet. Rear seat

[amba]

Thanks again..will need trial and error then ??just bit in dark as nothing in place so all needs to be retro fitted..thought all Elites had rear heated seats.Mine has the switches which light up but just the wire tails coming out of the seat bases and backs...nothing to join it all up..and they all seem genuine original seats.

[cockneyboy100]

hi mate

aint having much luck with those seats.

phill

[amba]

Phill.
I am pleased to say that all is connected up and for the first time in over 2 years the rear seats ,bases and backs all heat up fine.I am now only missing a small section of the wiring being the cable joining plugs which connect the seat bases to the seat backs.For some reason unknown to me the backs are fitted with a grey coloured female plug and the seat bases are fitted with a black male plug.Needless to say they don,t join up so at present all is connected with "scotch blocks",so am now on the look out for a kind person who is breaking a car with heated rear seats that can source me a bit of the wire and both male/female plugs,otherwise will need to find another cable joining system which can be pulled apart if needed without lots of unscrewing.
Anybody out there that has 2 sets of these ??  

[Marks DTM Calib]

I think your looking at the wrong connector, its supposed to be on the passenger side!

[amba]

Mark...I definitly have 2 sets of wires coming out of seat base all with black connecters.They connect to the cables which come from the relays under rear panel and all them are now connected with the push/pull joiners.The back seats have 2 wires with grey female terminals which will not join up with the black males from the seat bases.It looks like GM had changed the colours of the connectors at some point and maybe the seat backs or bases have been replaced prior to my ownership.

[markey mark]

the backs have different plugs to the bases if you have joined them together you run the risk of the over heating and setting fire bud ! be careful !!