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youth

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heated seats smell
« on: 30 January 2011, 23:52:26 »
every time i put my drivers heated seat on after a minute i get a rather nasty smell from it and it scolds my left leg but the passenger side is fine
any suggestions
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Re: heated seats smell
« Reply #1 on: 31 January 2011, 00:07:21 »
Yeah stop using it before it damages the cover. Could do with a heated seat fixing party at some point, got two hear that get too hot and two more that don't get hot at all.
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Re: heated seats smell
« Reply #2 on: 31 January 2011, 08:40:13 »
I got a burning smell a couple of years ago on a very cold morning on the way to work, the heated seat wouldn't work on the way home.

Been like that since, would be nice to get it fixed somehow.  :y
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Re: heated seats smell
« Reply #3 on: 31 January 2011, 09:04:23 »
There was a lengthy heated seat thread in electrical section a while back, pre face lifts are simpler apparently due to the on off button, where as face lifts have a stat in the seat due to the multiple position switch to give adjustable heat levels and it seams the stat may be the issue in my two getting too hot.

The two the don't work are both face lift also and will be due to a broken wire in the seat cover. The base and back are wired in series apparently, so if a wire breaks the whole seat fails to heat. There is a small deformaty in the leather on the drivers seat so I guess that's where it failed.

The real bad news is they don't sell the covers any more, and the wiring is integral to the seat cover, woven in so to speak, unlike the BMW seat I repaired with a neighbour where there is a cotton pad with elements in under the cover instead of in it, which might be a way forward if we can get a suitable plug on the wires. Pads ain't cheap, and obviously involves removing the seat from the car and removing the cover, which is fiddly but doable.

Iirc LincsRobert used to repair the covers as a bit of a service. So wonder if he'd accept a seat cover for repair through the post?
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Re: heated seats smell
« Reply #4 on: 31 January 2011, 11:33:22 »
what if you place a pad under the factory one?? will that work??
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Re: heated seats smell
« Reply #5 on: 31 January 2011, 22:39:04 »
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Yeah stop using it before it damages the cover. Could do with a heated seat fixing party at some point, got two hear that get too hot and two more that don't get hot at all.
fancy coming to lincolnshire and we can give it a go lol wonder if any of the experts like the boy or welung or anyone like that knows if they are fixable ?????? :o :-[ :'( :D :D :D :D :D
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Re: heated seats smell
« Reply #6 on: 31 January 2011, 22:39:48 »
also took the switch out so i cant use it when having a bad stupid day lol
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Re: heated seats smell
« Reply #7 on: 31 January 2011, 22:45:16 »
I assume you have cloth seats? Surely it is easy enough to slip a new pad in from a scrapper? I know Leather ones are integral and therefore not do-able.
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Re: heated seats smell
« Reply #8 on: 31 January 2011, 23:09:09 »
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I assume you have cloth seats? Surely it is easy enough to slip a new pad in from a scrapper? I know Leather ones are integral and therefore not do-able.
yer cloth seats not really had too much of a look how they are put together yet as i think it will mean removal of the seat and dont have that sort of time atm
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Re: heated seats smell
« Reply #9 on: 01 February 2011, 00:23:48 »
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Re: heated seats smell
« Reply #10 on: 01 February 2011, 00:29:16 »
Heated seats, how wimp is the need for them, after all, cloth is better than sticky leather........... ::) ::) ::)
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Re: heated seats smell
« Reply #11 on: 01 February 2011, 20:40:07 »
Apparently is is a simple job on cloth ones.  :y

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I assume you have cloth seats? Surely it is easy enough to slip a new pad in from a scrapper? I know Leather ones are integral and therefore not do-able.
yer cloth seats not really had too much of a look how they are put together yet as i think it will mean removal of the seat and dont have that sort of time atm
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Re: heated seats smell
« Reply #12 on: 05 February 2011, 17:58:38 »
think i may find another seat from scrap and dismantle it to see how they go together and go from there :o :o :-?
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Re: heated seats smell
« Reply #13 on: 05 February 2011, 18:00:56 »
think i may find another seat from scrap and dismantle it to see how they go together and go from there :o :o :-?
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