I have a 2005 Excursion EB that is new to me. The heated seats will heat for a short period of time then go cold then after some time, sometimes 5 minutes sometimes an hour, it'll heat up again for a few minutes then go cold. When they heat it is extremely hot. The light on the switch always stays illuminated. Is this typical or do I have a problem? It seems that both front seats do it. Thanks in advance!

 

My 02 limited comes on for a preset amount of time, and turns off when the time is up then I have to push the button to get it to heat up again. I don't know if mine is normal or not.

 

My '05 will heat up and after 'some' amount of time turn off. On long drives, if i forget to turn off the heated seats, they will come back on.
Thus, i suspect they have a max on timer, and some longer off time..

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It sounds like my seats are working as designed. I've owned many vehicles with heated seats and I've never had one that shuts itself off then comes back on.

I wonder if there's a work around. It would be nice to have two or three heat settings and have them stay on.