Heated Seats
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Heated Seats
My heated seat on the drivers side quit working. I swapped the controllers and it still does not work. I have been told that it is probably the element which I understand requires replacing the seat covering. Has anyone done this? How hard is it to do?
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I've done it, pretty simple you'll need some hog rings to put the seat cover back on. Once you take a look at the seat it be fairly obvious how it comes apart and what you will need to do it.Takes about an hour per seat.
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Miker, you luck out. in 2000 and '01, the element was molded right into the seat cushion. That means replacing the cushion and element at about $150. With an '02, you should be able to buy the element alone at about $50 and replace it yourself.
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Originally Posted by rozett
Miker, you luck out. in 2000 and '01, the element was molded right into the seat cushion. That means replacing the cushion and element at about $150. With an '02, you should be able to buy the element alone at about $50 and replace it yourself.
I had a problem on mine where the wire connecting the seat element to the back element had broken. I re-soldered it and everything worked great again.
Just do a little investigative work before spending $$. A little time and and a voltmeter can tell you a lot.
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Originally Posted by JScritch
This is not correct. In my '00 the element is seperate from the cushion/cover and could be replaced by itself.
I had a problem on mine where the wire connecting the seat element to the back element had broken. I re-soldered it and everything worked great again.
Just do a little investigative work before spending $$. A little time and and a voltmeter can tell you a lot.
I had a problem on mine where the wire connecting the seat element to the back element had broken. I re-soldered it and everything worked great again.
Just do a little investigative work before spending $$. A little time and and a voltmeter can tell you a lot.
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I couldn't find any broken wires. Came across two that were bent back 180 degrees. Fixed that but still no heat. How can you tell if the heating element is seperate? I couldn't see anything that looked like a heating element.