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19th December 2017, 04:03 | #1 |
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Heated seat timer
Morning all
Have noticed that my heated seats stay on until I turn them off by hand . Now I know they are on a timer of sorts . But is there a way of overriding the timer or is it my timer is not working . That's both sides and possibly the heated rear screen all stay on till switched off. Thanks all. Steve |
19th December 2017, 07:20 | #2 |
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Mine stay on for 15 minutes, then the light on the switches go off.
The seats seems to heat up only for about 3 minutes though ! Pete. |
19th December 2017, 15:44 | #3 |
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Mine behave much like yours Pete. It takes a few minutes before feeling the heat and then they just switch themselves off. I guess the timer/thermostat needs some kind of adjustment or replacement but where is the culprit located?
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20th December 2017, 14:43 | #4 |
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Mine are the opposite. Stay on till I turn them off.
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20th December 2017, 15:25 | #5 |
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There was a posting on here some time back, where someone changed the thermistors inside the seats, for higher rated ones. I thought I had saved it to my hard drive but can't find it now. Basically the thermistor (ie thermostat) was changed for a higher temp one. i believe there is one for each part of the seat (and repeated on the other seat; though it might only be 1 per seat. It also involves a complete strip of the seat. Also, I would add a warning about high temperature and the foam in the seat if you are experimenting!
Might be worth a search of the site to find the post? Also I purchased from ebay, a kit of seat heaters to fit on the older car I had to replace the faulty thermistor, as also recommended by someone as an alternative. Stewart |
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