Heated seat timer

Steve42 · 19th December 2017, 04:03

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

pletevl · 19th December 2017, 07:20

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.

boater · 19th December 2017, 15:44

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?

Steve42 · 20th December 2017, 14:43

Mine are the opposite. Stay on till I turn them off.

StewartIngram · 20th December 2017, 15:25

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

19th December 2017, 04:03	#1
Steve42 I really should get out more....... mg 190+ Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Bedworth Posts: 2,267 Thanks: 191 Thanked 368 Times in 248 Posts	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

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19th December 2017, 07:20	#2
pletevl Posted a thing or two rover 75 cdti(rhd), MG ZR(lhd), MG TF(lhd), MG TF(rhd), mini mpi (lhd), Renault megane III (awful) Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: East of France Posts: 1,278 Thanks: 124 Thanked 114 Times in 93 Posts	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
boater Avid contributor Rover 75 Saloon Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Rotherham Posts: 232 Thanks: 107 Thanked 73 Times in 46 Posts	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?

20th December 2017, 14:43	#4
Steve42 I really should get out more....... mg 190+ Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Bedworth Posts: 2,267 Thanks: 191 Thanked 368 Times in 248 Posts	Mine are the opposite. Stay on till I turn them off.

20th December 2017, 15:25	#5
StewartIngram Gets stuck in Rover 75 Connoisseur 2.5 V6 auto Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Chatteris, Cambridgeshire Posts: 902 Thanks: 320 Thanked 159 Times in 127 Posts	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