Heated seats

[hughandjenny]

Had a great drive today from york to the lakes and back. It is a green 1998 450. Now the colour is salt grey due to the roads.
Anyway the drivers seat is on constantly and the passenger seat is off or doesnt work at all. I cant find a switch. There are three switches under the steering column the left side one switches on the dash lights, the right one opens the boot and the third toggle switch overides the fans to manually turn them on.
Any clues to where the seat switch may be, as my a..e is on fire

[Rossco2010]

Hi,

Switch for mine is a round push button, just ahead of the black slot you can put the immobiliser "key" in, just by the ignition barrel.

[Chimpafrolic]

The switch is under the dash, just reach a bit deeper than the boot switch.

Its a similar type to the one that turns the dash lights off.

Actually you are very lucky that even one works, the seat heater elements are notoriously unreliable.

My seat heaters have been disconnected, I am guessing because there is a fault, I don't fancy trying them only to fry the fuse board or my arse.

Hope you find the switch.

Edited by Chimpafrolic on Sunday 9th January 20:21

[JonathanT]

Rossco2010 said:

Switch for mine is a round push button, just ahead of the black slot you can put the immobiliser "key" in, just by the ignition barrel.

Likewise on my '99 Chim 450. It's the same button as the dash lights and boot release.

[hughandjenny]

Thanks guys
I think I have found it, just got to figure out why passenger seat is not working.

[SILICONE KID]

I have heated seats from a griffith, how would i go about wiring them up.What switch and fuse would i need..

[AlexanderV8]

SILICONE KID said:

I have heated seats from a griffith, how would i go about wiring them up.What switch and fuse would i need..

If they've been in a Griffith I'm afraid they'll have been crushed to buggery by now..........either that or the elements will have been shorted out due to incontinence. Just put some thermal undies on instead mate, or the whole cockpit will smell like a dead fish.

[spend]

You splice into the fuel pipe just after the filter, passing a small bore pipe across the backbone and into the car just behind the seat. Then you bend the pipe so it ends pointing upwards just under the seat.

Now for the tricky part, you need to bond (araldite will be fine) 2 pieces of flint to the underneath of seat and the floor so that when you bounce on the seat they make contact.

[AlexanderV8]

Don't listen to Spend Daz, he's trying to blow you up..........this is what you really need.

Just plug the inverter into the cigar lighter and plug the seat wiring direct into the mains socket - don't bother with a fuse, a rugged nail will be fine.

[SILICONE KID]

Thanks for the answers..don`t think im going down that route but they could be connected some how !

[davvid]

Good joke,I had to laugh out loud!