156 heated seats

[ynnejcantbe]

Hi all, just bought my first Alfa, 156 V6 Sportwagon for 52 plate for £730!! bargain I thought...
Does anybody know if heated seats can be retro fitted? cheers

[sjg]

They were an option - wiring is apparently there, switch for them is on the side of the seat itself. Actually finding seats with the heating elements fitted might be a bit trickier though.

[ynnejcantbe]

Yep I found the hanbook and 'lost' service book under the seat, says where sitches are and warning lamp, but dont know about the wiring.

[Parabola]

Great buy. Where did you find it/ what sort of condition was it it?

Cheers, Andrew

[ynnejcantbe]

Bought at auction on thursday, last car out of 300 or so, i had to wait ages for it, but was worth it, most traders had gone. It was actually £650 but with fees £730.
There are a couple of odd dents, one on roof, one on tor edge of door and a minor scrape down the osr wheel arch, but i found some paperwork inside with the last owners phone number on. Turns out he'd had since new, company car and always serviced on time etc but he didnt get the book stamped. I found that too, so off to the dealers monday to see if they will stamp it, or give me a print out etc etc

[Zombie]

ynnejcantbe said:

Yep I found the hanbook and 'lost' service book under the seat, says where sitches are and warning lamp, but dont know about the wiring.

Not sure how much current they draw, you could try taking a feed from the cigarette lighter but you may find it blows the fuse. Putting higher rated fuse in will solve this but you could cause the wiring to overheat and start a fire as a result. With it being a 52 plate you may find the wiring is already in situ.

As a final note, before you start messing with anything, disconnect the battery for at least 15min for two reasons:

It makes sure the side air bag's wont go off

and

If you disconnect any yellow wires under the seat regarless of whether it has side air bags or not, with the battery connected it'll bring the airbag light on and the only way to switch it off is to take it to the dealers.

[jwyatt]

The 156 GTA seats are all heated, and very nice sports seats into the bargain, though with so few of them sold you might struggle to find any SH - and may run into more problems since these seats are also electric and the wiring may not be there for that...