heated seat in a chimaera?!
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The good news is that it sounds like you may have the optional heated seats fitted! But I've no idea where the switch is hidden. It could be that the switch and relay need fitting to get the seats to work.
The bad news is that you did not need to take the seats out to do a body lift! Did mine last year and left the seats in place.
PurpleV8
The bad news is that you did not need to take the seats out to do a body lift! Did mine last year and left the seats in place.
PurpleV8
thanks for that.. all of those could apply i guess , whos to say ! taking the seats out is easy, i wouldnt have got the seat belt bolts out or some of the chassis ones without having the access, am working a narrow garage so any added space helps
I just tried wiring up a battery to the connection, bearing in mind the temperature, it sort of did ever so slightly take the chill off the main seat areas.. wouldnt use the word "heated" ! Mines a 1998, had a look in my handbook, it doesnt offer the option of heated seats or where a switch might be.. im impressed though, now i know the car has heated seats of some description it must be worth more.. not that im selling but it all helps against the £1000's its lost in the past 12 months !
I just tried wiring up a battery to the connection, bearing in mind the temperature, it sort of did ever so slightly take the chill off the main seat areas.. wouldnt use the word "heated" ! Mines a 1998, had a look in my handbook, it doesnt offer the option of heated seats or where a switch might be.. im impressed though, now i know the car has heated seats of some description it must be worth more.. not that im selling but it all helps against the £1000's its lost in the past 12 months !
DavidK71 said:
On mine the heated seats are controlled by a round, black button next to the ignition key slot.
Same on mine - behind the ignition switch at the back of the plastic cowling.
My handbook doesn't mention it either. My car wasn't sold with heated seats but they were there all the time - salesman obviously didn't know!
I only found out when I pushed the button a few times and it didn't seem to do anything.........until I felt all warm & cosy down there!
mongo3528 said:
ahhh yes , i just found it, odd place to have the switch.. do yours work noticably ?
The passenger side seems to work noticeably better, but the driver side does heat it up a bit. My other half said that the sensation made her worry that she'd wet herself ... 
There's no mention of it in my manual, either.
Hey what a great thread. After reading the above i thought i would pop into the garage to check mine which i only brought a short time ago and at the time was not informed of any seat heating and then low and behold there it was, a button behind the ignition housing. It's now just a shame that theres a meter of snow infront of the garage 
Wiper delay time on mine is contolled a small knob/potentiometer on the LHS of steering column. Button behind ingnition switch on RHS is for heated seats on mine. Maybe on some it could be for a different circuit. Try it - if you experience warmth around the whole (hole? 
) of your bottom, you are in luck.
) of your bottom, you are in luck.russ turner said:
photo's is what we need so we can all check for the location.
I've got the wires under the seats but they're not connected. Will try and connect when the snow melts but would be nice to see photo of the mysterious switch
I've got the wires under the seats but they're not connected. Will try and connect when the snow melts but would be nice to see photo of the mysterious switch
Best I could do
- bloody freezing outside - the things I do - neighbours must think I'm nuts!
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