Has anyone had problems with their heated seats not working. Neither seat will heat suggestion on how to repair.

 

Most everyone has had a problem with their bun warmers. The cure can be far more painful than the basic problem. Mine has been broken for 6 years and I like it that way. There is much search info available. The aftermarket bun warmers have had very limited success. A factory repair is expensive and can leave your leather puckered.

Unless you live in Alaska, I'd vote for leaving it as is.

 

Repair using factory parts.
https://www.crossfireforum.org/forum...structions.pdf

Repair using after market kit.
https://www.crossfireforum.org/forum...kit-repair.pdf

 

First thing I would do is find the fuses (1 and 24 as listed in the 04 service manual underhood fuse box assembly) and see if they are good. Both going out at the same time seems too coincedental. Then I would find the seat connector and see if the power is reaching it from when you turn on the switch. The service manual has the wiring diagram, so finding the components might be the trickiest. Might be a fuse, module, a connector. You'll not know until you pull out a volt/ohm meter and start troubleshooting. Page 8G-32 in the 04 service manual has the info on both seat heaters inoperative. The heated seat module is part of both seat heater switches, so it might be the source as well. Happy hunting!

 

My driver side bottom heater died when the car was two years old. It was replaced under warranty and has been working for the past five years. They had the body shop remove and reinstall the leather, looks perfect.

 

THIS is a great notage...Thank you...After looking over pdf's of How to Fix and deciding I never had a seat heater before, I can do without one now...Though only used it rarely...both seats now out and that's the way it goes...

 

I was able to fix all of my seat heaters without any parts and about 2-3 hours of my time.

Both of my bottom heaters and the driver’s side back heater were out. They all had the same problem, open circuit where the heating element wire is attached to the power wire.

If you are a relatively handy person and can use a soldering iron it is not a difficult fix.

If the lights in your heater switches come on and the connections under your seats are good this is most likely your problem. You can verify with an ohm meter once you have pulled the seat out of the car.

The heating circuit is a 4 wire connector (2 pairs of wire). Put your ohm meter on the pairs and if the circuit is open that’s your problem.

Follow the PDF instructions for taking the seat apart. As you start to remove the bottom seat cover from the front of the cushion you will see the power wires and connectors split and go side to side. There will be 2 felt patches (one on each side) where the power wires connect to the heating elements. I carefully cut the patches off and under there is where my open circuit was. The heating element wire is very thin and might be difficult to see but the charred foam will be a good indicator as where to look. I had to cut into the foam a little to trace the heating wire back to a “clean” section of wire that I could solder to. Snip and strip the power wire, solder them together and verify the circuit with your ohm meter. If the circuit is closed you can hot glue the wires and patches back in place and your good to go.

The seat back heater I fixed had multiple breaks in the circuit but again they were all under the felt patches so it makes them easy to find.

My seats look and feel the same as they did before I took them apart, well except they are much warmer now.

Now I don’t expect that this fix will last forever but I fixed them in October and so far so good, so if I can make it to March I will be happy with that.

 

Many thanks. The light does still come on, just no heat.