Anonymous Posted on Nov 09, 2011

Heated seats dont work

My seats where installed new after factory. Since the installation they have never worked all the time. Now they dont work at all.

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Rob Sinbad

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Posted on Nov 11, 2011

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Its hard to say without looking at it in person. sounds like you have a electrical short in the wiring systems or blown fuse bad switch. The heating element in the seat could also be burnt out and need replacing. best thing to do is locate the wiring system underneath the seat and test the current if any going into the seat heating element. if you do get voltage/current following, then the seat element is bad.

Anonymous Nov 11, 2011

Thank you Rob, could we rule out the heating element in the seat due to the fact that neither seat: driver or passenger works. The rocker switch doesnt even light up when turning either of them on low or high.. Where would I locate the fuse switch (blown fuse bad switch). Is there any way for me to obtain the wiring diagram since it was an after factory install? Thanks again Rob. Rhonda
Rob Sinbad Nov 11, 2011

It should be located under the dash board with the rest of the fuse. Your owner manual should tell you the location. If the fuse is good, the next thing i would check is the switch. If the switch and the fuse is good, therefore, you got bigger issue. Now you have to trace and find out why there is no power flowing to your switch. If you know someone has a volt-meter, it will be easy to check if you have any power to the switch and fuse section.

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