Member Since: 19 Jan 2020
Location: Smallworth, Norfolk.
Posts: 39
Drivers heated seat burning my butt !!
Hi everyone.
Has anyone else had an issue where their heated drivers seat is way to hot to sit on even on half power ?
I’m guessing it’s a short in the seat element causing the problem.
Are there any fixes for this?
Thank you guys.
Myke.
10th Dec 2022 11:20 pm
kajtzu
Member Since: 11 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
Posts: 6642
As you note it burns and could become (is) a fire hazard really.
You could replace heating element, the base seat element is HGL500012 for a leather seat and HGL500020 for a cloth seat. The seat back element is HGK500012 for both I believe.
I think someone has done that here in the past, do try the search.
10th Dec 2022 11:27 pm
stressedmyke
Member Since: 19 Jan 2020
Location: Smallworth, Norfolk.
Posts: 39
Thank you 👍🏻👍🏻
10th Dec 2022 11:36 pm
kajtzu
Member Since: 11 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
Posts: 6642
You’re most welcome
10th Dec 2022 11:37 pm
HairyFool
Member Since: 04 Jan 2023
Location: Essex
Posts: 601
Also too hot a seat can make piles worse A visitor from the dark side, my other vehicle is an MG5 EV
4th Jan 2023 10:38 pm
VVS210
Member Since: 05 Aug 2015
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 507
Not on a D3 but I had to replace the worn out seat cushion foam on my D4. That meant removing the heater element & refitting it to the new foam. Not a difficult job to refit so fitting a new one shouldn't be too difficult biggest issue I recall was removing all the hog rings that hold the seat cover on to get at the foam & element, and then refitting it with new hog rings!D4 - Stornoway Grey
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4th Jan 2023 11:14 pm
480GT
Member Since: 18 Apr 2022
Location: Oxford
Posts: 43
As others have said it's definitely a short, as it happens I fixed mine a couple of weeks ago. Bear in mind that if it's reached the 'uncomfortably hot' stage then it's probably started burning away the seat foam in that area too.
Fairly easy to sort - the seat base is held on by four bolts underneath (T40 iirc), then lifts off having disconnected the wiring.
You can then start to open the clips on the underside and then cut (or open) enough hog rings to get at the problem, which will look something like this (open full-sized and you can just make out where the wire burnt through):
I was in a rush so I soldered a new piece of wire in place of the damaged section and re-assembled, giving me fully working seat heating again for a cost of only the time involved, but you could carry on disassembling and then replace the entire pad.D3 2005 HSE
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