heated seat woes

[Kneale Brownson]

Seat heater wires, especially on the more heavily used driver seat, are 
prone to breaking down and burning out.  The fix (in the archives under hog 
rings or hawg rings) involves peeling back the seat covering, splicing  in 
around the burned spots and reattching the covering.


At 01:36 AM 10/27/2000 -0400, GTIPilot at aol.com wrote:

>Hi, I'm new to the list and a new owner of a 1987.5 Special Build Audi Coupe.
>  Problem I need a little help w/ is the heated seats.  Passenger side works,
>drivers side does not.  I got under the dash and checked the relays.
>Passenger side relay allows 12volts to the passenger side plug to the seat.
>Drivers side only allows 5.6 volts to the plug @ drivers side.  I have
>swapped relays, swapped plugs, and I am guessing the heating elements in my
>drivers seat may be bad.  I have a Robert Bentley Manual, but it doesnt show
>how to 'test' em to see if they are bad.  Any help would be greatly
>appreciated..
>
>Thanks,
>Brad
>