Seat Heaters -

[SteveR]

I had that on my allroad. Ths dealer said the heaters were working  
normal.

My 09 passat has very hot seats also even on 1.

Maybe I (we) have a sensitive arse.





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On Feb 22, 2010, at 3:49 PM, "Mitchell" <mitchellsegal at hotmail.com>  
wrote:

> The driver's seat heaters in my 2001 A4, are burning my butt, no  
> matter what
> setting I put them on.  Even at setting # 1, within 10-15 seconds, I  
> feel
> like it's just about to burn right through my pants, and I have to  
> turn it
> off immediately, or risk 2nd degree burns.  What's strange is, if  
> I'm not
> sitting on the seat, and I just put my hand on the leatherette, it  
> doesn't
> feel so hot.
>
> I haven't dove into the Haynes manuals or anything, to see what it  
> could be,
> but my thinking is along one of two lines.
> 1)    I'm not sure how the 6 different heat settings actually works,  
> but
> if it's like an old fan speed controller, where when you have 3  
> speeds, it's
> actually slowing the fan by running it through some heavy resistors,  
> then
> perhaps it's this temperature controller that has gone bad, and is now
> always running it at full blast.  Is there anything in the  
> electrical side
> that I should be looking at, that controls the temps, or is it  
> controlled by
> some kind of thermostat/sensor?
>
> 2)    Since it only feels really hot when I'm sitting on it, I'm  
> thinking
> that my car is just getting old, and the padding/foam inside the seat,
> between the outer cover and the heating element has worn out or  
> gotten very
> thin, so I'm not sitting much closer  to the heating element, which  
> is why
> it feels like it's burning when I sit on it, but it doesn't feel so  
> hot when
> I simply press my hand on the seat.
>
> I haven't been able to use the heaters at all this Winter, because I  
> can't
> leave it on for more than 10-15 seconds.  But I would like to get to  
> the
> bottom of this, as I used to enjoy it in the Winter, especially when  
> getting
> back in from skiing, to have a nice warm seat on # 1 or 2, for the  
> ride back
> home.
>
> p.s. The burning problem does not seem to affect the heating on the
> backrest, only on the lower seat cushion (which I presume sees the  
> most wear
> on the seats, due to weight).
>
> I'm hoping it's something easy to fix, like a temperature controller  
> or
> resistor pack.  I hope it's not the heating pad itself, as that I  
> believe
> would require removing the whole seat, covers, etc.   I know, I could
> probably get away with swapping the driver/passenger parks, but I  
> would
> still only have 1 heater.
>
> Thanks for any help you can provide.
>
> Mitchell Segal
>
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