[s-cars] heated seats

[TMULLANE at snet.net]

Marc,

One of the many things that makes these 
cars "unique"  is that unlike "normal" Audi's, the 
leather on the center bottom cushion is stapled on to 
the cushion with special european staples that no one 
around me has.  To re-assemble, you need to use a 
combination of trim cement and normal stables.  The 
repair is good, but not quite factory.  It was this 
process that pushed me to buy a new element rather 
than repair.

The S element is broken into sections; each one of 
the separate "rolls" of center cushion has its own 
section of element.  They are connected at the 
edges.  One of the connectors on mine was burnt and, 
as you say, easy to spot.  Repair is certainly a good 
option, but I spent the money on the element hoping I 
could avoid making this as an annual event.

Tom
--- Original Message ---
From: "Mark Strangways" <Strangconst at rogers.com>
To: "Tom Mullane" <tmullane at snet.net>, 
<chrispetrulio at yahoo.com>
CC: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Subject: Re: [s-cars] heated seats

>I did a repair to my drivers seat of my ex 5000TQ.
>It had a broken wire in the right side near the knee 
area. I was easily able 
>to find the broken wire, due largely to the burnt 
area around it, but since 
>I was to splice it, it became hard to get any extra 
wire from the mat to 
>make the splice. Subsequent jobs became more 
frequent and subsequently 
>easier and faster.
>
>There is little joy in removing the leather from the 
seat or back area, but 
>it's doable as is most crap with these cars.
>
>Mark
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Tom Mullane" <tmullane at snet.net>
>To: <chrispetrulio at yahoo.com>
>Cc: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 10:03 PM
>Subject: RE: [s-cars] heated seats
>
>
>> Christian,
>>
>> BTDT a few weeks ago on my S6.  Not a fun job.  
The repair is complicated,
>> but it is reasonably easy to figure out what needs 
to be done.  You will
>> need a pair of hog ring pliers, some trim cement 
and a staple gun...oh 
>> yeah,
>> and the $192 seat heater element.
>>
>> I had intended to do a write-up, but there were 
soooo many steps that it
>> just wasn't feasible.  I did post a series of 
three posts about it on
>> AuidWorld, but my posts consist largely of 
bitching (do a search for "my 
>> a$$
>> is cold").
>>
>> Of course, I am assuming that the bottom heater 
element is bad, but this
>> should be tested prior to attacking your seat.  
The easiest way is to ohm
>> out the two elements, one in the backrest, and one 
on the bottom.
>>
>> Tom
>>
>> Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 14:37:06 -0800 (PST)
>> From: Christian Petrulio <chrispetrulio at yahoo.com>
>> Subject: [s-cars] heated seats
>> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
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>>
>> I'm new to the list and just bought a '94 S4, 
which I
>> love, but the driver's seat heater doesn't work.  
Does
>> anyone have experience with this?  Is this 
something I
>> can fix on my own?
>>
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