99 A6: Missing Rear seat heaters?

[Debra Snell <snell@netshel.net>]

>All,
>
>I recently purchased a 99 A6 with the clod weather package which, as it
>claims on Audi's web site, has heated front *and* rear seats.  It also
>explains the heated rear seat use in my owner's manual.  My A6 doesn't
>have the heated rear seats even though it has all the other elements of
>the CWP.

So your car has _front_ heated seats but none in the rear?

>
>During my weekly washing at the dealership I took a look around at other
>A6s and noticed they all had the rear seat heaters.  I managed to grab
>my salesperson who told me that some A6s came without them and he hadn't
>noticed that mine didn't have them.  Thinking this may be as much my
>fault as his I am trying to find my window sticker to see if it is an
>oversight on my part as well, but I still feel a little cheated.

Cold weather pkg is an option, but if it is listed on your window sticker,
it should have them in front and rear...

>
>Do any of you have any advice as to what I should/can do in a case such
>as this?  It seems that if this is an oversight it is such a specialty
>of my specific sedan that the dealer should have been responsible for
>pointing it out since all of Audi's literature specifically states this
>as feature or the 99 A6 and mine doesn't have it.  Am I wrong for
>assuming it should have this feature, but not checking?
>
>  I am still within 30 days of purchase.  Does this give me legal
>recourse? It seems to me that if a model deviates from the standard
>features contained in the manufactures literature then the dealer should
>be responsible for pointing it out to the buyer, although there's always
>'buyer beware'.  Any help/suggestions/comments are appreciated.  Thanks!

I think you are correct in checking the window sticker of your car (perhaps
the dealer has an invoice if you can't find your window sticker) to see
_if_ you in fact paid for this option. If you did, you have a case. If you
didn't pay for it, I'd think it was simply an oversight on your part.
Debra