Fixed heated seats, pics!

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HawaiiBake

Discussion Starter · Oct 23, 2010

My drivers side heated sea hasn't worked since I bought the truck in may, and it has gotten chilly so I figured it was time to do something about it. Did a search and found some info on here, and I thought I had a good idea of what I was getting myself into.

I first tired to remove the leather seat cover with the seat installed in the truck total PITA. It only takes 2 minutes to pop the seat out and it was a lot warmer in my garage.

I also took the power seat assembly off the bottom. 4 more bolts and 30lbs later the seat was a lot easier to work with.

I ended up unbolting the recliner bracket on the door side of the seat to be able to pull the leather seat bottom up.

The fun really begins with the hog rings that hold the leather to the seat. I used a pair of needle nose pliers and a flat head to try to pry the hog rings apart. It took me about an hour to get the heater pad exposed.

I did not see any fried wires that others had mentioned in their posts, but I did peel the felt apart on the two little tiny black boxes at the back of the pad that the wires go into. Sure enough several of the wires had snapped off at the soldered joint. The ones that hadn't snapped off I broke trying to pull the felt apart.

I stripped the wires back a bit and re soldered the joints. I suck at soldering so I figured the safest way to go was to put a lot of it on there.

I sprayed adhesive on both sides and stuck the felt back together around the boxes. it was somewhat lumpier than before and I can just feel it if I push my butt back in the seat, so low profile may be important depending on how you have the seat adjusted.

Everything goes back togther nicely, I used some of the spray adhesive to stick he heater pad back onto the foam.
Started the truck up and in a few minutes I had a hot seat!

Start to finish probably about 2.5 - 3 hours

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HawaiiBake

Discussion Starter · #7 · Oct 24, 2010

hazard said:
my backrest heat works on both settings but the actual seat area does not get warm at all on either settings, do you spose this is most likely my problem?

It really is a simple system. There can't really be that many things that could go wrong. I think if you open up the seat you will probably be abl to fix it if you own a soldering iron.

It is hard to tell if the wires that go into the little black boxes are broken until you pull the felt apart, which invariably will break one I am sure. Pretty easy fix once you get everything exposed.

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HawaiiBake

Discussion Starter · #13 · Dec 20, 2010

ssamsom said:
Let us know what you find, its around -15 Celsius up here in Winnipeg and I don't feel like tearing my seat down in the driveway. Sure would be nice to have a toasty @$$ though

Takes maybe 10-15 to take the seat out then you can put it on your kitchen table

@ the guys with intermittent heat, there is a little black box that I believe controlls the thermostat. It is mechanical, I'm not sure they can really break. Still might be a loose wire.

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HawaiiBake

Discussion Starter · #19 · Nov 18, 2011

As far as the hog rings, I did them back up with a pair of needle nose pliers. It was a nightmare, I HIGHLY recommend doing whatever it takes to find some hog ring pliers.

Make sure you have some spray adhesive to stick it all back together again.

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HawaiiBake

Discussion Starter · #21 · Nov 18, 2011

If there is a weight sensor, it would have to be under the seat. I didn't see anything that would indicate that there is. It is easy to remove the seat, it should be pretty obvious looking at the wiring harness of there is some sort of sensor down there.

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