Hi Guys,

With winter coming I find that my heated seats do not run for a long enough period. Is there any way either to extend the heating cycle, or, any way to override the timer so that the seat heaters stay on?

Thanks in advance, Darpie.

 

Darpie, unfortunately, the timing for the heated seats is set by the control module. So, unless you are good with electronics and feel like opening up the module and making your own modifications, looking like you are out of luck. You can't simply bypass the module and get power to the seat heat element as it is capable of heating up the seat to the point that it could become too hot. There is a temperature sensor in the seat that feeds back to the control module that controls the seat temp to either 42 Celsius on the high setting and 37 Celsius in the low setting. Either way the timer is set for 10 minutes. The 10 minutes will continue unless the seat button is pressed through the OFF setting or the engine is turned off. It will also turn off if it senses a problem. So, I would first try a timing of the circuit to see how long it runs. But, if you are getting something over 9 minutes, the timing portion of the circuit is good.

 

Thanks very much Thermo.

All is well with the unit, it certainly runs for ten minutes or more. I was just hoping for a workaround.

All the best,

Darpie.