I think the seat heaters in my '90 XJS are dead. Where can I find replacements?

Thanks!

Mark

 

I thought mine were too....turned out to be the fuses. I think the winshield leaked in my car prior to my ownership, and the water got to the fuse panel. Fixed that, worked the switch a few times, and they came back to life.

 

I have already gone through all of the fuses, switches, relays and grounds. Still no heat from the pads.

 

I googled "heated seats" and there are a lot of sites that come up. Here's one:
Seat Heater for Cars and Trucks from HeatedSeatKits.com

 

Don't like them....always think l pooped me pants.

 

Everyone has that feeling at first. But wait until you get a bad back or your seat is icey cold. You then wish you had them in all cars!

All my cars have had factory heated seats so far... I even use them in summer in my C30... Windows open and seat heating on... Sounds gross but it keeps you a tad warmer when moving.

 

you probably know this,

but there are four pads, two in each seat, one base and one in the back , the drivers seat is direct feed from a fuse under the steering wheel via the switch and relay , take the seat back off and see if you have power at the multi-plug ?

the passenger seat is slightly different, in that there is a pressure pad in the seat base to stop it working if there isn't anyone sat in it , as i said, the drivers seat is always live as its assumed that the driver is sat in there to switch it on.....

the passenger seat , again , has its own fuse ,

the heating elements are not the most powerful in the world, and can take some time to take the chill off, i have never felt my seat to be ' warm ' just not cold when working

BB

 

Also be aware that the heater controller down in front of the seat has a habit if burning out. I have used a relay and a programmable time to turn on the heat for 10 minutes. The can get very hot without the controller that related the temperature.

 

Thanks guys. I will dig into the seats and see what I find there.

 

look through the junkyard til you find something with heated seats. Peel the skins and grab your parts?