Heated Seats ???
Safety Car
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I would assume they use a similar heater element in all gm cars, if that's the case I would think the only difference is the padding, might get better in time when the seat starts to wear a little?
E-Ray, 3LZ, ZER, LIFT
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But it's not just the foam "padding" that is under the heating elements it's a thick open mesh directly under the leather and above the heating elements that is used so the small fans can spread and circulate air for cooling. May be similar construction in other GM cars IF they have cooling, see pic in my post # 5. Lear makes the seats for Corvette and probably some other GM cars but not all. They also make seats for Porsche and Ferrari.Guess while you wait for ~10 minutes to feel significant heat you can think now it helps in the hot summer!
I do have to go from 3 to 2 or 1 bar but that takes about 10 to 12 minutes when I'm half way where I'm going!
Last edited by JerryU; Jan 10, 2016 at 06:28 AM.
Burning Brakes
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Haha! same here... my 335d would bake your biscuits, and heated up by the end of the first block. These take a long time to heat up, but are sufficently warm eventually.
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Since I've only had the car a month and a 1/2, I don't have a lot of time in it. But... My Mini Cooper (BMW) was nuclear. You literally had to turn them down from high by the time you reached the end of my 1/4 mile driveway.
With this car, I'm getting heat of the vents, and the cold red line is almost gone before you can start to feel anything from the weak seats...
I might actually might do some investigation on this... I'd bet that there is a resistance module in the switch that limits current to the seat heaters...
With this car, I'm getting heat of the vents, and the cold red line is almost gone before you can start to feel anything from the weak seats...
I might actually might do some investigation on this... I'd bet that there is a resistance module in the switch that limits current to the seat heaters...
E-Ray, 3LZ, ZER, LIFT
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From: NE South Carolina
Since I've only had the car a month and a 1/2, I don't have a lot of time in it. But... My Mini Cooper (BMW) was nuclear. You literally had to turn them down from high by the time you reached the end of my 1/4 mile driveway.
With this car, I'm getting heat of the vents, and the cold red line is almost gone before you can start to feel anything from the weak seats...
I might actually might do some investigation on this... I'd bet that there is a resistance module in the switch that limits current to the seat heaters...
With this car, I'm getting heat of the vents, and the cold red line is almost gone before you can start to feel anything from the weak seats...
I might actually might do some investigation on this... I'd bet that there is a resistance module in the switch that limits current to the seat heaters...
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Drifting
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From: Salado TX
I find the seats get warm enough to move the setting down to low after several (15) minutes. It takes longer to heat the Corvette seats than our Cherokee's, but those seats get so warm you can't use them above the low setting. They get really warm, really fast.
Drifting
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From: Wichita Kansas
You are right !!! My 2005 Pontiac Bonneville GXP has heated seats and they are really warm such that I sometimes turn them down or off !!! That's the problem because earlier seats had problems with getting to hot or catch things on fire !!! Wayne
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From: KITCHENER ONTARIO
Same Problem With 2014 Cadillac CTS
Seats take very long time to heat up - real pain in Canada - only warm when you arrive. Cooling is really pathetic too. Super hot days barely any cool air. Dealer told me okay as fans worked and no codes showing. 2010 C6 heats up in one minute!