Heated seat problem
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4th Gear
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Heated seat problem
The heated seats on my 2015 Z51 seems to have stopped working since I brought my car into the dealership to address a recall, has that been a problem with anyone else? If so how have you corrected the problem?
Le Mans Master
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This appears to be a common complaint. While I seldom use my heated seats, which were never that great as far as heating, they don't seem to work as well after the update. I've read that a battery disconnect helps, but haven't done it myself.
Drifting
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Never had the update done yet but seats still have very marginal heating. Perhaps because if it is cold enough to need them it might be dangerous to drive with the SC2 tires and Chevrolet doesn't want anything like that to be encouraged.
Race Director
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Just disconnect the negative post, wait about 1/2 hour, reconnect. After reconnecting let the car sit for about ten minutes (to power up all electronics) before starting the engine.
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When you do this can I assume that all seat memory presets and radio stations are lost?
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FWIW When I changed batteries this past summer, it was disconnected about an hour. I reset nothing! All settings were fine. Expected a window drop down on exit reset would be needed (easy to do read the Owner's Manual) but did not need it!
Last edited by JerryU; Apr 1, 2017 at 08:40 AM.
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To circulate the cabin air from the three small fans that provide "cooling" (they just push cabin air upward) they use a thick open mesh behind the leather. It sits above the heating elements and delays (and limits) heating. Mine takes ~10 minutes but I finally have to switch from 3 to 1 bar.
This is a good video that shows the thick mesh, heating and cooling elements as well as other seat characteristics.
