Heated Seats ... Not so much
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Heated Seats ... Not so much
In my C6 the heated seats were hot in just a few minutes. Like I had to turn them off high. My 2015 heated seat take forever to heat up ... not even totally sure that they are working. Any one else with a 2015 experience slow heating with the heated seats? Just wondering if it is "normal" ... like they dialed down the heat on purpose? Or are mine not working correctly?
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From: Nashville, TN
In my C6 the heated seats were hot in just a few minutes. Like I had to turn them off high. My 2015 heated seat take forever to heat up ... not even totally sure that they are working. Any one else with a 2015 experience slow heating with the heated seats? Just wondering if it is "normal" ... like they dialed down the heat on purpose? Or are mine not working correctly?
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From: Haymarket Virginia
In my 14 with standard seats, my seats it took at least 20 minutes to get too hot before I turned them off. Ventilated seats didn't seem to work very good after the first minute or two.
My 15 with Suede Comp seats get too hot after about 10 minutes and my ventilated seats work all the time.
Don't really know the real reason for the difference but...
As Robert mentioned, all the new cars don't work as well.
My 10' Denali seats would feel like they are going to catch fire after 5 minutes. And the cooled seats worked well.
My 15' Denali seats take some 15 minutes before getting hot. Cooled seats don't work well after 5 minutes.
GM Needs new seat engineers. LOL
My 15 with Suede Comp seats get too hot after about 10 minutes and my ventilated seats work all the time.
Don't really know the real reason for the difference but...
As Robert mentioned, all the new cars don't work as well.
My 10' Denali seats would feel like they are going to catch fire after 5 minutes. And the cooled seats worked well.
My 15' Denali seats take some 15 minutes before getting hot. Cooled seats don't work well after 5 minutes.
GM Needs new seat engineers. LOL
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St. Jude Donor '09, '12-'13-'14-'15-'16-'17
If it's cold enough that I have to use the heated seats then I warm up the car anyways so it's kinda useless to have the heated seats (yes I think they don't get hot enough).
The cooling function works great.
just my 0.02
The cooling function works great.
just my 0.02
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St. Jude Donor '08, '15
Yeah I really like the cooling function as well, but compared to my last couple BMWs, the heated seats are pretty week.
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In my C6 the heated seats were hot in just a few minutes. Like I had to turn them off high. My 2015 heated seat take forever to heat up ... not even totally sure that they are working. Any one else with a 2015 experience slow heating with the heated seats? Just wondering if it is "normal" ... like they dialed down the heat on purpose? Or are mine not working correctly?
Melting Slicks
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From: MOORESVILLE NC
My 2015 C7 is the first car ever that has heated/vented seats. Takes driving 4-5 miles (around 8 minutes) with the heat set to 3 bars to wanting to shut them off as they are hot enough. Outside temp was
20F when I started my drive this morning.
20F when I started my drive this morning.
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I've got two other cars that have heated, but not ventilated seats. They do heat up much faster than the C7, but I think it's because the C7 seats have more space between the heating pads and the surface of the seat due to the need to be able to have airflow in there for the ventilated function. I may be wrong, but it makes sense to me. It doesn't bother me though. 
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I wondered if it was just me as well. Seems like it takes forever fir them to heat up. In my 2011 I had to either turn them down or off in just a few mins and now I almost am never sure that they are working at all.
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A lot of OEM's had to turn down the heated seats, due to liability reasons.
I think BMW's took the load of that, when people were claiming it was melting their pants. Some had the seat foam catch on fire when there was a short in the heating pad in the seat, and other issues.
I love seat heaters, so these "slow cookers" bum me out.
I think BMW's took the load of that, when people were claiming it was melting their pants. Some had the seat foam catch on fire when there was a short in the heating pad in the seat, and other issues.
I love seat heaters, so these "slow cookers" bum me out.
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From: Phila Suburbs 2023 C8 & 2013 650ix
My former C6 & current BMW seats heat up very quickly. My 2016 C7 just barely gets luke warm at the highest setting. I wasn't even sure they were working at all.
Last edited by Walt White Coupe; Nov 2, 2015 at 09:56 AM.