Front seats

PPP38vouge · Jan 19, 2014

Evening all,
going to remove front seats next weekend to repair heater elements and fit hotter rating thermo switches {45} question is do I need to disconnect battery because mine has sjde airbags? Thanks in advance.
Paul.

Saint.V8 · Jan 19, 2014

Hell yes...!!!

gfromleeds · Jan 19, 2014

There's your answer
+ leave it disconnected for a good half hour to fully discharge the system before disconecing the seat wireing

dogsbody · Jan 20, 2014

No you don't have to disconnect the battery or wait before you get stuck in. Just post back after to tell us how you got on.

I SAID, JUST POST BACK AFTER

oh forget it

Datatek · Jan 20, 2014

Unpluigging the side airbags will not fire them, after all bad connections in the connector is a common problem.
Better safe than sorry though.

PPP38vouge · Jan 20, 2014

Ok, thanks for all your excellent advice as usual, think I will disconnect before seat removal.

v8hotrodboy · Jan 20, 2014

Cut the hog rings off and use thickish cable ties when re fitting seat base. Also you can swap the bases from side to side to even out the wear.

PPP38vouge · Jan 20, 2014

Hi, yes I had hoped to do that, is it difficult to remove seat base and swap over? How long a job would you say it is? Going to take both out at same time.

PPP38vouge · Jan 26, 2014

Hi all, so, spent the weekend fixing seats, repairing breaks( 6) in total swapped out thermo switches and changed over seat bases but have hit a problem, there seems to be no power getting to either seat have checked fuse that's ok, when I push the heated seat buttons I can hear a clicking from behind dash area is there a separate relay that I should be looking for. Any ideas please.
Thanks Paul.

wammers · Jan 26, 2014

Heated seats are powered from BECM. Fuse 2, 30 amp. Nothing behind dash should be clicking when they are switched on. Although they are situated in the Hevac they have no function within it.

PPP38vouge · Jan 26, 2014

Thanks wammers, could it be a dodgy connector on the bcm or would the problem lie within the bcm it's self?

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