Heated seats on when the dial is set to zero

jamesbilluk

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Hi all

After fixing the problem with the heating system blowing out hot air, the car now has decided to put the drivers heated seat on full, has anyone had similar happen? I've had a double check, and the dial is definitely at 0 but does feel uncomfortably warm..

Regards

James
 

CatmanV2

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Yep. It's water ingress onto the controls (apparently)

Does your indicator say the seat is on?

C
 

nickb

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My QP driver’s seat did this when I bought it 4 years ago. I sprayed some WD40 into the little plastic dial wheel and it has worked perfectly since.
 

jamesbilluk

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Thanks guys :)

Catman, the controller on the dash does seem to register when the seat is on,

Nick, I shall give that ago,

James
 

MarkMas

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Where is the 'indicator' - a 'controller on the dash'? Is this just GT not QP maybe. I have retro-fitted heated seats (in my QP) and it would be nice to connect those to an indicator if it is a simple bit of circuitry.
 

conaero

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Had similar issue on the Spider with water ingress. When you open the door water runs in off the over waxed roof. It drips down on the seat switches and over time corrodes them. Fitted a used replacement from David Askew and all fixed.
 

CatmanV2

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Where is the 'indicator' - a 'controller on the dash'? Is this just GT not QP maybe. I have retro-fitted heated seats (in my QP) and it would be nice to connect those to an indicator if it is a simple bit of circuitry.

The GT lights it up in the display in the centre, so no lamp per se.

The odd thing with mine is it gets hot (either that or I'm becoming incontinent) but the display swears blind it's not on :)

C
 

GeoffCapes

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The GT lights it up in the display in the centre, so no lamp per se.

The odd thing with mine is it gets hot (either that or I'm becoming incontinent) but the display swears blind it's not on :)

C

Mine does exactly the same. Or I think it does. With no lights to say otherwise I wouldn't know.
 

jamesbilluk

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The GT lights it up in the display in the centre, so no lamp per se.

The odd thing with mine is it gets hot (either that or I'm becoming incontinent) but the display swears blind it's not on :)

C

I found that, I even stopped and sat on the passenger seat to check if it was just me..