Seat warmers malfunctioning

[RENODMAX]

My seat warmers are being strange. They turn on for about 30 sec then just shut off. Any ideas?

 

[rick67]

Do you have any way to read body codes? Sounds like bcm is turning them off for some reason.

 

[RENODMAX]

I have efilive.

 

[Burn Down]

Mine are doing the same.... Started mid winter, totally sucks at -40*.

 

[duratothemax]

seat heater elements are burnt out. Same thing happened to my dads tahoe. When you turn the seat heater on the heated/memory seat control module measures the resistance of the heating pad/element to make sure there are no shorts or open circuits. If the resistance is out of a specified range it interperates this as a shorted or burnt out heating element and turns the system off.

~120 bucks or so from Rock Auto per seat. (60 bucks for the butt part and 60 for the seat back part)

I replaced the pads in my dads tahoe (driver side) in about an hour and a half.

ben

 

[duratothemax]

theres a DIY on the diesel place IIRC.

 

[Burn Down]

Mine will still turn off if I turn on the passenger seat & not the drivers seat. Does it still check the drivers seat even if it's not turned on?

 

[duratothemax]

Mine will still turn off if I turn on the passenger seat & not the drivers seat. Does it still check the drivers seat even if it's not turned on?

yes.

maybe your passenger side is burnt out as well?

 

[Burn Down]

yes.

maybe your passenger side is burnt out as well?

Maybe, but I doubt it, passenger side hardly got used. I will check them out though.
Thank You.