Yeah so title says everything...I'll just leave this here. Take a minute to realize I had two shirts on. Just wanted to get some people's opinions on this. Anyone else ever have this happen?! I have an 05 MCS w/ leatherette seats.
*i deleted the picture. Picture didn't do it justice and it was blurry*

 

Did it burn the seat covers?

 

Nope..just me. It was strange.

 

You're not a redhead by chance? I heard they have a higher tolerance to some types of pain

 

Nope it's the first time it's ever happened

 

That's really weird, hope it didn't burn you too bad.

 

I'm not that surprised - for my 08 R56, I can never put it on the highest setting because it would probably burn me if I did. It gets wicked hot at 2/3 dots already, so usually I put it on 1.

 

never been burnt in my '13 - I've had it on 3 dots and it does get very hot, but I didn't get BURNT by it

 

I haven't had any problems with the heaters in my '05, but I've only used them about 10 times. I remember another post about it though and I think it had a pic of the seat with a hole burned in it.

 

I just did realize that the heaters are imprinted in the seats a little bit. I think I might need to look in to that

 

Found the thread:

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...eat-cover.html

Click on the links in the first post to see the pics as they don't automatically load. The last post has more pics and an idea on what he thinks the problem is.

 

Have not heard for a while of having this happen. That link above is great in goes into detail about that pad sensor. Most dealerships replaced the seat bottoms. I have seen it on a bunch of cloth option seats and some leather seats. I have 250K on mine and still running well.

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...seat-burn.html

 

My '06 does gets pretty darn warm. i usually just put it on low, but I've only started using it this week.

 

Yeah, I always say the heated seats have 3 settings: warm, hot, and singe the hair off of your a**.

 

I that link, there is the rare cooler and hotter wire options : 61100152026 61100152025

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...seat-burn.html

 

I'm thinking about picking up a couple of those for them. Hopefully that helps some!

 

Welcome.

 

This is not a frivolous matter. I also had way too heated seats in my 07 MCS. The seats were literally not bearable to sit on even on the lowest heat setting. My dealer fixed this problem using a factory provided fix. I think they replaced part of a wiring harness to the seats. Now all is well.

 

Can anybody else actually see the coils for the heaters imprinted in the seats? Mine look like they've been stamped in on the inside of the leatherette

 

Must be every worn through or the element has worked its way out of the foam base. Do you have a picture ?

 

I'll post one tonight when I leave work.

 

2 questions: 1) are those sold in pairs 2) do you need to remove the seat to install?

 

Hello,

1) No sold in singles as shown ( One Per front seat ) also have to be already wired for heated seats.
2) The plug runs in location of when you unplug the plug from the exterior / underside of the seat to the main plug from the wire loom under the seat , its a piggyback. Just connects between the two like adding resistor.

Thanks

 

Look closely...

 

Yea, looks like padding is very thin and the element is close to the seat. Have not seen them that close up the upper seat.