Heated Seat

[ustwo1966]

a quick question i have a problem with my heated seat, its very intermittent, basically it does its own thing when turned on sometimes it will work for about 30 sec then turn off
other times it wont work at all. how is the temperature controlled is there a built in thermostat in the seat all the loom etc seems ok

[thedugmaster]

I thought it was just a heater element and just stays at maximum temp the whole time you've got it on?

Mine gets hot in about 4-5 mins then stays there till you turn it off.

[Softlips]

Mine comes on for a while then shuts down for a while before coming back on. I'm told this is how the Ford ones work, would prefer it just to stay on to be honest.

[Tony Turbo]

Mine comes on for a while then shuts down for a while before coming back on. I'm told this is how the Ford ones work, would prefer it just to stay on to be honest.

Mine too. It's a bit weird on the couple of mornings I have used them.

The heated seats in my Mondeo didn't do this but they was variable temperature, so it must be a Transit thing rather than a Ford thing.

[ustwo1966]

its funny last winter i could swear they stayed on and got really hot until they was
turned off but now they only stay on a short time and dont get that warm..
The vans just had a service i had to re set the clock so dont know if they done a ecu
update and thats whats done it maybe Ford fixing whats not broken nor really sure

[roughtech]

Mine seems to have a mind of its own too.... surging! ! Wonder would fitting a potentiometer work?

[S60r]

It comes on... gets up to temp.... turns off.... turns on again.... up to temp.... then off again.

I thinks its thermostatically controlled.

[roughtech]

It comes on... gets up to temp.... turns off.... turns on again.... up to temp.... then off again.

I thinks its thermostatically controlled.

Thermostatically out of control I'd say )(

[John Johnson]

It comes on... gets up to temp.... turns off.... turns on again.... up to temp.... then off again.

I thinks its thermostatically controlled.

My last sport had seats that had a mind of their own , on ,off then red hot and even came on when not switched on !
The ones in the new van don't seem very hot in comparison but I'll reserve judgement until we get a frosty morning

[Mike]

The element self regulates, hence it feels like it's switching off and on. Not sure why they don't fit the variable one that the Connect has.

[John Johnson]

Does it regulate the temp level or just on and off ?

[Mike]

Does it regulate the temp level or just on and off ?

It's got 5(?) levels of heat.

[John Johnson]

In the custom ? You taking the pee or being serious ?!

[mavericktc]

In the custom ? You taking the pee or being serious ?!

The connect. He mentioned it above

[John Johnson]

I was on about the custom seat , my connect ain't got em so no need to roll your eyes