AC/Heater Heated seats - strange operation, and not warm enough

Floop1977 · 30th September 2007, 14:18

Hi,

I love my new Honda Civic for the looks and the drive but have (so far) been a little disappointed surprised by the heated seats and the way they work.

First of all, the control system is strange. There are two settings, 'Lo' and 'High' which you'd think meant 'warm' and 'very warm'.

However, if you read the manual then actually the difference between these settings is as follows:

High - turns the seat heaters on fast heat-up, so they heat up quickly. Once they reach operating temperature, the heaters switch off until the seats have cooled down. Then they turn back on (so they cycle on/off).

Lo - turns the seat heaters on slow heat-up, so they heat up slowly, but remain on.

So you don't have as much control as I thought you would - on my brother's VW Golf you just choose the setting and they stay at that setting.

The other thing is they don't get that warm. Does anybody know if there is anything a dealer can do to modify the settings so that they heat up more?

Thanks!

FWH · 30th September 2007, 14:33

Hi.

Also strange that the manual advises you not to use them for too longer periods or you will drain the battery. Never seen that before.

Actually used my heated seats recently for the first time, without having read the quote from the manual I thought it meant "warm" and "very warm" like it does in other cars.

Mine got warm ok - although it is not quite freezing outside yet.
I don´t have leather seats though - may be different.

I will test some more as weather gets colder..

Brodick · 30th September 2007, 15:24

Love the heated seats in our Civic the Hi setting sometimes gets so warm that I change it to LO but my btm is always warm

czechplastik · 30th September 2007, 18:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brodick

my btm is always warm

I didn't need to read that!

aslz78 · 2nd October 2007, 15:13

I really hate heated seats. I get feel like ive cr*pped myself!

HondaRob · 2nd October 2007, 15:20

does anyone know if these can be retro dealer fitted?

Unknownsoldier · 2nd October 2007, 15:23

Can you get them on the S or is only a 5 door option??????

Tom

TTDegs · 2nd October 2007, 19:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by HondaRob

does anyone know if these can be retro dealer fitted?

I guess they could but it'd be expensive

I'm pretty sure you would be looking at replacing the seats - the wiring would probably be the easy bit

Quote:

Originally Posted by Unknownsoldier

Can you get them on the S or is only a 5 door option??????

Tom

For some bizzare reason known only to themselves, Honda don't list leather as an option on the S (in the UK), and therefore no heated seats

30th September 2007, 14:18	#1 (permalink)
Floop1977 Valve Cap Join Date: 22nd August 2007 Location: Surrey Posts: 9 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Heated seats - strange operation, and not warm enough Hi, I love my new Honda Civic for the looks and the drive but have (so far) been a little disappointed surprised by the heated seats and the way they work. First of all, the control system is strange. There are two settings, 'Lo' and 'High' which you'd think meant 'warm' and 'very warm'. However, if you read the manual then actually the difference between these settings is as follows: High - turns the seat heaters on fast heat-up, so they heat up quickly. Once they reach operating temperature, the heaters switch off until the seats have cooled down. Then they turn back on (so they cycle on/off). Lo - turns the seat heaters on slow heat-up, so they heat up slowly, but remain on. So you don't have as much control as I thought you would - on my brother's VW Golf you just choose the setting and they stay at that setting. The other thing is they don't get that warm. Does anybody know if there is anything a dealer can do to modify the settings so that they heat up more? Thanks!

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FWH Super Moderator Civinfo master Join Date: 3rd June 2007 Location: Sweden Posts: 5,231 Thanks: 6 Thanked 43 Times in 39 Posts	Hi. Also strange that the manual advises you not to use them for too longer periods or you will drain the battery. Never seen that before. Actually used my heated seats recently for the first time, without having read the quote from the manual I thought it meant "warm" and "very warm" like it does in other cars. Mine got warm ok - although it is not quite freezing outside yet. I don´t have leather seats though - may be different. I will test some more as weather gets colder..

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