Heated Seat Trouble

Tsmith · November 9, 2009

Mine turned out to be something with (a or the) circuit board that controls the operation of the seat heater. Ordered part and told me to come back Tuesday and take like 10 minutes to swap out.

Tsmith · November 10, 2009

Uh, no fix as they went right back to doing the same thing ... ... oh well will drop off in a few days for another go at solving.

bluesrefugee · November 10, 2009

Yeah, I had the same trouble with my truck. Ordered the seat elements and had a local upholstery shop install. Overall it set me back about $160. They work fine now, but when you hit the button for the back only, only the bottom heats up. Everything looks like it's hooked up right, and I watched them install so I know they didn't get the elements switched. Oh well, at least my butt is warm now.

absinthminded · November 9, 2010

Mine just went out as well. I have my remote start hooked up to the heated seat switch. When I start my truck the driver's seat kicks on high. Its pretty awesome. Just had my car audio guy go through it and I think they are toast. 2003 122k

Reject · November 10, 2010

LOL...I just had my Drivers side done last month for the same issue. The back only though. Bottom gets toasty....Back is not as hot...Oh well it works.

Mine has the same issue, how much did it cost to repair?

Se77vN · December 17, 2010

This is a great post, and I think most likely my heart elements are shot. Does anyone know the PN by chance?

Thanks!!!

smokinjoez · January 1, 2011

That is good info. My problem sounds pretty much like that except it is intermittent. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. If it doesn't work, it doesn't work on either side. Sometimes it will click on with the lights working and then shut off within a few seconds. Then it won't work again unless I turn the truck off. When it does work, it seems to heat up just fine, but it is not that often.

Tsmith · January 9, 2015

My intermittent issue still exisit and the dealer has been no help in solving. Usually they temporally work and they'll just say they couldn't find anything wrong.

GMCustomerService · January 9, 2015

Hi Tsmith,

I'm so sorry for your continued frustration with this matter! Let me know if you'd like for me to look into this furtehr and reach out to your dealer on your behalf. Feel free to send me a private message with more information if my help is needed. I look forward to hearing from you!

Kristen A.
GM Customer Care