Heated Seat Element Replacement

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I believe the lower driver side element has a short in it on my 2003 yukon. Upper only works fine for driver, both upper and lower for passenger are fine. When I turn the lower on for driver side it turns both passenger and driver off after a second or two.

 

Questions:

1. Does the seat need to be completely removed to replace the lower element?

2. How difficult is it to get to the lower element and does anyone have a brief description of what's involved?

3. Where does the element plug into? I would like to measure the resistance of the driver side element vs the passenger side to confirm a short before ordering a new one.

 

Thanks,

Colin

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anyone?