Question: heated seats
11-12-2013, 08:40 PM
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Question: heated seats
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Hi all, I hope someone has the answer to this. My 2003 C Class has the heated front seats option. The driver's side heats up both the seat bottom and the back. The passenger side only heats up the bottom, not the back. I wonder if this is the way it is meant to be or do I have a malfunction?
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Hi all, I hope someone has the answer to this. My 2003 C Class has the heated front seats option. The driver's side heats up both the seat bottom and the back. The passenger side only heats up the bottom, not the back. I wonder if this is the way it is meant to be or do I have a malfunction?
Thanks a lot!
11-12-2013, 09:44 PM
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I ran out into the garage and tried this as well. My W203 (2005) when the car is fully warmed up I turned them on and both the back and bottom heat up fine. Might be the heating element on the backside going bad?
11-13-2013, 10:51 PM
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Get your wife one of those seat header pads that plug into the cigarette lighter. Will be way way cheaper. When my cars 100,000 mile warranty was about to expire I had the dealer fix my lower seat cushion heater and i believe the parts cost was north of 500. You have to replace the leather/mbtex part as well as the element so it is very very expensive. I would try to find a junk yard that has it or tell the wife that is how it was designed 
