Daninal97

Hello, is it true that rear heated seats were offered in Canada but not in the US?

pierrejoliat

It was an option for my '12, I think hardly anyone ordered it, I hear this a lot and am told that heated steering wheels were not offered, I have one!

Zynthe

2011 E550 with rear heated seats. So yes they were offered in Canada.

fitzbenz

Heated rear seats were part of the "Premium" package for 2015 (which is the brochure I have handy).

Idklol69

There are a lot of things that were different in the US/Canadian market for these cars. The premium package for the E class in Canada includes rear heated seats, whereas in the US it was in some other package that the overwhelming majority didn't option out. The 550/63 variants in Canada also come standard with rear climate controls for a third zone of settings. I haven't seen that option in the US, but correct me if I'm wrong. The US also has a completely separate package for the 360 camera/front and rear parking sensors that are in the Canadian premium package.

pb39374

I actually added them aftermarket to the 3 rear seats, along with 3 USB ports.

DubVBenz

Yes it was. I tried to jump on a Canadian import E400 before I found mine because it had that option and I thought it would be cool to have something different. Someone beat me to it!

BenzV12

Great job, thanks for sharing

Left Coast Geek

pretty good set of US sales brochures fo each model and year going back 15 or so years... these list all the option packages US models offered
https://www.auto-brochures.com/mercedes-benz.html

in 2016, heated rear seats were only an option on the E63S. heated steering wheel was an option on the E350/E400 if and only if they had the Premium package, and was only available with the round non-wood and non-sports wheel,

pierrejoliat

Interesting. I have a round sports wheel in leather with heat, but that's a 2013. I really wanted the wood as my wife has leather destroying hands, she won and we got the leather with heat.

Left Coast Geek

is there a particular hand cream she uses? thats what typically destroys leather.

and the fix for that is Wheelskins. I use the leather ones cuz they really do feel better, and when /that/ rots you cut off the stitching and put on a new one. heh. My old pickup truck had a vinyl cover on its ancient plastic steering wheel, and that lasted longer than I wanted to drive that 1965 F100

pierrejoliat

Yes, and that's exactly it. Shea Butter in particular, but she buys four different kinds, eats the dye right off and leaves the wheel looking like its suede! Also I remember when I bought the '13 they said I could have the folding rear seats or heated rear seats, not both, but that was the sales guy at Manhattan Mercedes, so I have no idea if that was true.

Left Coast Geek

yeah, 2013 https://www.auto-brochures.com/makes...13.pdf#page=28 says, heated 4-spoke steering wheel OR wood/leather wheel, strictly as a individual option.

pierrejoliat

Yes, I read that, nonetheless here is a sport three spoke with heat. Yes, leather instead of wood.

DubVBenz

I have wood in my W211. It looks much nicer but is a ***** in the freezing cold of when it's really hot.

Left Coast Geek

huh, hard to see in that pic, but it doesn't look like the flat bottom sport wheel to me.

badbenz94

I think it might be the “sport” wheel but not the one that comes with the AMG wheel package (flat bottom)



Chris

SKullman

Ok, I'll bite. More info please on the retrofit!!

pb39374

my local guy where I had my remote starter installed also had a bunch of heating elements on-hand. So he took my rear bench up, installed 3 bottom and back heaters and then wired them up to the back of the center console. He put the 3 switches, all with hi and lo settings, in the ashtray. While he was in there he added 3 USB charging outlets. So now my 3 kids stay warm back there while being able to charge their devices.

badbenz94

Like the set up! What kind of potential power draw is that and where did he source the power?

Thanks!

Chris

pb39374

if I remember correctly, he tapped into the cigarette lighter.

SUNILP

I'll be retrofitting factory rear heated seats shortly and I'll post pics also.

S. Madman

Make sure you have a timer like the factory ones, or you will burn thru the MBtex/Leather.

DubVBenz

Hmm.. I thought that timer was more so you didn't accidentally overheat yourself. If it's under 60 degrees out I basically keep mine on the highest setting. Every time it dials itself down a notch, I turn it back up. I did that on my W211 too (mb tex) and now my 212 (leather). So far the only thing I've really noticed is the strength of the seat heater lessens over time. Do you have any more information regarding the potential to damage the seat coverings?

SUNILP

i will be using factory wiring, heat mats, and electronics.