Why No Seat Heaters?

**superquag** · 24th July 2012, 09:36 AM

Originally Posted by Mr Whippy

Ron. What you say makes sense, but if you are not going to include them don't have it in your sales brochure. If I was going to buy a new car I would take home the sales brochure and study it, to see what comes standard on what models. Now if I ordered a car because the sales brochure said it came fitted with X,Y and Z, and the car was delivered to me missing Z, I would return it and demand that it be fitted. I almost see the brochure as false advertising.

Under the current (new) Consumer laws, my understanding is that you'd get exactly that. Or your money refunded...

**MR LR** · 24th July 2012, 09:40 AM

Originally Posted by Mr Whippy

Hi gberry. Welcome to the forum. 1st post, we all had to start somewhere.

I'm pretty certain we never got them, i'll ask dad, he sold them new...

**p38arover** · 24th July 2012, 09:47 AM

Was it an Australian brochure or a UK spec brochure?

**Scouse** · 24th July 2012, 10:05 AM

Originally Posted by p38arover

Was it an Australian brochure or a UK spec brochure?

I think you'll find it's a UK brochure.
It lists a spec below S which has A/C as an option - that model didn't make it out here.

**CJT** · 24th July 2012, 10:49 AM

Originally Posted by p38arover

Australia didn't get the cold climate options for some models - maybe the D2 is the same. The P38A RR has the heaters in the seats but the HEVAC panel has blanking plates over the switch positions. No heated screen, either, even though the harness is there under the panel behind the bonnet.

I think the same applied to at least the early L322.

Apparently the Poms didn't know it can get chilly here.

Just to make it more confusing.

My 2002 D2 V8 ES has heated leather seats from the factory along with all switches.

**1976_michelle** · 24th July 2012, 11:11 AM

whats the entry level, SD?

**OffTrack** · 24th July 2012, 11:55 AM

These were the interior options for the 2002MY AUS spec D2, not saying the 2003/2004 were the same but no mention of heated seats here:

2002MY_Options.jpg

**Toppa** · 24th July 2012, 01:31 PM

ive got a 2001 ES TD5 with heated leather seats - of course the drivers side stopped working just before winter....brrr

**OffTrack** · 24th July 2012, 01:34 PM

Originally Posted by Toppa

ive got a 2001 ES TD5 with heated leather seats - of course the drivers side stopped working just before winter....brrr

So it looks like electric seats included heating by default?

**OffTrack** · 24th July 2012, 01:49 PM

Originally Posted by 1976_michelle

whats the entry level, SD?

Don't think SD was an Australian model. In the US the SD was the last of the Disco 1 production which was sold along side the D2.

From what I can tell:

1999, 2000MY's there were Discovery and Discovery ES.

2001(???) and 2002: S, SE, SE7, ES

2003 and 2004: S, SE, HSE

There were town and country special editions on 2004MY(?) D2's, which appear to have designed to entice D2 buyers after the D3 had been launched.

I'd want to have AUS sales brochures in hand for each of those years before I was 100% certain about the above.

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