Thread: P38 heated seats

Originally Posted by LavisLane

Not that i need them in the current weather, but is there a way to get the seat heaters working?

i cant see why not. I would assume the rest of the wiring is there too, just not the buttons and the relays. The next car i rip apart, i will pay a bit more attention to it.

Andy

Did all Australian specced P38s have the heated seats deleted?

I dont pretend that in Brisbane we need them often, but us Brisbanites can really whinge about the cold because we are not used to it, and there is nothing I like more than having my arse warmed in my 2008 Kluger seats one month a year.

Its a shame my HSE Rangey cant boast about the same feature.

I have seen the odd late model P38 with heated seats. I don't know if it was an option or standard though.
According to the EPC, cars with heated seats also had heated windscreens.

Mine doesn't have them but it's a fairly early model.

I've heard (but not checked) that HSEs have the heater elements in the seats but the HEVAC panel doesn't have the switches.

Mine has the switches on the hevac panel but they dont appear to do anything. Also has a switch for heated front screen but I cant see any elements. Its never misted over so I cant see if it works. The door mirrors are heated.

Originally Posted by wayneg

Mine has the switches on the hevac panel but they dont appear to do anything. Also has a switch for heated front screen but I cant see any elements. Its never misted over so I cant see if it works. The door mirrors are heated.

If it has the heated screen you'll see the harness under the plenum filter is connected to the screen. You might have to wait until you do the filter next.

My Autobiography has them in the seats, but no buttons on the HEVAC. I can turn them on with the faultmate though! I just cant drive it with the faultmate connected!