ive owned my tahoe for over a year now, and the drivers side heated seat has never worked. the lights on the switch would turn on for a few seconds,then turn off, then you could hear a relay click everytime you pressed the heated seat buttons again, and it would immediatly shut off. passenger side works perfect, until you hit drivers side then it kicks them both out.
after reading thread upon thread about this, it was narrowed down to a heating element issue. so this past spring, i replaced what i thought would be the most common element to go out, the bottom pad. it looked somewhat burned, or very lightly discolored, as it looked like someone spilled coffee on the bottom pad at one time. well turns out it still didnt solve the issue.
well summer came and went so i didnt fix the problem. now that its starting to get cold at nite here in the midwest i am venturing back into fixing my seat issues.
so i tore into this lastnite, and dug in the the back rest heating element. it was a p.i.t.a to remove the back seat cover. but i got to it, and what i saw completely shocked me. the heating pad burned all the way through, burned the foam of the seat, and foam on the seat cover, but stopped at the leather. i dont have leather discoloration, so i wouldve never known. i believe it had caught on fire at one time, for as burnt and crispy/crunchy everything was.
well i cleaned up all the burn damage, installed new heating element, put everything back together, and now i have heated seats. im very happy that this issue is fixed. so ya, this isnt a completely lost thread, as a very common issue can be fixed rather easily. here is a picture of what i found
after reading thread upon thread about this, it was narrowed down to a heating element issue. so this past spring, i replaced what i thought would be the most common element to go out, the bottom pad. it looked somewhat burned, or very lightly discolored, as it looked like someone spilled coffee on the bottom pad at one time. well turns out it still didnt solve the issue.
well summer came and went so i didnt fix the problem. now that its starting to get cold at nite here in the midwest i am venturing back into fixing my seat issues.
so i tore into this lastnite, and dug in the the back rest heating element. it was a p.i.t.a to remove the back seat cover. but i got to it, and what i saw completely shocked me. the heating pad burned all the way through, burned the foam of the seat, and foam on the seat cover, but stopped at the leather. i dont have leather discoloration, so i wouldve never known. i believe it had caught on fire at one time, for as burnt and crispy/crunchy everything was.
well i cleaned up all the burn damage, installed new heating element, put everything back together, and now i have heated seats. im very happy that this issue is fixed. so ya, this isnt a completely lost thread, as a very common issue can be fixed rather easily. here is a picture of what i found
