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Do you feel your seat heaters working? 200

posted by  Lord Volvo on  Fri Jan 23 09:24 CST 2004
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I bought two used sets of heated seat elements from eBay. I remove all four thermostats and tested each by putting them in the oven while hooked to a continuity tester. They all shut off just fine. Two of them turned on after about an hour or so at room temperature, but the other two didn't turn back on, even the next day after the oven test. The thing I noticed is the terminals on the set that worked well were silver, while the other two had copper terminals.

You may have lazy thermostats if they indeed aren't heating up, although they should close once the cabin gets chilly.

My heaters are tame compared to newer Volvos I've driven, which became so hot I had to manually turn them off. I can feel mine working on my 240, but they aren't as strong as I'd hoped. Still, with the temperature right now in the teens, I'm not complaining since they do make a difference.
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Mike F - 1984 244 DL - 229,000 miles - with Euro headlights and lots of gauges






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