You are correct - I was thinking of my wife's car that has a single button to turn on both seats (doh!). If you've unplugged the one seat then you are good except for having a potentially live wire dangling about. I'd disconnect the switch as well, but I'm also a bit anal about electrical items - you are most likely completely safe as you've got it now.
You are correct - I was thinking of my wife's car that has a single button to turn on both seats (doh!). If you've unplugged the one seat then you are good except for having a potentially live wire dangling about. I'd disconnect the switch as well, but I'm also a bit anal about electrical items - you are most likely completely safe as you've got it now.
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a single button to turn on both seats? can they operate independently?
If you unplug the passenger seat and the fuse does not blow that does not mean you have isolated the problem. It means there is less resistance with only one heat seating and the fuse will not blow. An easy thing to do would be to compare the resistance of both seats with each other. If one seat is significantly higher than the other (causing fuses to blow) this may indicate a problem. Maybe one of the experts on the forum (I'm not an expert) has or knows what the R value should be. Don't substitute a larger fuse.
Main reason I originally bought a luxury car is I have a bad (and getting worse daily ) back.
If all the wiring harnesses and such are on my car for a plug and play......I will be looking for a black set of these asap.
Wife traveled with me the other night so both seats were on for the first time in a while.....next day i got the common problem of the seat light lighting up for about 1 second then going out. It does this on both seats and the rear shade. Checked the 32 fuse in the glove both and it was blown. replaced it and I'm back in business. Have not tried both seats together yet as i dont have an extra fuse and its to damn cold in the morning to travel without heated seats. Hopefully someone sees this though and doesnt go replacing the control for the heated seats as most of the threads i was reading first were pointing in that direction.
Wife traveled with me the other night so both seats were on for the first time in a while.....next day i got the common problem of the seat light lighting up for about 1 second then going out. It does this on both seats and the rear shade. Checked the 32 fuse in the glove both and it was blown. replaced it and I'm back in business. Have not tried both seats together yet as i dont have an extra fuse and its to damn cold in the morning to travel without heated seats. Hopefully someone sees this though and doesnt go replacing the control for the heated seats as most of the threads i was reading first were pointing in that direction.
There's a good chance you have a short in one of your seats. Since it happened with the wifey I bet it is in the passenger seat.
Main reason I originally bought a luxury car is I have a bad (and getting worse daily ) back.
If all the wiring harnesses and such are on my car for a plug and play......I will be looking for a black set of these asap.
Randy
Comfort seats were an option on E39s - they are the same as E38 comfort seats, IIRC. Whether or not the massage seats are the same dimensions, i don't know. www.realoem.com 's cross-reference bit is a good tool for finding out.
Comfort seats were an option on E39s - they are the same as E38 comfort seats, IIRC. Whether or not the massage seats are the same dimensions, i don't know. www.realoem.com 's cross-reference bit is a good tool for finding out.
They weren't an option on the E39 M5 here in the USA though.
2001 M5 LeMans Blue/Silverstone Dinan: springs, Konis, rear sway bar, monoball bushings, and exhaust;
Ground Control camber plates, Stoptech front BBK, Brake ducts opened,
Evolve AlphaN tune,
OE 9.5" rear wheels all around & 275/35-18 Pilot Super Sport
2011 M3 sedan 6MT Silverstone, no sunroof!
2006 330i sport 6MT Electric Red/Black
1996 Volvo 850R wagon
herd has been thinned, looking for some new acquisitions...non-sunroof E90 M3 = found
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