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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: whitegtidriver on 12 January 2009, 15:02

Title: heated seats
Post by: whitegtidriver on 12 January 2009, 15:02
i noticed yesterday thats the drivers seat got uncomfortably hot to the point that i had to turn it down,is there a known fault.thanks....
Title: Re: heated seats
Post by: synnea on 12 January 2009, 15:23
Not that I know of, I rarely have mine at 4 or 5 as it does get rather hot. I normally use 2 or 3 when I need the seats on.
Title: Re: heated seats
Post by: wellzee on 12 January 2009, 17:20
Ye i've not heard of a fault regarding this. But i agree, I've never used above 3 because I find even that to be really warm. What setting do u have it on whitegti?
Title: Re: heated seats
Post by: topher on 12 January 2009, 17:21
I turned my stereo up to full volume and it began to hurt my ears.. is there a factory recall for this fault?
Title: Re: heated seats
Post by: R32UK on 12 January 2009, 17:23
I turned my stereo up to full volume and it began to hurt my ears.. is there a factory recall for this fault?

I believe the fix is to push the loud pedal faster :evil:

As a last resort you are allowed to open the windows :grin:
Title: Re: heated seats
Post by: BodyThief on 12 January 2009, 18:09
I turned my stereo up to full volume and it began to hurt my ears.. is there a factory recall for this fault?

lol!

Yes with my heated seats I only ever use setting 1, setting 2 gives me a hot ass  :wink:
Title: Re: heated seats
Post by: stealthwolf on 12 January 2009, 19:04
I use 2 or 3. Whenever anyone sits in the car for the first time, I whack it up the max and see what happens.

Girls love it!
Title: Re: heated seats
Post by: topher on 12 January 2009, 19:23
Girls love it!

Do they make the same "ooh!" sound that everyone makes when they discover the electric lumbar support?
Title: Re: heated seats
Post by: stealthwolf on 12 January 2009, 19:47
No. They haven't figured it out yet plus I don't bother telling them. They're too excited for heated seats.

The MKV Golf GTI: A p***y magnet!
Title: Re: heated seats
Post by: whitegtidriver on 12 January 2009, 20:23
setting 5...
Title: Re: heated seats
Post by: sunnylunn on 12 January 2009, 21:17
5 is hot turn, it down and it gets cooler, leave to simmer on 2 or 3 :laugh:
Title: Re: heated seats
Post by: Emeye on 12 January 2009, 21:19
No. They haven't figured it out yet plus I don't bother telling them. They're too excited for heated seats.

The MKV Golf GTI: A p***y magnet!

Piggy magnet? Yuck.  :laugh:
Title: Re: heated seats
Post by: garethmk1 on 12 January 2009, 23:00
setting 5...

Agreed - get in ED30 - and straight away setting 5 !!! Everyday !!

Title: Re: heated seats
Post by: synnea on 13 January 2009, 08:25
Just thought of a mod. Any way we can wire in some sort of timer so when we go to work in the morning if its cold heated seats will kick in 10 mins before  :laugh: :laugh: I think they might only work off the ignition though? Wonder if such a thing could be done.

A mate of mine had an old beemer 750 which had a complete timer system for the hot air to come on up to 30mins before you got in the car. Nice!
Title: Re: heated seats
Post by: No Golf Clubs at all on 13 January 2009, 08:50
In the manual there is mention of something like a pre-heating system, probably an option in Scandanavia or something.... Wish we had it too, bloody need it in Scotland....even in summer!  :laugh:
Title: Re: heated seats
Post by: synnea on 13 January 2009, 09:10
Same in N Ireland mate - I can see Scotland from some parts here!
Title: Re: heated seats
Post by: bobotheclown on 13 January 2009, 12:12
when i turned mine on for the first time, it felt like i had an accident in my trousers. haven't turned them on since.
Title: Re: heated seats
Post by: Saint Steve on 13 January 2009, 15:04
i normally find a good curry the night before and you dont even need to use the Heated seats  :wink:
Title: Re: heated seats
Post by: Steve78 on 13 January 2009, 15:27
I usually have mine on 3.  Any hotter and my ring and jacobs start to get uncomfortable...
Title: Re: heated seats
Post by: stealthwolf on 13 January 2009, 20:51
i normally find a good curry the night before and you dont even need to use the Heated seats  :wink:

Doesn't it smell tho?
Title: Re: heated seats
Post by: Greenouse on 13 January 2009, 21:06
'1' is more than enough for me!  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: heated seats
Post by: carl1 on 13 January 2009, 21:13
thats one thing i miss about my edition 30 is that the seats heat up almost instantly, leather takes about 5 mins
Title: Re: heated seats
Post by: NEWEY on 14 January 2009, 12:27
i have mine on 3 but the mrs always wacks it up to 5 when she gets in she loves them lol
Title: Re: heated seats
Post by: wellzee on 14 January 2009, 18:39
thats one thing i miss about my edition 30 is that the seats heat up almost instantly, leather takes about 5 mins

I don't find this, my leather heats up pretty much immediately. particularly at lower settings for some reason.
Title: Re: heated seats
Post by: BodyThief on 14 January 2009, 18:40
You know that heating your ass up give you piles .....
Title: Re: heated seats
Post by: stealthwolf on 14 January 2009, 19:13
No it doesn't. Muppet.
Title: Re: heated seats
Post by: TagnuT on 14 January 2009, 19:19
Took a female friend out for a run in the car. Turned the heated seat up to 5. At first she didn't say anything. A couple of minutes later she remarked that she had got a warm wet feeling on seat. At first she thought that she had wet herself and was really embaressed!!!! Oh err  Missus  :grin: :grin:
Title: Re: heated seats
Post by: carl1 on 14 January 2009, 20:06
thats one thing i miss about my edition 30 is that the seats heat up almost instantly, leather takes about 5 mins

I don't find this, my leather heats up pretty much immediately. particularly at lower settings for some reason.
yes they start heating straight away but take 5 mins to get real hot, but i noticed today that on lower setting seems to heat up quicker. But the ed30 was red hot almost straight away and used to make bolsters feel like they had gone colder as leather takes longer to heat and took 5 mins to catch up heat wise with the material center
Title: Re: heated seats
Post by: wellzee on 15 January 2009, 21:06
You know that heating your ass up give you piles .....

That was sitting on a COLD surface and it is just a rumour. There is no medical evidence to prove that this is the case.

Carl, im sure your right, as i've never had the cloth seats before. i dont really like mine being very hot as i feel like iv messed myself so thats probably why im content at the lower heat the seats give out early on.
Title: Re: heated seats
Post by: hotrod on 15 January 2009, 21:54
Hi guys... Mine set usually on 3, occasionally on 5 if it’s brass monkeys. I had a heated seat base replaced in my old 4-Motion it got very hot you could smell burning. Easy to do but not cheap. I couldn’t live without heated seats now.  ps I’ve got piles  :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:
Title: Re: heated seats
Post by: BodyThief on 16 January 2009, 18:37
You'll all end up with a bunch of grapes hanging out yer asses you just see! 
Title: Re: heated seats
Post by: Golfgirl on 17 January 2009, 17:22
I usually keep mine on between 2-3 but whack it up to 5 when I get in the car and it's really cold.  My old car had leather seats and I found that I needed it on 4-5 most of the time but with the cloth seats they seem to get hotter.