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Old 05-02-2021, 10:08 PM
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You're probably right since my front driver's seat burned lol
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Old 05-03-2021, 08:29 AM
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I guess the rear seats are on a separate circuit.
So I measured resistance on two connectors that go to the rear back rest. On one the resistance is 24.84 and on the other one 044.1
I'm no electrician but 044.1 seems like too little resistance? Those wires should be negative and positive, so the resistance should be infinite, since negative and positive shouldn't be touching each other, at least as far as I can tell! Not sure if 24.84 is acceptable though.

All fixed now. The problem was that I didn't connect the seat bench, just connected the back rests and I guess it needed the bench plug to be connected to close the circuit.

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Old 11-11-2021, 09:24 AM
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Hello, I have the same e53 2004 facelift version, I'm interested in what I need to install rear seat heating? Is it possible to put heaters in the seats myself without buying new seats (and if you can leave me a link from those heaters that should work well on a 2-stage heating switch)?
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Old 11-11-2021, 05:03 PM
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You can find seats at a salvage yard. Is your car pre wired? You need the switches to turn on the rear heated seats. Check under your carpet by driver's seat, there should be a connector. Can you find it?
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Yes I have a connector, is it possible to put heaters in these seats now and it works properly


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Old 11-11-2021, 05:38 PM
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Yep just connect a heated seat to the connector under the rear seats and connect the two switches to the connectors. You'll be good to go
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You didn’t understand me, I would buy aftermarket seat heaters and install them in my seats if possible. I don't know if all the heaters can work on this installation in the car (more precisely it confuses me that the switches in the car have 2 heating stages so I don't know how it affects the heaters, does it just increase the voltage when it is compressed 2 times or)?


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Old 11-13-2021, 01:49 AM
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I would think that it increases voltage for more heat.
I'm sorry I can't help with aftermarket heaters for the seats, never tried those.
I'd suggest getting used rear seats, then it's plug and play. That's what I did. They're super cheap at salvage yards.
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Old 11-13-2021, 11:24 AM
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I'd suggest getting used rear seats, then it's plug and play. That's what I did. They're super cheap at salvage yards.
Yeah. Do that.

Most rear seats are in great condition and you'll save yourself the trouble of trying to match amperage to the car so you don't start the car on fire!
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Old 11-13-2021, 11:27 AM
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i will try to find a car scrap, that would be best


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