Heated drivers seat stopped working 2001 Jetta

poohna · 11-06-2003, 12:10 AM

2 years 4 months--and allot of trouble -now my seat will not work --the passenger seat still works--are their 2 fuses for the seats or one?- I can only find one for the seats

HeirMuench · 11-09-2003, 09:25 AM

Most of the time this is caused by a broken circuit in the seat bottom heated seat circuit. you havve to unplug the heated seat from under the seat and run a resistance test. If there is an open circuit, you need to replace the heat element, if it is not open, usually the switch is bad.

poohna · 11-10-2003, 03:03 AM

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Originally Posted by poohna

2 years 4 months--and allot of trouble -now my seat will not work --the passenger seat still works--are their 2 fuses for the seats or one?- I can only find one for the seats

thank you for the help---I had thought about doing the switch testing--but did not think about how to do it.

butterball · 11-17-2005, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by HeirMuench

Most of the time this is caused by a broken circuit in the seat bottom heated seat circuit. you havve to unplug the heated seat from under the seat and run a resistance test. If there is an open circuit, you need to replace the heat element, if it is not open, usually the switch is bad.

how do you run a resistance test...? I'm having the same problem

veedubmechanic · 11-17-2005, 10:00 PM

take out the switch for the passenger seat and and plug it into the driver side harness.. if the seat doesnt get hot you need to replace the heater pad.
there is a recall out for your car for driver side seat heater. if the pad is burned you get it replaced for free.. along with the recall

surf1996 · 12-11-2005, 06:05 PM

Where did you find out about the recall on the seats? I can not find anything anywhere and my driver seat is toast (no pun intended).

Thanks

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Originally Posted by veedubmechanic

take out the switch for the passenger seat and and plug it into the driver side harness.. if the seat doesnt get hot you need to replace the heater pad.
there is a recall out for your car for driver side seat heater. if the pad is burned you get it replaced for free.. along with the recall

veedubmechanic · 12-14-2005, 11:09 PM

call the vw dealer near you.. if your pad is toast they will replace the pad for free when doing recall (if its burned a hold through) thats what the recalls for

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