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hey... i discovered the heated seat fix in the foroms and decided today to tackel the ones in my 2001 sle but... i currently have the drivers seat all apart but cant seem to find any loose connections or broken wires... any ideas what else would cause them not to work... they come on for about 2 seconds and then go right back out..???

Look harder, its in there somewhere.

kk... ive checked both seats and the only thing i could find was some bare wire showing on the passengers side so i cut the wire stripped it and then sautered it but still nothing... i even pulled off most of the backrest thinking it might be the connection on the pad there but all the wires are run right till where they're glued in....idk i guess i shouldnt of tackeled it lol.. its frustrating the heck outta me cuz everything looks almost perfect to where they are supposed to be run..

If you know how to use an ohm meter, now would be the time to use it.

I thought the same thing initially when I opened mine up. A little more digging helped me find the culprit(S)

ok... thank you guys for the help. I really appreciate it... So if theres no obvious breaks, what should i be looking for??

kk...sooo after going over the passengers seat for a while i was able to find 2 different breaks in the really small wires that have no coating on them.... i sautered them and then turned it on and vuellla it works.... butt after about like 20 seconds my seat starts smoking lol.... so i have no clue what to do now... lol

After you fixed it, you probably had some wires touching that weren't supposed to... you've fried the entire system now and its not repairable. Either live with no heated seats, or find some new seats.

They still work but smoke after 20sec each time or now they dont work? If they keep working and smoking then you just have to find out what is shorted, prolly something you already soldered. Hope so man!!

Ohh ya they still work just im not to fond of fire since my intake blew up and cought fire a couple years ago and did 3500 worth of damage to my car lol