DIY: Fix your broken seat warmer (pics)

[brian6string]

Just a quick post for anyone else having this issue. Thanks to all above who posted repair info. I was able to do this repair, as described above, without removing the seat at all. In my case, removing the seat was just not happening. Mine is a 2010, I'm the original owner and have never removed the seats. No luck getting the torx bolts out. But honestly, it was just as easy to do this with the seat in place, so here's how it went for me, maybe someone else will find this helpful.

Go into the back seat. Fold the front drivers side seat forward. On the back of your drivers seat, near the bottom, you can pull out a tab on the left and right edge of the seat....the tabs are about 4" long. Reach up ther and pull the tail of the zipper that you can see that goes up towards the top of the seat back. Unzip each zipper. Now the middle section is similarly held in place with a tab, the easiest thing is to slide it out to the side, either side. You can now lift up the middle section exposing the seat interior foam. Near the bottom, in the center, you'll see two wires going into the seat back, a blue and a pink or red one. If you have the same problem as everyone else here, you should be able to pull the red wire thru the whole because it is broken.

Now, with a little gentle pushing, you can work the bottom tab from the seat thru to the front side of the seat. It may help to get out of the back seat and recline the seat a little. Once you've pushed that thru, pull it up and you can see where the red and blue wires attach to the seat warmer. They used hot glue or such to close up the felt here so you may need to peel it apart to get to the other end of your broken red wire. Use your fingers to do this, a sharp tool risks damaging the wires further or the warmer itself. Once you've fished out the broken wire, you basically need to splice in a new piece of wire from this side, then attach the other end to the red wire in the back of the seat. Put the seat back together in revers of how you took it apart, and you're done. Took me less than an hour, once I cracked the code of how the upholstery is fastened together.

[StlRomAniaN]

I did this yesterday, as I was having a problem with my driver seat not heating up. I found the pinched pink wire near the element. I soldered both wires, blue and pink, and now I get heat in my seat. Here is the problem: only the bottom works with no heat in the backrest. Any ideas Camaro5 fam.?

[StlRomAniaN]

Quick bump.

[spyderbuddy]

Yep two friggin Inches from the heater matte, had to take half the seat apart to get to it, both the wire had broke.
Stripped the wires and solderd them back together.
Worked get now.

Love this web site, you can about find anything on it to fix, modify or even how to clean your Camaro.

[spyderbuddy]

Originally Posted by StlRomAniaN

I did this yesterday, as I was having a problem with my driver seat not heating up. I found the pinched pink wire near the element. I soldered both wires, blue and pink, and now I get heat in my seat. Here is the problem: only the bottom works with no heat in the backrest. Any ideas Camaro5 fam.?

check that you plugged it back in, plus the heat matte in the back may be bad.

[StlRomAniaN]

Originally Posted by spyderbuddy

check that you plugged it back in, plus the heat matte in the back may be bad.

I ended up buying a new heating element. So much easier and relatively cheap. Plug and play.


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[camguynj]

Originally Posted by StlRomAniaN

I ended up buying a new heating element. So much easier and relatively cheap. Plug and play.


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[IlikeMyCamaro]

Originally Posted by brian6string

Just a quick post for anyone else having this issue. Thanks to all above who posted repair info. I was able to do this repair, as described above, without removing the seat at all. In my case, removing the seat was just not happening. Mine is a 2010, I'm the original owner and have never removed the seats. No luck getting the torx bolts out. But honestly, it was just as easy to do this with the seat in place, so here's how it went for me, maybe someone else will find this helpful.

Go into the back seat. Fold the front drivers side seat forward. On the back of your drivers seat, near the bottom, you can pull out a tab on the left and right edge of the seat....the tabs are about 4" long. Reach up ther and pull the tail of the zipper that you can see that goes up towards the top of the seat back. Unzip each zipper. Now the middle section is similarly held in place with a tab, the easiest thing is to slide it out to the side, either side. You can now lift up the middle section exposing the seat interior foam. Near the bottom, in the center, you'll see two wires going into the seat back, a blue and a pink or red one. If you have the same problem as everyone else here, you should be able to pull the red wire thru the whole because it is broken.

Now, with a little gentle pushing, you can work the bottom tab from the seat thru to the front side of the seat. It may help to get out of the back seat and recline the seat a little. Once you've pushed that thru, pull it up and you can see where the red and blue wires attach to the seat warmer. They used hot glue or such to close up the felt here so you may need to peel it apart to get to the other end of your broken red wire. Use your fingers to do this, a sharp tool risks damaging the wires further or the warmer itself. Once you've fished out the broken wire, you basically need to splice in a new piece of wire from this side, then attach the other end to the red wire in the back of the seat. Put the seat back together in revers of how you took it apart, and you're done. Took me less than an hour, once I cracked the code of how the upholstery is fastened together.

Hey I ran into a problem with my drivers side heated seats recently too and this information without having to take out the actual seat itself was extremely useful and saved me a lot of time!

Gotta love this forum for all its great info and help!

[SummitWhite11]

Originally Posted by brian6string

Just a quick post for anyone else having this issue. Thanks to all above who posted repair info. I was able to do this repair, as described above, without removing the seat at all. In my case, removing the seat was just not happening. Mine is a 2010, I'm the original owner and have never removed the seats. No luck getting the torx bolts out. But honestly, it was just as easy to do this with the seat in place, so here's how it went for me, maybe someone else will find this helpful.

Go into the back seat. Fold the front drivers side seat forward. On the back of your drivers seat, near the bottom, you can pull out a tab on the left and right edge of the seat....the tabs are about 4" long. Reach up ther and pull the tail of the zipper that you can see that goes up towards the top of the seat back. Unzip each zipper. Now the middle section is similarly held in place with a tab, the easiest thing is to slide it out to the side, either side. You can now lift up the middle section exposing the seat interior foam. Near the bottom, in the center, you'll see two wires going into the seat back, a blue and a pink or red one. If you have the same problem as everyone else here, you should be able to pull the red wire thru the whole because it is broken.

Now, with a little gentle pushing, you can work the bottom tab from the seat thru to the front side of the seat. It may help to get out of the back seat and recline the seat a little. Once you've pushed that thru, pull it up and you can see where the red and blue wires attach to the seat warmer. They used hot glue or such to close up the felt here so you may need to peel it apart to get to the other end of your broken red wire. Use your fingers to do this, a sharp tool risks damaging the wires further or the warmer itself. Once you've fished out the broken wire, you basically need to splice in a new piece of wire from this side, then attach the other end to the red wire in the back of the seat. Put the seat back together in revers of how you took it apart, and you're done. Took me less than an hour, once I cracked the code of how the upholstery is fastened together.

Seems to me this is a common problem and should be recalled? I have a 2010 and just learned now that my drivers side heated seat does not work. Jeez. I will try to tackle this myself whenever I find the time. Otherwise, off to the dealership it goes.

[SpikesRS]

Thanks for the thread
Fixed mine today, the pink wire was broken in half in the upper seat. I stripped the braided wire and soldered it. It took 30 minutes to fix, there is no need to remove the seat.

My bum shall be warm again...

[SummitWhite11]

Originally Posted by SpikesRS

Thanks for the thread
Fixed mine today, the pink wire was broken in half in the upper seat. I stripped the braided wire and soldered it. It took 30 minutes to fix, there is no need to remove the seat.

My bum shall be warm again...

Thats great! I will try that when I have some free time.


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[hplsromantic_90@yahoo.com]

Just did this today and fixed my passenger side. However, my drivers side still does the same thing. Any chance I screwed it up or the wire is broken elsewhere?


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[paulsandhu]

wow I can't wait to try this! my car is way out of warranty and my GM dealer wanted a couple of hundred bucks to fix this.

[Tommi]

I know this is old thread, but this helped me to fix the seat warmer in my 2010ss. Maybe 1hour work and no seat removal needed. Thanks guys for sharing the info!