Hot Seat - Land Rovers Only

rodnok · 01-28-2007, 09:52 AM

Mornin' All...first post. I'll get fotos up as soon as I find a disc for my ancient Mavica. In the meantime, my wifes '01 DII driver seat bottom heater gets so hot you have to turn it off or burn the back of your legs. Any ideas as to the problem? I'm on a retirement income now so I can't do the "replace parts until something fixes it" routine. Also, has anybody successfully removed that rediculous SAI sytem? I did the head gaskets on hers last summer and all those hard rubber and metal lines really made it a chore, especially getting the coil pack bolted back in.

roverwest · 01-28-2007, 12:58 PM

Mine did the same thing and then quit working. It is more than likely the heating element in the seat. Other people have had it burn a whole through the leather. It isn't a terrible job, if you've done heads, you can do this.

Chris

Rovin4life · 01-28-2007, 02:24 PM

hog ring pliers make the job easier.

wolf · 01-28-2007, 07:45 PM

mine burnt out also

, can a novice fix this? and if so any instructions anywhere?

scotth · 01-28-2007, 08:09 PM

Same here. I took the leather off my seat and it had burnt a hole in the foam and almost burned through the leather. Mine also stopped working after this. Any idea who sells a replacement element?

roverwest · 01-28-2007, 09:19 PM

If you search around on discoweb.org there is a tech section on replacing them. There is also a guy on there that sells them.
Chris

RJG18 · 01-31-2007, 02:56 PM

Same here. 2001 DII, seat heaters burnt out and no-longer work.

stb616 · 02-09-2007, 08:07 PM

If you're seat is getting hot, I would suggest that you stop using the heater. Mine did this and after only couple short times being on it burned the foam AND screwed up the leather.

As far as a fix goes you'd have to be able to "skin your seat" I'd just take it in, ask a body shop who does this sort work them and avoid the stealership because they sub this work out anyway- at least mine did.

01-28-2007, 09:52 AM	#1 (permalink)
rodnok Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: High Rolls, NM Posts: 3 Gallery: 0	Hot Seat Mornin' All...first post. I'll get fotos up as soon as I find a disc for my ancient Mavica. In the meantime, my wifes '01 DII driver seat bottom heater gets so hot you have to turn it off or burn the back of your legs. Any ideas as to the problem? I'm on a retirement income now so I can't do the "replace parts until something fixes it" routine. Also, has anybody successfully removed that rediculous SAI sytem? I did the head gaskets on hers last summer and all those hard rubber and metal lines really made it a chore, especially getting the coil pack bolted back in.

01-28-2007, 02:24 PM	#3 (permalink)
Rovin4life Former NAS LR TECH, Current AUS LR TECH Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: DOWN UNDER Posts: 1,884 Gallery: 0	hog ring pliers make the job easier. __________________ I work on Rovers. Got a question just ask.

01-28-2007, 07:45 PM	#4 (permalink)
wolf Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Oakville Posts: 780 Gallery: 4	mine burnt out also , can a novice fix this? and if so any instructions anywhere? __________________ Remember, we're there too.

01-28-2007, 08:09 PM	#5 (permalink)
scotth Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: south carolina usa Posts: 149 Gallery: 0	Same here. I took the leather off my seat and it had burnt a hole in the foam and almost burned through the leather. Mine also stopped working after this. Any idea who sells a replacement element? __________________ 99 Disco 2 Kinversand ACE and SLS with 18's brushguard and 265/60/18's installed Hood blackout kit RTE 2 inch lift Future Mods: TJM winch bumper,roofrack

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01-28-2007, 12:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
roverwest Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 50 Gallery: 0	Mine did the same thing and then quit working. It is more than likely the heating element in the seat. Other people have had it burn a whole through the leather. It isn't a terrible job, if you've done heads, you can do this. Chris

01-28-2007, 09:19 PM	#6 (permalink)
roverwest Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 50 Gallery: 0	If you search around on discoweb.org there is a tech section on replacing them. There is also a guy on there that sells them. Chris

01-31-2007, 02:56 PM	#7 (permalink)
RJG18 Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Sussex, England Posts: 27 Gallery: 0	Same here. 2001 DII, seat heaters burnt out and no-longer work.

02-09-2007, 08:07 PM	#8 (permalink)
stb616 Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 79 Gallery: 0	If you're seat is getting hot, I would suggest that you stop using the heater. Mine did this and after only couple short times being on it burned the foam AND screwed up the leather. As far as a fix goes you'd have to be able to "skin your seat" I'd just take it in, ask a body shop who does this sort work them and avoid the stealership because they sub this work out anyway- at least mine did.

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