My right, rear passenger's heated seat button won't light up but the seat heater works. The dealer said they have to order the part and will call me when it comes in. Is it simply a bulb replacement? Anybody know how to replace it and which bulb works best?

 

yes... it is a bulb.. but i don tknow if they sell the bulb... its a tiny little think that is similar to the one inside the hazard light etc. but its really small..

you could put a led in it...

 

Thanks. I have to call them to see if it came in yet. Since it's just a bulb I'll try to replace it myself. No need to pay labor on such a minor things. Thanks again.

 

I have same problem with my heated seat switch. Could anyone confirm which LED or bulb is in there? Thank you very much in advance.

Andrei

 

I called the dealer last night and he said that the bulb is actually part of the switch itself, so they have to replace the whole thing. He said that they ordered a new switch assembly.

 

I wouldn't be surprised to hear that coming from a dealership. Anyhow, people have replaced their burned out orange LED with different color once. From what I remember, 3 mm LED is the one that fits in there.

Andrei

 

Thanks. I'm going to try and get one this weekend from and auto parts store and put it in.

 

Your back seats are heated? How did you manage that?

 

An option on the I35's was a cold weather package that included heated steering wheel and heated rear seats. It makes a huge difference in the winter time IMO. It's actually why I searched for an I35 over other makes. The features are top notch.

 

I ended up having the dealer replace the switch. It was at no cost under the extended warranty.

 

you can make your own too.

 

I'll do a search. Thanks Black

 

WAIT!!!! its not that easy, well maybe it is, but in theory it should be simple. i have been pondering the idea for my 98 for some time now.

 

I hate to hijack this thread, but I am very curious, it would be sweet to have rear heated seats on my 2000 I30T .

 

you can buy those seat heater kits... buy two.. and wire em up.. but you would have to take of the leather .... = (

 

Oh... I don't want to remove the leather, I thought just removing the seats would do the trick, oh well.