Coolieman1220

09 was roasty toasty, 12 is meh.

i know, i have both

Rupesh

Jjandersonn - what did you find out? The explanation of seat temps being relative to the cabin temperature seems clever and sophisticated if it works.

tenspeed

You can check it with a meter.

Power into the temperature control should be around 12 volts.
Power out of the temperature control (on High) should be 12 volts.
Power into the seat to the heater should be 12 volts.
Ohms to ground should be zero on the ground wire.

It's a simple 12 volt DC circuit. If you're not seeing full power, there's a resistance in the line.

DrasonDC

I just tried that and and was disappointed. The cabin heated up far faster than the seats and I had to turn the cabin temperature down before I felt any appreciable improvement in the seat heaters.

johncaravello

I don't get it. Do you guys want to be able to keep your chicken parm heros hot on those seats? I have to turn my seat heater either down or off after 10 minutes or else I'd end up with fromunda cheese! (Please don't ask what that is) Maybe I'm just not in tune to the finer things in life like toasted buns.

rez

Seats hardly warm up on setting of 6 even with cabin temp set to HI on this '12 q5

hmn4858

You know when the weather starts to warm up in the spring and you get into your car at the end of the day and there's a slight warmth to the seats that's barely noticeable but you think hey winter is over? That's what my seats feel like on 6. No difference with heat on HI either.

wreck111

From what I was told the seat heaters had been turned down on Audi products ( not VW) sometime around June of 2009. People that have had older Audi products can see the difference. VW's still get hot.

johncaravello

It may be possible that they turned them down to prolong their lifes. The heater itself is a costly part, add the labor of unskinning and reskinning the seat and the hours and cost adds up. The passenger seat heater burned out in our Acura and they wanted over $800 to replace it.

cbr2885

Ours get pretty hot fairly quickly in a 12' 3.2 Q5.