Heated Seat Mod?
 

My butt portion of the drivers seat heater doesn't work. I was looking into fixing it and was wondering if anyone has modded theirs so that they have a separate switch for the butt portion. That way I could control both sections, back and butt, separately.

BTW, I'm a mechanical engineer and know only the basics about electrical systems.

Anyone done it? Any ideas to make it happen?

I can't really help with isolating the seat from the back with switches, but have you seen this walk-through to possibly fix the seat portion?

Fix Your Heated Seat

i dont think my butt portion works either

mine doesn't either but there's NO way I'm trying that walkthrough. My ass can warm up the old-fashioned way

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If you read that whole thread some guys were also just reaching in and tugging the heat element out enough to re solder the wire. Sounds like the route I will be trying.

I have a question from another angle: Neither front seat heater is working. I get illumination at the two switches, so there must be power there. Is there a relay somewhere which sends the heavy duty current to those toaster grids? Seems like there must be a problem other than broken wiring. I don't think anyone has sat in that passenger seat for more than 5000 miles!

The butt portion on the drivers side of our Outback doesn't work...but all the other sections work. Its so annoying, guess we'll be doing the mod to fix that.