driver side seat warmer
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First it needs to be diagnosed
Depending on the dealer's hourly rate and how much time it takes the tech to diagnose it, could be anywhere from $150-$300 in diag alone, maybe more. Then there is the labor to replace the faulty part, which could be a switch, the heating element (may have to replace the entire seat cover) or the wiring.
In short, bring your money.
In short, bring your money.
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Take the switch out and put an ohmmeter across the contacts on the back of it
and move the dial, the resistance value should change uniformly across the selectable range. I don't know which 2 contacts off the top of my head, refer to the wiring diagram for that info.
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Thread-jack... question for you on buTT warmers --->
I have a set of seats that I was planning to put into my 1961 International 4wd truck --- long story don't ask. 
Anyway, is the heating a simple hook up? Without looking at the wire diag. yet I have no idea, but I thought you may know off teh top-o-your-head. Is it like 12V at high, 10V, 8V, 6v on down the lower the switch goes or is a relay on-off timed cycle to get the varying heat settings or ???????????
Thanks for any info. If you're not sure I can look it up in my Bentley manual anyway. Thanks man!
Anyway, is the heating a simple hook up? Without looking at the wire diag. yet I have no idea, but I thought you may know off teh top-o-your-head. Is it like 12V at high, 10V, 8V, 6v on down the lower the switch goes or is a relay on-off timed cycle to get the varying heat settings or ???????????
Thanks for any info. If you're not sure I can look it up in my Bentley manual anyway. Thanks man!
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There is a repair procedure for the urS heaters on S-cars.org that includes a diagnostic.
It's close enough that you could probably fix it yourself. Figure on about a hundred bucks for the most common failure: bottom heater elements.
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