In frosty weather, it’s not very pleasant to sit on an icy car seat to start the engine - so heated seats come to the rescue. Inventive owners of the Lada Priora almost immediately began installing heated seats in their Prioras. Of course, the seat does not warm up instantly, but it noticeably saves you from frostbite. While the heater is not heating up (since the engine has not yet warmed up!) is it necessary to sit in complete cold? Factory seat heating is installed only in luxury versions of the Priora car. Installing it is not very difficult, the main thing is to connect everything correctly. Heated seats, like “Emelya”, do not need to be installed, the seat upholstery is not removed, because it is just a cover for the seats - it is inserted into the cigarette lighter - although for some reason, over time, they burn out the cigarette lighter fuse.
You can install heated seats on a Priora yourself; it will cost relatively little (compared to the fact that your health can suffer greatly from warming up a frozen car). The heated seat control unit can be installed in the Priora where it is convenient: the main thing to remember is that this is not the most necessary button when driving a car, it should not interfere with pressing other levers and buttons. Read the article to the end and your car will be warm even at minus 45.
Installation of standard seat heating on Lada Priora
The standard seat heating kit for Priora should include:
- Heating elements (4 in total, two for each seat);
- Block for the control unit with wires;
- Priora seat heating unit.
At the same time, the article number for heated seats for the Lada Priora must contain the numbers 2170 - this, as any Priora owner knows, is the model number. It is worth distinguishing the standard heating kit for Priora 2 by catalog number - in comparison with the kit for Priora 1, they are different. The entire installation of seat heating on a Priora is best described with a detailed step-by-step algorithm, which has been tested by time and other car enthusiasts:
- We remove the front seats. Remove the factory covers from the seats, which are secured with a metal spoke and three plastic latches. You can disassemble the seats without dismantling them, removing only the covers, but then the process will become a little more complicated - it will be inconvenient to deal with wiring and laying out heating elements;
- We attach heating elements to the seats - one on the lower part, the second on the backs, in the lumbar area. Some people recommend attaching it with double-sided tape, but over time it can come off. It would be safer to sew the heating element to the pillow so that it does not move out of its place;
- Pull the wires from the heating elements through the hole in the mount under the pillow (run the wires from the lumbar heating elements to the place where the seat upholstery is attached). The piece of wire that passes through the hole can be protected from chafing using some kind of plastic tube. The power plugs for all four elements are out, all that remains is to connect them;
- Disassemble the central tunnel. Buttons for heated seats will be in place of the plug near the handbrake;
- The wiring is connected strictly according to the connection diagram for heated seats. Before doing this, it is recommended to disconnect the battery from the network. We install a terminal block to the heating control unit. The (-) black wire is attached under the bolt near the handbrake. A gray-red wire (for aesthetes, it is responsible for illuminating the buttons) is connected to the lighting of the cigarette lighter rim. The red 12V wire is pulled to the mounting block. You can't do without a fuse here. Then everything goes strictly “by the numbers”. Connect pin 87 to the red wire, pin 86 to the black wire. Connect the blue-black 12 V wire to pin 85, the pink wire to pin 30. You can connect to the mounting block via cut-in clamps to hold the wires tighter;
- Reassemble the tunnel and install covers on the seats.
The standard seat heating on the Priora is guaranteed to last for several seasons if it is connected correctly. And if immediately after installation the heating does not work, it means the wiring connection was incorrect.
wiring diagram for heated seats - looks like this
Repair
Before you begin repairing heated seats, you should be aware of the reasons that can cause this malfunction. In general, there can be only three reasons causing heating burnout:
- faulty fuse;
- breakage of the heating tape inside the structure;
- control panel or switch located on the seat.
Unfortunately, in some car models, heated seats are extremely unreliable. This usually applies to budget cars - just step on the seat with your knee and a break occurs. Of course, expensive cars like Jaguar or Lexus are free from such defects, but low-budget Citroens and Renaults often have unreliable heating bands.
Checking the fuses
The normal functioning of heated seats depends on how the vehicle's on-board network works. Therefore, before diagnosing the device itself, you need to check the fuse.
The standard F33 is rated at 15 amps. This device is mounted in a block, which in most cases is installed at the bottom of the panel where the driver’s seat is. If the bulbs do not work, you will need to replace them.
Where to start restoration work
So, be prepared for the fact that the chair will have to be taken out of the car and disassembled. Of course, there are cases when everything can be solved without complete disassembly, but if, for example, the cable fails, this procedure cannot be avoided.
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To check the switch you need to remove it. Theoretically, this can be done without removing the chair. But in practice this is rarely possible to implement. The thing is that approaching the switch in many models is extremely difficult. Therefore, if you remove this spare part right in the cabin, you risk damaging the casing and the device itself.
To remove a heated seat switch that is not working, first remove the connector. In most car models, it is enough to wiggle the element a little and pull it down. But be careful, some car brands install unique types of mounts.
To release the stoppers you need to reach inside the casing with a screwdriver. Then apply some force to make the part come out. There will be three contacts here. You need to measure the resistance on the two side ones. The middle contact is responsible for the light bulb.
If the resistance is the same in all positions of the adjustment wheel, check the contacts. Perhaps they got grease on them. In this case, clean them and everything should work fine.
Checking the integrity of the heating tape
Very often, the reason why the heated driver's seat does not work is due to a break in the heating element. You can check the functionality of this part of the structure without removing the chair, but this will require thin and skillful fingers; the algorithm itself consists of the following stages:
- Recline your back as much as possible.
- You need to stick your hand into the gap between the back and the seat.
- Try to find the upholstery fasteners in the back by touch. There are usually these to the left and right of center and one more at the bottom.
- Remove the backrest trim fasteners.
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After you complete these simple manipulations, you will need to remove two connectors for heated seats, which does not work. You can remove all three if you wish. Just press the latches first. To do this, just pull down.
Pull out the connectors and check them. In this context, the strength of the resistance itself is not so important. It is enough that it simply exists. During testing you will need to check the following pins:
- two contacts on the back;
- four per pillow;
- two extreme and two middle.
Once you have discovered the place where the break occurred, you will be able to repair the heating that is not working.
Priora - analogues of heated seats
No matter how strange it may be, in stores you can’t often find analogues of the standard kit for Priora. Most often they are cheaper, but the heating elements have to be adjusted to size, and sometimes they are even trickier with the wiring. All that remains is the factory heated seats - although it costs more than its analogue, it will definitely fit on the seat, and everything will be more or less clear with the wiring.
Well, in general, here are the analogies:
- Emelya;
- Heated car cover “Heat”.
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- Glue the heating element onto the back. After this you can assemble the seats.
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- Stretch the trim. Plugs should be driven into the headrest holes using a wooden hammer.
- We stretch the fabric over the front part, and you need to pull it through the gap located on the front side. On the back part, simply pull the fabric down.
- After stretching the fabric, you should throw it on the hooks and throw the back end of the covering over them.
- Install a wire in the front part of the casing and tighten it.
- To eliminate creaking in places where the spring contacts the body, you need to wrap a layer of electrical tape. To do this, use the washer tube.
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- Secure the trim so that it does not move. You can use wire staples and plastic clamps. Secure the heating element with the same double-sided tape.
We make heated seats for a VAZ 2110 with our own hands
- Assemble the upper and lower parts, pass the wires through the hole in the foam so that they can be connected further.
We make heated seats for a VAZ 2110 with our own hands
The diagram according to which the heated seats were connected is shown in the photograph.
We make heated seats for a VAZ 2110 with our own hands
Plus" was removed from the fuse box (from its rear side) by connecting a chip to the red-blue wire.
This completes the installation of heated seats.
How to remove the front seats
Instructions for dismantling the front seats will be needed not only for installing heating. The front seats in the Priora are installed simply, and to install and disassemble them you will need several tools and strength. By the way, on the Priora 2 seats in the “Lux” configuration have become softer and more comfortable, but the adjustment is still the same - you cannot adjust the height.
There are not many instructions on how to remove the front seat, everything is simple:
First you will have to move the seats all the way back and remove the torsion bars. You will need a size 8 wrench (for five bolts securing the slide) and a size 13 wrench (for four bolts on the bracket fastenings). First you need to unscrew the bolts on the bracket, then tilt the back of the chair back as far as possible and unscrew the two bolts on the slide. After this, tilt the backrest as far forward as possible and unscrew two more bolts. The seat can be removed from the passenger compartment.
Sequencing
- We place the car on a flat platform.
- We provide priority safety measures.
- We move the driver's (passenger) wheel back until it stops, unscrew the two mounting screws to “17”.
- Move it forward until it stops, unscrew two more screws.
- Remove the terminals from the battery and turn off the ignition.
- Disconnect the limit switches.
- We remove the seat from its regular place.
- We disassemble the plastic lining.
- Remove the metal brackets and remove the heating element.
- We carry out troubleshooting of foam rubber, the metal base of the seat, and the electronics control unit. We replace worn parts, elements, and consumables.
- We assemble the structure in reverse order. Self-heating repair is completed.
How to remove the back sofa
Removing the rear row of seats is rarely done - only for cleaning or upholstery with new covers. However, also read the instructions for removing the rear sofa and keep it in mind “just in case.”
- Unclip the seat cushions on both sides (they are angular) and remove them from the passenger compartment.
- Find the locking strap above one of the backrests and pull it up. Do the same with the other back.
- Unscrew the bolts securing the armrest and remove it;
- Unscrew the bolts securing the hinges to the body.
The restyled and pre-restyled Priora, according to many car reviewers, are almost no different. But, if you dig deeper, you can find one big difference even in heating kits. In the kit for the pre-restyling version, the toggle switch works only in two modes: ON/OFF. And in the restyled version, the entire kit is designed to ensure that the heating operates in four modes: OFF, minimum, medium, maximum.
That is, the kit for the restyled version adds something that not all foreign cars have: the ability to change the degree and temperature of the seat heating. On the Priora, which was produced from 2007 to 2012, the heating elements immediately turned on to maximum.
The standard set for the Priora Restyling is also suitable for owners of the first model, because the design has not changed at all. The heating elements themselves will fit perfectly on the seats, and the wiring will be connected the same way – “according to the standard”.
You cannot neglect comfort in the car, otherwise every winter trip will become real torture. If the stove will not heat the air while the engine is warming up, then you can find other options to warm up. To do this you will have to spend half a day, but the efforts of this day will “pay off” when it is minus 25 outside.
Switch
This is a fairly common problem. The first step is to remove the connector from it (a slight wiggle and pull down is enough), then you need to press out the stoppers that are interfering with us with a screwdriver and the switch will be released. We measure the indicators between the extreme contacts. If the resistance is the same, you will have to disassemble it, this will not be difficult.
Inside we will see a board with contacts; a “slider” will move along them and close the necessary ones. This is what provides different resistance. Most likely, it will be enough to clean them from contamination
and work will resume.
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- Glue the heating element onto the back. After this you can assemble the seats.
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- Stretch the trim. Plugs should be driven into the headrest holes using a wooden hammer.
- We stretch the fabric over the front part, and you need to pull it through the gap located on the front side. On the back part, simply pull the fabric down.
- After stretching the fabric, you should throw it on the hooks and throw the back end of the covering over them.
- Install a wire in the front part of the casing and tighten it.
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- To eliminate creaking in places where the spring contacts the body, you need to wrap a layer of electrical tape. To do this, use the washer tube.
We make heated seats for a VAZ 2110 with our own hands
- Secure the trim so that it does not move. You can use wire staples and plastic clamps. Secure the heating element with the same double-sided tape.
We make heated seats for a VAZ 2110 with our own hands
- Assemble the upper and lower parts, pass the wires through the hole in the foam so that they can be connected further.
We make heated seats for a VAZ 2110 with our own hands.
The diagram according to which the heated seats were connected is shown in the photograph.
We make heated seats for a VAZ 2110 with our own hands
Plus" was removed from the fuse box (from its rear side) by connecting a chip to the red-blue wire.
This completes the installation of heated seats.
