Hey folks,
Over the weekend I decided to fit ED30 front seats I had purchased, and bought a Kufatec heating seat loom & climatronic unit with heated seat function.
Let's just say over the last 2 days, it's been 'developing' between fitting the seats and getting the wiring loom under the mats etc, it was a case of spending a couple of hours, then going back, and in the case of yesterday, sod all thanks to the rain (need to have driver door open to get to fusebox etc!)
And so today, I had a day off work, and it would mark the day of wiring the electrical side of things up! (Fusebox area).
It was always the part I dreaded!
I went with the following in the end
Thick Red / White Wire - Fuse box port 37 (then fitted 30 amp fuse to this port for heated seats).
Thick Grey Wire - Fuse box port 44 (Then fitted 20 amp fuse to this port - it wasn't in use, according to the fuse guide its for 'Towing Recognition Control Module (not for rear battery)30a
) So hopefully it will work else i'll no doubt have to change the sodding thing lol.
Thin Grey Wire - Fuse box port 34 (Then fitted 15 amp fuse).
Unfortunately that sounds smooth sailing but it wasn't really... But this was the main problem, fitting the single white cable to the Central electrics module, Module 'C' Pin 1
Well, after trying to get the sodding plug out, I finally managed it, slid the pink pin locking thing out the way, and pushed the white cable pin in socket 1.
...Then I couldn't get the thing back in!!! I tried and tried, gave Lee (apollo13) a call and in my haste it looked like i'd put the pin in the wrong way round.
Well, could I get the thing out? No! I tried everything, paper clips, pins, flat mini- screwdrivers, nothing, in the end, I pulled the b*****d thing out with rage! And then used long nose pliers to pull the remaining connector out!
I did that, as I needed the car tommorow so I couldn't afford more time with daylight quickly dissapearing.
Anyway, I couldn't get the plug C back into the electronics module! Even then without the white cable! I checked for bent pins, nearly broke my back trying to look up there lol, but after lots of swearing, the plug went back on, although ironically, I now wonder whether that was always the case, and that the white wire may have always been in the right position, a lesson learned for me there - but a stubborn connector all the same.
So now, im left with it all wired in, bar that one white wire to the central electric module, i've cover the bare end with insulation tape and will seek out on Lee's advice a VW Repair wire (any part numbers for this anyone? Or is it something the parts guy SHOULD know?) and will put a new end on the white wire and try again.
I did a scan on VCDS afterwards just to see if it brought any fault codes, and all I got was this;
Address 09 : Cent. Elect.
1 Fault found
02092 - Enabling Heated Seat
009 Open or Short to Ground
Assume this is just simply due to the heated seats being enabled in the CCM but not actually connected up?
So the theory behind all this is, IF I manage to get that white connector in the CEM, it should just all work...Providing those fusebox locations I've used are ok.
One thing I will say, is I noticed that the plugs on the seats, didn't neccasarily have matching pins, to the plugs in the wiring loom from Kufatec...I did order a 2007 loom for 2007 Seats though...?
A definate MASSIVE Thanks to Lee (Apollo13) :happy2:for helping me out over the last weekend on the phone - much appreciated mate!!!
Sean
