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How To: Mk5 Heated Seats Retrofit
jason_rmh:
--- Quote from: Vavlas on March 29, 2019, 09:56:55 pm ---Hello guys, i have one question and i would be thankfull if you help me
So this is the situation..
I have mk5 GTI 12/2007 year and non heated and manual Seats non leather..
And i have Got my hands on some letter seats also manual but with heated seats..
My question is, can i just connect the airbag and leave heating out. Because i have no time to make the wires now. And Will i get any errors or faults? What shoud i lookout for?
Thanx in advance. And to say that this is a verry usefull and Great forum. Pure art :congrats: :happy2:
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Hi,
Yes, you can connect the airbags as they are a separate (yellow) connector. You should already have the connector coming out of the floor under the seat for the car side, and your new seats will have the matching connector.
Connect them together.
The heated seats work on their own circuits so can be completed when you're ready :happy2:
Vavlas:
--- Quote from: jason_rmh on March 29, 2019, 10:06:46 pm ---
--- Quote from: Vavlas on March 29, 2019, 09:56:55 pm ---Hello guys, i have one question and i would be thankfull if you help me
So this is the situation..
I have mk5 GTI 12/2007 year and non heated and manual Seats non leather..
And i have Got my hands on some letter seats also manual but with heated seats..
My question is, can i just connect the airbag and leave heating out. Because i have no time to make the wires now. And Will i get any errors or faults? What shoud i lookout for?
Thanx in advance. And to say that this is a verry usefull and Great forum. Pure art :congrats: :happy2:
--- End quote ---
Hi,
Yes, you can connect the airbags as they are a separate (yellow) connector. You should already have the connector coming out of the floor under the seat for the car side, and your new seats will have the matching connector.
Connect them together.
The heated seats work on their own circuits so can be completed when you're ready :happy2:
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I have a New problem, seams that my socket doesnt match , and on them the colour od the cables are different , only Brown wire is on both
I have made a picture https://ibb.co/yNcK9wt
jason_rmh:
They should still physically connect together ok? Or are they totally different shape?
Are the seats from an earlier year golf?
Vavlas:
--- Quote from: jason_rmh on March 31, 2019, 04:52:05 pm ---They should still physically connect together ok? Or are they totally different shape?
Are the seats from an earlier year golf?
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They look similar but they do not connect physicaly... I dont know the year of the seats..
Maybe i should try to connect cables from brown Cable and then thw middle one and then the last one.. seems a bit risky , airbag could launch and by by seat 😄
By some logic the order od cables should go that way
jason_rmh:
After 2006, the airbag connectors changed, I guess the same as with the heated seat wiring.
You can leave them disconnected if you need to drive the car (you will get the airbag light on the dash which means the airbag system is disabled).
This light will need to be cleared later using VCDS.
I guess its a case of checking the wiring diagrams for pre / post 06 to seat which wires should match to which.
You could get the relevant connectors and make a convertor loom bridge between car and seat.
Or cut the connectors and connect with crimp terminals (bullet collectors).
Or you can make up a new connector with a resistor to make the car think the seat airbags are there when infact they are not connected.
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