ELECTRICAL
Heated front seats are a new feature for 2002MY and are available as part of a cold climate pack on Td5 engine
variants only. The heated seats system comprises, two latching switches, a seat relay and heater elements.
The latching switches are located in the fascia. Each switch individually controls its related seat heater elements.
Each switch contains a tell tale lamp to indicate when the seat heaters are active. There is no timer function for the
seat heater operation and the seat heaters will remain active for as long as the switch is latched in and the ignition
is in position II.
The seat heater relay is located in the passenger compartment fuse box and shares its supply and operation with
the front window lift system. The relay receives a permanent battery voltage supply via fusible links 1 and 3 in the
under seat fuse box and fuse 28 in the satellite fuse box. The relay coil is connected to the ignition switch via fuse
7
in the passenger compartment fuse box and an earth point. When the ignition switch is moved to position II, the
relay coil is energised and the contacts close. Power is supplied from the relay to each of the seat heater
switches.
The heater elements are fitted in the seat cushion and squab on the drivers and passenger front seats and are
wired in series. The wiring looms for the elements is long enough to allow the seat squab to be lifted for access to
the under seat fuse box or the storage bin/battery without straining the wiring. The centre seat, if fitted, does not
have heater elements.
The cushion element receives the feed from the switch and contains a thermostatically controlled switch. When
the element temperature reaches 37 ± 3°C (98 ± 3°F) the thermostat cuts the supply to the cushion and squab
elements for that seat. As the temperature of the element falls to 28 ± 3°C (82 ± 3°F), the thermostat will close the
switch contacts allowing power to flow to both elements causing them to heat up again. In this way the thermostat
maintains the cushion and squab element temperatures between the figures stated.
DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION
23
| Categories | Land Rover, Land Rover Defender |
|---|---|
| Tags | Land Rover |
| Model Year | 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 |
| Download File |
|
| Document Type | Workshop Manual |
| Language | English |
| Product Name | Defender |
| Product Brand | Land Rover |
| Document File Type | |
| Publisher | landrover.com |
| Wikipedia's Page | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_Rover |
| Copyright | Attribution Non-commercial |
(0 votes, average: 0 out of 5)