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I recently bought a nice brooklands green XJ6. I am newbie to Jaguar cars to be honest. I have owned few Rover cars and have some skills with cars already.
my first question is: How do I tell I have front heated seats in my car ? I am confused because I have the switches on the panel present as well as the fuses are in them place.
When I press the heat button I can’t hear no relay click, nor the light is on on the switch.
It’s a basic xj6 model so I am afraid that somebody just replaced the panel before me and I am hunting a ghost. Or maybe, it’s just faulty…
So, is there some easy way how to reckognise heated seats ? Some particular loom or relays under the seat or somewhere ? Only drivers seat is electric - up/down
So. Switching the relay did the trick. I hear it switching, the light on the button is ON. BUT I don't think the seat is actually heating. It ran for about 5 minutes and I didn't notice any significant difference. I guess there are no elements in the seats and the clocks were changed because of failed display.
Look under the seat for a bright yellow two-pin connector. If it is vacant, you don't have the elements. (well, for 1995/96 the connector is yellow - I confess to not having checked my '97 for such.)
If it is connected, then you probably have the heating element but it has failed.
Hi aholbro1, thanks for input. There is 1 small yellow 2 pin connector under each seat, connected into it's place. I was wonder why there was that much wires under passengers seat (especially) when it's completely manual.
Anyway, I put the relay under passenger this time. All is working but still no heat after about 10 minutes. I don't know if both elements has died... I haven't tried that with both relays in place yet, but I doubt it matters.
my leather seats are in really good shape still I think.
As motorcarman suggest:
What if I put in place both of these relays as I only tried that with only one in place at a time. Maybe the series is not complete like that ? I have to get spare relays then first.