Hi just got myself a leather manual interior with heated front seats. My car did not have heated seats, so I probably do not have that part of the loom.

I have read the guide About fitting the seats, I gather they will just plug in part from the heaters.

Where are the switches located in a stilo? Is it on the front of the seat I seem to have read that. I do not have climate. Am I correct that the heaters will work if I can take a feed to them via a switch?

Thanks

If you're fitting manually adjustable seats, the switches go in the front of the seat trim (item 2 in the diagram below). Not a very good position because they are easy to knock with a foot or leg when getting into, or just sitting in, the car. Also, the warning lights are mounted in the front of the switches, and are difficult to see when sitting in the car.

If your fitting electrically adjustable seats, the switches go in the side of the seats in front of the 3 seat/door mirror position memory buttons.

Power supply for the seat heaters comes from fuses F57 and F67 in the rear fuse box. Both fuses are 10amp, so if you fit accessory switches, they would need to be at least 10amp current capacity unless you wired the switches to the seat heaters via relays.
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Thanks for the information.

Right went to fit seats today, got the rears swapped, but the fronts have different connectors for the airbag etc...they have a sticker saying built 2002 (although I was told there newer) my car is an 05 plate.

Any advice?

What's different about the connectors?

The only difference I can think of between the early and later versions, is that after about mid 2003 the front passenger seat occupant classification sensor (OCS) was omitted. That had a 3 pin grey connector under the seat.
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Hi

The physical orange connector is different. I'll upload a pic.

02 leather into 05 cloth stilo

I have an 05 plate 3door for which I have managed to get a set of leather seats. The sticker on them says 02. I have fitted the rear, but the fronts have a different airbag socket. Can I chop and solder the connector on the car loom, as I have both parts on the new seats. Or will the actual airbags be different and throw up errors?

I have read the posts on hear but unclear about compatibility.

Thanks

redvtec said:

Hi

The physical orange connector is different. I'll upload a pic.

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Post a picture of the connector.
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. Connector on cloth seats in car

. Connector on leather seats

Are there only 2 wires in the cloth seat connector?
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Hi yes I think so trouble is there bolted in at the mo.

There's a release catch on the black plastic tray that holds the connectors. Then you can swivel it out to see the connectors better.
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is there a wireing diagram for the different years available?

I have had a look and the wireing appears to be the same colours, so I guess I can resolver the connectors, what is the big black connector is that the heater!

Davren said:

What's different about the connectors?

The only difference I can think of between the early and later versions, is that after about mid 2003 the front passenger seat occupant classification sensor (OCS) was omitted. That had a 3 pin grey connector under the seat.
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I have a 53 plate with electric/heated leather, i have all them plugs, if that helps?

wiring heated seats

I have fitted leather seats into my 1.9 JTD, they are manual, and i just chopped and resoldered on the appropriate connectors. all good.

I would like to get the heaters connected. as I don't have the wiring in place, can I just take a feed from the lighter? I was going to put a 20amp blade fuse in line, solder to the correct wire on the seat as the switch is on the seat. is that ok?

Thanks

Re: wiring heated seats

In theory as long as the beast has juice it doesn't really matter where it comes from... though you do need to make sure you only take it from a source that is capable of handling more current than the seats will draw.

Ciggie lighter is a good call although check that it is controlled via the ignition switch. I had an old (but not ancient) Alfa that didn't power off the lighter when the ignition was turned off. If Stilo is the same, it means you could leave the seats on when you've turned the ignition off... cue flat battery in the morning and/or Viking burial for the car before that happens.

I'd try to get power for the seats directly from the battery so that you can use the right gauge of wiring, fuses and switchery to suit the draw.... but use a relay that is connected to a lower ampage feed that is controlled by the ignition

Ralf S.

Re: wiring heated seats

thanks for the help

Rear fuse box

Do all 3 doors have a rear fuse box? As I want to wire up my seat heaters? If so where is it as I can't find it!

Ta