Q for owners of 2012 or later (seat heaters)

[matth]

I've swapped 2012 seats and switches into my 2011. I'm still fussing with wiring, but have the driver's seat working. It's wired into a fuse that, according to the fuse box cover, is for seat heaters, so Nissan must have been anticipating moving to seat heaters. However, I discovered that the fuse location is not switched to only be on if the car is on. Last night I left the seat heater on, and (since the car was plugged in), I drained the 12V battery.

My questions are:

1) are 2012 and later set up so that the heaters go off if the car is off?

2) for those who retrofitted seat heaters into 2011s, do you have a solution to prevent the little problem I ran into?

Thanks.

 

[LeftieBiker]

1) are 2012 and later set up so that the heaters go off if the car is off?

They go off with the main power in my 2013.

 

[dhanson865]

1) are 2012 and later set up so that the heaters go off if the car is off?

They go off with the main power in my 2013.

Seat and steering wheel heat turn off in my 2012 SL when I shut the car off.

I guess you'll have to run it to a different fuse but I'm not sure which one.

 

[matth]

1) are 2012 and later set up so that the heaters go off if the car is off?

They go off with the main power in my 2013.

Seat and steering wheel heat turn off in my 2012 SL when I shut the car off.

I guess you'll have to run it to a different fuse but I'm not sure which one.

I guess I can just try out the open positions to see if there are any that work. Too bad the labeled one isn't rught.

 

[cliff]

Looking at the service manual, there are 2 fuses for the seat heaters, one
for the front heaters, and another for the rear, however both fuses feed
a relay. These relays are controlled by the climate control module which
turns them on if the car is in ready mode, or if the climate control is
activated by either the timer, or remote. The high/low controls if the
multiple heaters are in series with no thermostat, or parallel with
a thermostat.

 

[matth]

Looking at the service manual, there are 2 fuses for the seat heaters, one
for the front heaters, and another for the rear, however both fuses feed
a relay. These relays are controlled by the climate control module which
turns them on if the car is in ready mode, or if the climate control is
activated by either the timer, or remote. The high/low controls if the
multiple heaters are in series with no thermostat, or parallel with
a thermostat.

Thanks. Since the 2011 doesn't come with the seat heaters, the relays probably don't exist.

 

[matth]

I've swapped 2012 seats and switches into my 2011. I'm still fussing with wiring, but have the driver's seat working. It's wired into a fuse that, according to the fuse box cover, is for seat heaters, so Nissan must have been anticipating moving to seat heaters. However, I discovered that the fuse location is not switched to only be on if the car is on. Last night I left the seat heater on, and (since the car was plugged in), I drained the 12V battery.

My questions are:

1) are 2012 and later set up so that the heaters go off if the car is off?

2) for those who retrofitted seat heaters into 2011s, do you have a solution to prevent the little problem I ran into?

Thanks.

Thanks to all. I swapped the fuse to a switched location (shared with the blower), and all seems good.