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supershuttle

Member Since: 20 Mar 2011
Location: Lancashire
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2013 Range Rover Autobiography SDV8 Luxor

Heated Seat.

My previous rangie 2007 got the heated seats really hot really quickly .
My newer MY2010 seems
a. to be slow
b. to not get very hot
c. maybe even intermittent
Anyone got any thoughts? Geoff

26th Nov 2014 6:12pm

alanm_3

Member Since: 19 Feb 2011
Location: my House, unless I’m not at home, in which case I’m somewhere else.
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2017 Range Rover Autobiography SDV8 Loire Blue

Maybe it's because you've now got climate seats, rather than heated seats? They heat in a different way........... Got - 2017 SDV8 Autobiography in Loire Blue
Had- 2008 TDV8 Vogue SE in Java black
Had - 2007 S/C in Stornoway Grey

26th Nov 2014 6:45pm

supershuttle

Member Since: 20 Mar 2011
Location: Lancashire
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Ah so my big fat backside maybe is already hot enough Geoff

26th Nov 2014 7:16pm

Andy B

Member Since: 03 Apr 2012
Location: West Malling
Posts: 1223

Noticed the same Geoff. The 2006 heated really quickly, but the latest takes a while to warm up. On the upside, the heated steering wheel gets toasty much quicker SDV8 AB MY 2019
SDV8 VSE MY 2015 - Gone
5.0 S/C AB MY 2010 - Gone
4.2 S/C VSE MY 2006 - Gone

26th Nov 2014 7:18pm

northernmonkeyjones

Member Since: 24 Mar 2012
Location: derby
Posts: 8500

2016 Range Rover Autobiography SDV8 Santorini Black

noticed that too on my replacement nappa wheel, heats really fast. SO hot hands and bum, can't say fairer than that There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
FFRR 4.4 SDV8 Autobiography Santorini Black.
Fiat 500x 1.4 multiair Lounge 2015
2010 LR D4 Commercial 2.7 TDV6

26th Nov 2014 7:32pm

Andy B

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Location: West Malling
Posts: 1223

Hot hands, cold arse....we all have compromises in life! SDV8 AB MY 2019
SDV8 VSE MY 2015 - Gone
5.0 S/C AB MY 2010 - Gone
4.2 S/C VSE MY 2006 - Gone

26th Nov 2014 7:34pm

RRUK
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2019 Range Rover Vogue SE SDV8 Santorini Black

Because the climate seats are air heated and cooled the engine needs warmth to heat your backside. Discovery 4 HSE
1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF
1982 Series 3 Hard Top

*Gone:L462 D5 HSE LUX, L663 Defender 110 HSE, Discovery 3 HSE, 2014MY Range Rover Sport 5.0 Supercharged AB Dynamic; L405 Exec Vogue SE 4.4, 5.0 Supercharged Autobiography, Defender TDCi XS CSW, Defender TD5 HT, Vogue SE TDV8, Vogue TD6, RRSport SC 4.2V8, Classic 3.9 Vogue Auto, Land Rover Series 3 SWB

26th Nov 2014 7:35pm

supershuttle

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Location: Lancashire
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Thanks all, obviously patience and RTFM are required. I have a supplementary question for those with later models - when the A/C dial is set to Auto the lights round the dial (fan speed) don't illuminate, they did on my 2007 and the aforementioned manual isn't clear -is this correct? Geoff

26th Nov 2014 8:06pm

Katash

Member Since: 10 Apr 2011
Location: Hereford
Posts: 700

2007 Range Rover Supercharged 4.2 SC V8 Zermatt Silver

IIRC Climactic seats are indeed air heated / cooled but the air is blown over a peltier cell to generate heat / cold and is not part of the heater matrix air circuit.

26th Nov 2014 9:54pm

Googsy

Member Since: 02 Jun 2011
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Maybe you should just go commando Present :2008 TDV8 HSE
Gone Audi A5 2.7TDI
Gone Discovery 3 HSE
Gone Mercedes CLK
Gone Range Rover 2.5 DSE

27th Nov 2014 12:19am

supershuttle

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Location: Lancashire
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Conor,
Your reply, though funny, might result in me freezing my off Geoff

27th Nov 2014 8:59am

ajac8

Member Since: 04 Oct 2011
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Posts: 1652

2013 Range Rover Autobiography SDV8 Baltic Blue

supershuttle wrote:
Thanks all, obviously patience and RTFM are required. I have a supplementary question for those with later models - when the A/C dial is set to Auto the lights round the dial (fan speed) don't illuminate, they did on my 2007 and the aforementioned manual isn't clear -is this correct?

Yep my 2011 is exactly the same. Assuming thats how it should be. 405 AB exec seats Baltic and Cirrus
93 RR Classic efi

Remember it's easier to get forgiveness than permission!

Gone in order:
4.4 TDV8 SE - gone to a good home
93 Classic hard dash Plymouth Blue
03 L322 Oslo Blue
2000 Disco TD5 ES Epsom Green
98 P38 Rioja Red
89 Classic Cairngorm Brown

5th Dec 2014 5:32pm

supershuttle

Member Since: 20 Mar 2011
Location: Lancashire
Posts: 3767

Having now driven a few miles in Arctic conditions I can confirm that the seat warms up slow and the steering wheel fast.

Both are great in their own way Geoff

5th Dec 2014 6:09pm

Cam-Tech-Craig

Member Since: 03 Aug 2011
Location: Gloucestershire
Posts: 16268

2015 Range Rover SVAutobiography SDV8 Loire Blue

RRUK wrote:
Because the climate seats are air heated and cooled the engine needs warmth to heat your backside.

Adam, there is a separate heater/cooler unit for both the backrest and the base... Neither of which has anything to do with the engine temps sir...

Geoff, There is an air filter for each unit (4 in total) they are changed as part of a service (can't remember which one at this time of night) So, maybe a blocked air filter?

One filter is under the front of both seats (a white foam disc filter) the other one is behind the map pocket in the backrest...

5th Dec 2014 9:44pm

supershuttle

Member Since: 20 Mar 2011
Location: Lancashire
Posts: 3767

Interestingly the drivers seat front filter had fell off, just put it back - obviously it was clean as a whistle as it hadn't been filtering. Whilst I was messing about the seat was heated - this is all very puzzling to me Geoff

19th Jan 2015 11:36am

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