Hi all,
I am wondering how many different seat designs in terms of construction they used in the LM?

It started off with the BMW based seats, leather and heater element fixed within each other and making replacement of heater impossible as it was not a seperate heting panel.

Then they introduced the cooled/cliate seats in 2007 and obviuosly changed the complete seat design for that puspose. You could buy seperate covers and heater pads for these seats.

I am not sure how it went on with the late model (2010 onwards) seats where cooling and heating is delivered by circulating air only. Must be again a complete new setup?

Any clues?

regards
heppsen 2017 MB V-Class
2016 Q7 (gone)
2012 FFRR TDV8
2012 Smart Pulse Turbo
1986 MB W126
1965 LR Series 2A
1961 LR Series 2

Cooled/climate seats don't use heated pads for heating the seats. Got - 2017 SDV8 Autobiography in Loire Blue
Had- 2008 TDV8 Vogue SE in Java black
Had - 2007 S/C in Stornoway Grey

but presumably the non-cooled, heated only 2007 onwards seats used heater pads.

Indeed, the cooled seats use peltier modules not pads  Got - 2017 SDV8 Autobiography in Loire Blue
Had- 2008 TDV8 Vogue SE in Java black
Had - 2007 S/C in Stornoway Grey

If you are really into how your seats are made up you could contact Lear Engineering http://www.lear.com. They have bases all over the world inc here in Blighty.

My Son is 15 and we recently attended an engineering apprenticeship show at the NEC where Lear were exhibiting. They are a premier JLR supplier and what they don't know about LR seats is not worth knowing.

At the show they hade a cut away seat from a 2012 AB. The amount of equipment, sensors, motors, pads, wires and general kit inside one seat is staggering.

Did you know for example the distance from the seat back to the steering wheel is monitored so that the timing of their bag release can be optomised?? No nor me but someone at Lear thought about it !!  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