Heated seats?

[Druk]

S212 heated seats seem to take an age to get warm. Like maybe two miles down the road before you feel the benefit on your bum, by which time the heater is working and there doesn't seem much point.

Is this normal please?

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

I can't comment on S212 but all of our cars heat up much more quickly. Within 20-30 seconds you can feel a difference. Do they heat up uniformly across the seat, and are both seats the same in terms of warm up time?

 

[Minz]

I'd say about 1/2 a mile for mine to get warm and certainly before the heater has got anything like warm enough. The seats are Artico/dinamica (vinyl/microfibre cloth) whereas yours are genuine leather I believe? Unsure if this would make a difference regarding the heat pad penetration of the seat material.

Edit. Forget that, my last Shogun was full leather and it's seats heated up really quickly.

 

[Druk]

I haven't personally sat in the passenger seat but reports coming from wifie suggest it's the same as mine...sloooooow.
I wonder if having the multi-contour seat option would be having an adverse effect? Can't see that somehow as I imagine the heat pad is just below the leather and above any air-pillow thingy.

 

[flango]

S212 heated seats seem to take an age to get warm. Like maybe two miles down the road before you feel the benefit on your bum, by which time the heater is working and there doesn't seem much point. Is this normal please?

Can't comment on a 212 but in the volvo you can feel the heat in seconds and same with any other car I've had. Unfortunately the W208 doesn't have heated seats so can't comment on MB

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[thedruid]

If you drive at half your usual speed the seats will heat up after only one mile. Problem solved.

 

[E55MO]

id be interested to know this.

My seats take an age to warm up also... w211 e55k??

 

[whitenemesis]

Heated seats in the S203 took ages to warm up. The after-market heaters in the rear seats were almost instant..
The heated seats in the W219 take a long time to warm (Dynamic,Multi-contour)

 

[Fudger]

S212 owner here. I'd say 3 minutes to really notice some warmth and then they get really hot after 10 minutes.

The heater works really quickly as Druk says.

 

[wemorgan]

We "need" to know the members ages and how much derrière padding they have to correlate this information. Me? Young, handsome, minimal body fat etc etc - R172 takes 30-60s to feel warm.

 

[del320]

Thirty years ago in my SAAB 900 T16, I felt the heat through my moleskin bags and tweed jacket by the time I got into 3rd gear.

 

[Fudger]

We "need" to know the members ages and how much derrière padding they have to correlate this information. Me? Young, handsome, minimal body fat etc etc - R172 takes 30-60s to feel warm.

So, that makes me 3 x fatter, 3 x older and an ugly git. The correlation seems spot on then

 

[Harrythedog]

You can't feel the heat for about 3/4 mins in my S212 with contour seats. Not a patch on the Volvo's which are epic

 

[st13phil]

My first W212 had the standard Avantgarde leather seats and it took 2-3 mins to feel any heat from them. My E63 has dynamic multi-contour seats and it takes a similar time, so in my experience the multi-contour seats make not a jot of difference in that respect.

 

[E280wilson]

My 09 W211 with leather seats was far quicker than my new W212 with leather. No idea why.

 

[Druk]

Me? Young, handsome, minimal body fat etc etc -

 

[wemorgan]

I'm modest too, which prevents me from posting a pic

 

[artyman]

I rarely use mine, but seem to recall they heat up fairly quickly, that's in a W204

 

[mannikon]

W211 leather seats, takes a couple of minutes.

 

[Giantvanman]

S212 heated seats seem to take an age to get warm. Like maybe two miles down the road before you feel the benefit on your bum, by which time the heater is working and there doesn't seem much point.

Is this normal please?

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