Whats the wires connected to my seats?

[AndyS]

Whilst looking under my seat for something I dropped I noticed that both seats have wires plugged into the base of them. The wires come from under a black casing on the floor under the seat.

I haven't got electric or heated seats so am curious to what these wires are?

Car = W208 320 Elegance

Cheers, Andy

 

[bigbobs cl]

Not familier with your car so at a guess i would say seat belt tension or seat belt warning wires. If not could be there for heated seats but not fitted on your model. Guessing really so not a great help!!

Bob

 

[AndyS]

I haven't got seat belt warning lights but seat belt pre-tensioners is a possibility i reckon

 

[BTB 500]

Really no seatbelt warning light??

Could also be seat occupancy sensors for front airbags.

 

[AndyS]

Well, if the seatbelt isn't plugged in there is no warning light.. is this what you mean?

 

[BTB 500]

Yup - my '97 SL has a seatbelt warning light, also our '96 Audi A4! It will be mentioned in the handbook if it's meant to have that function.

 

[AndyS]

I feel like i am missing out now!

 

[Dieselman]

Both seats have the pretensioner system and the passenger seat has an occupancy sensor.

 

[AndyS]

Thanks DM, that clears up why there are 2 sets of wires going into the passenger seat and only one to the drivers