jcblincs

when we got the heater element out it was actually scary - the element had burnt out and scortched the underside of the seat upholstory. wouldnt like to have been sitting on it at the time !!! for now have swapped the element over from the passenger side. now I am toastie warm !!! very rarely carry a passenger and seats are cloth so not that cold

does this happen on both your cars ? just curious as the petrol one has heated washer jets (i know as i paid extra for them). although in this cold weather teh fluid freezes before it gets to the nozzles. I think you are better buying concentrate (its a lot cheaper - why pay for water !) and then mixing it pretty strong so its helps prevent the fluid freezing

correct !! 10 points ! took the seats out and swapped them round to prove the car wiring was not at fault - faulty seat was still faulty when connected to other side. Then did some continuity testing on the seat and foudn the base heater on the driver's side to be faulty !!! will get a price for a new heater pad.

where can i get a wiring diagram for a mark 1 superb. need ot do some fault finding and woudl be easier if i had diagram to reference. thanks

its not so much the bad experience. we made a decision to move up to an MPV so we can carry the grandparents around as well as the kids.

saying goodbye to the superb2 section as sold my car. It went last week to a fellow briskodian (BurialConstant) who now has the claim to fame of having x2 mk2 superbs. he tells me he is converted to petrol after only one week of driving the 1.8Tsi DSg !!! I am not going from the forum totally as I am driving a mk1 superb at the moment - its a stop gap filler until we decide which car to order next year (people carrier / MPV type )thingy thanks for all the help, advice, banter and arguments (derv vs petrol !!) over the past 12 months !! jonathan

planning to get my multimeter on the job this weekend. will unplug heated seat connector from seat base and check power is coming through. will then test continuity of seat element. shoudl be process of elimination I hope. then may swap passenger side element if it is the problem been too busy this week cleaning plenum chamber drain holes and sorting pollen filter housing seal out !!!

any ideas - heated seat on drivers seat not working. fuse OK and all other 3 heated seats work. checked connector under seat is OK. as far as i can see in the fuse box one fuse does all the 4 heated seats. any ideas where to look next ? very annoying as passenger has a toastie bum and I dont !!!

ONE DOWN, several million to go !!! i reckon the new breed of 1.4 turbo petrol engines that are starting to emerge will convert many back to petrol - they are clean, economical, power in the right place (low down the rev range) and importantly they are quiet !! i never understand why people by small cars that are derv and then pootle around town and do 8k miles a year !!!

1.8 not expensive to own. just expensive to sell !!! (deprectiation !!) LOL economy is good. average 35 with a mix of driving, can get 40 on a run without trying.

have you seen my neighbours !!!! not likely !

well its gone....sold....and to a fellow briskodian !!! BurialConstant is now the proud owner of my 1.8TSi DSG. I got a fair price and more that i would have got trade in. I am now the owner of a mark1 superb which i will drive around in until next year as we havnt decided what to go for next !!

thanks !

except diesel is, in the words of a curly haired motoring presenter, "the fuel of the devil" i woudl have to be backed into a seriously large and scary corner to buy a diesel and a diesel auto really does not "float my boat". !!! no offence the price guides vary a huge amount. parkers says i have overpaid but other say I have underpaid !!!

OH - I SEE !!