Hi Skoda friends, my Yeti seems to heat the seat back but not the seat base squab? Am I imagining this or is this normal? Any fellow sufferers? Any help appreciated.

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The backrest and the seat pads have separate heating elements.  The seat pad is much more vulnerable to failure than the backrest, especially the part under the raised side "bolster" which gets flexed every time you get in and out of the car.  The heating wire is a bit unusual in that it comprises about seven individually insulated strands twisted together. Each time one of these strands breaks due to continual flexing, the heating power drops, and eventually when the last strand breaks there is no heat at all.  The specialised nature of the wire makes it very difficult to repair by soldering or putting in a bridging section, I guess with enough patience it could be done if you can strip off the enamel insulation from all the strands.

 

I have replaced my driver's seat heater in the past, the element is not too expensive and fits in place with double sided sticky tape, but it's a bit of a fiddly job to remove and refit the cover (leather in my case).  I found a guide on the internet which covered all the steps.

Hi Austin 7, thank you so much for taking the time to reply, that's all I needed to know. Have a good day! 👍

Hi again.  I have dug out my notes from 2018. It has reminded me that the heating element differs between leather and non-leather seats.  I will attempt to post the document, it's in MS Word format.

Yeti heated seat replacement.docx

Hello Austin 7, Well you have gone above and beyond with the comprehensive instructions on the fix, so thank you again so much!

My heated seat (drivers) stopped working, dealers techs. said Kneeling on the seat caused it.

Luckily another guy said they had just replaced something and it all worked fine. It did for the 3 years I had it.