How to remove (front and rear) seats on a Priora and install heating

In frosty weather, it’s not very pleasant to sit on an icy car seat to start the engine - so heated seats come to the rescue. Inventive owners of the Lada Priora almost immediately began installing heated seats in their Prioras. Of course, the seat does not warm up instantly, but it noticeably saves you from frostbite. While the heater is not heating up (since the engine has not yet warmed up!) is it necessary to sit in complete cold? Factory seat heating is installed only in luxury versions of the Priora car. Installing it is not very difficult, the main thing is to connect everything correctly. Heated seats, like “Emelya”, do not need to be installed, the seat upholstery is not removed, because it is just a cover for the seats - it is inserted into the cigarette lighter - although for some reason, over time, they burn out the cigarette lighter fuse.

You can install heated seats on a Priora yourself; it will cost relatively little (compared to the fact that your health can suffer greatly from warming up a frozen car). The heated seat control unit can be installed in the Priora where it is convenient: the main thing to remember is that this is not the most necessary button when driving a car, it should not interfere with pressing other levers and buttons. Read the article to the end and your car will be warm even at minus 45.

Installation of standard seat heating on Lada Priora

The standard seat heating kit for Priora should include:

Heating elements (4 in total, two for each seat);
Block for the control unit with wires;
Priora seat heating unit.

At the same time, the article number for heated seats for the Lada Priora must contain the numbers 2170 - this, as any Priora owner knows, is the model number. It is worth distinguishing the standard heating kit for Priora 2 by catalog number - in comparison with the kit for Priora 1, they are different. The entire installation of seat heating on a Priora is best described with a detailed step-by-step algorithm, which has been tested by time and other car enthusiasts:

We remove the front seats. Remove the factory covers from the seats, which are secured with a metal spoke and three plastic latches. You can disassemble the seats without dismantling them, removing only the covers, but then the process will become a little more complicated - it will be inconvenient to deal with wiring and laying out heating elements;
We attach heating elements to the seats - one on the lower part, the second on the backs, in the lumbar area. Some people recommend attaching it with double-sided tape, but over time it can come off. It would be safer to sew the heating element to the pillow so that it does not move out of its place;
Pull the wires from the heating elements through the hole in the mount under the pillow (run the wires from the lumbar heating elements to the place where the seat upholstery is attached). The piece of wire that passes through the hole can be protected from chafing using some kind of plastic tube. The power plugs for all four elements are out, all that remains is to connect them;
Disassemble the central tunnel. Buttons for heated seats will be in place of the plug near the handbrake;
The wiring is connected strictly according to the connection diagram for heated seats. Before doing this, it is recommended to disconnect the battery from the network. We install a terminal block to the heating control unit. The (-) black wire is attached under the bolt near the handbrake. A gray-red wire (for aesthetes, it is responsible for illuminating the buttons) is connected to the lighting of the cigarette lighter rim. The red 12V wire is pulled to the mounting block. You can't do without a fuse here. Then everything goes strictly “by the numbers”. Connect pin 87 to the red wire, pin 86 to the black wire. Connect the blue-black 12 V wire to pin 85, the pink wire to pin 30. You can connect to the mounting block via cut-in clamps to hold the wires tighter;
Reassemble the tunnel and install covers on the seats.

The standard seat heating on the Priora is guaranteed to last for several seasons if it is connected correctly. And if immediately after installation the heating does not work, it means the wiring connection was incorrect.

wiring diagram for heated seats - looks like this

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Tell me, I turn on the heated seats, sometimes it warms up, sometimes it doesn’t, what could be the reason? Lada 21093 standard heating

Most likely there is a break somewhere, that is, there is contact, or there is not.

Tell me, I turn on the heated seats, sometimes it warms up, sometimes it doesn’t, what could be the reason? Lada 21093 standard heating

There may also be a bad contact in the standard flasks - I suffered with the fuses with them, got rid of them by replacing them with regular flag ones, now everything is ok)

My lights are on on the buttons and the passenger seat heats up, but the driver’s seat doesn’t, there are two sockets going to the seat, so one socket has current and the other doesn’t, which come from the car, I checked the circuit to the seat is normal.

Did you solve the problem? I have the same

No, I put on the heated seats (cover) and just ride.

Vitaly, if the thread on the back burns out, should the under-ass heating work?

I also have heating, and it also doesn’t work, but the button lights up when turned on and current flows to the seats, but apparently it’s lost there))) I tore the fuck off the wires from the seats, otherwise there’s a fire

When I replaced the fuse, the current went to the seats and the buttons lit up, but it still didn’t heat up until I disassembled the seats and changed the heating element on both backs; the heating coil was intact, but on the seats the coil was torn in several places, so it’s better on heated seats don't jump)))

Good day Vitaly, please tell me where I got these heating elements and is it possible to replace this element on the seats? My back is also getting hot.

I bought it in Samara on Rakit, and they sell it in many auto parts stores. Of course you can, you take off the chair, remove the upholstery and change the heating elements without any problems, if I were you I wouldn’t immediately buy heating, it’s better to take it apart first and see if the wire has just come off...

Thank you very much, I’ll take a picture and have a look, but I’ve already found these elements on sale here in Chebakh in the “Navigator” for 1300 rubles.

You're welcome) Well, more often than not, the spiral in the lower part of the seat heating breaks, I even had it torn in several places and had to buy new elements, but on both backrests everything is fine, this means that you should not jump on heated seats ) On my father’s former 2112, the heating also didn’t work; they took it apart, it turned out the wire just came off, they immediately decided to lengthen it so that when you sit down the wire wouldn’t be pulled.

Good day Vitaly, please tell me where I got these heating elements and is it possible to replace this element on the seats? My back is also getting hot.

The same bullshit... and after the purchase it was like this right away, at first I thought that this was how it should be, just for the back, and then I took a ride on the same one from a friend. I need to go to the salon.

With the arrival of winter, all vehicle functions related to heating become especially important. It is difficult to imagine a driver who would enjoy the touch of his back to a cold seat. In such a situation, the surface will take a long time to gain temperature, not to mention the enormous harm to health.

Everything is easier with heated seats. It takes no more than a minute to warm up the surface, after which the pleasant warmth penetrates through clothing and reaches the human body. With this option, winter driving causes fewer problems, including for the health of internal organs. But what to do if seat heating is provided, but for some reason does not work? In such a situation, the only correct solution is to repair the faulty unit.

How to repair a heated seat: all methods

Knowing the reasons for the malfunction is already half the success. To avoid wasting time, figure out why the heated driver's seat is not working. There are several main reasons:

Burnout of the fuse insert.
Broken circuit inside the heating tape.
Damage to the switch or control panel. The first one is usually mounted under the car seat.

Priora - analogues of heated seats

No matter how strange it may be, in stores you can’t often find analogues of the standard kit for Priora. Most often they are cheaper, but the heating elements have to be adjusted to size, and sometimes they are even trickier with the wiring. All that remains is the factory heated seats - although it costs more than its analogue, it will definitely fit on the seat, and everything will be more or less clear with the wiring.

Well, in general, here are the analogies:

Emelya;
Heated car cover “Heat”.

How to make and install a heated car seat like a BMW with your own hands

As a prototype to demonstrate the process of installing a heater, a BMW car will be used, which by default has several design features, such as a pilot installed in the seat by the manufacturer itself. In addition, these cars have an unusual location for the airbag: they decided to place it under the seats. Another feature is the location of the battery, which is mounted in the luggage compartment instead of the usual place under the hood.

Of course, all this does not play into our hands, but thanks to a complex example it will be easy and clear how to bypass various kinds of obstacles when installing heating elements.

How to remove the front seats

Instructions for dismantling the front seats will be needed not only for installing heating. The front seats in the Priora are installed simply, and to install and disassemble them you will need several tools and strength. By the way, on the Priora 2 seats in the “Lux” configuration have become softer and more comfortable, but the adjustment is still the same - you cannot adjust the height.

There are not many instructions on how to remove the front seat, everything is simple:

First you will have to move the seats all the way back and remove the torsion bars. You will need a size 8 wrench (for five bolts securing the slide) and a size 13 wrench (for four bolts on the bracket fastenings). First you need to unscrew the bolts on the bracket, then tilt the back of the chair back as far as possible and unscrew the two bolts on the slide. After this, tilt the backrest as far forward as possible and unscrew two more bolts. The seat can be removed from the passenger compartment.

Repair

Before you begin repairing heated seats, you should be aware of the reasons that can cause this malfunction. In general, there can be only three reasons causing heating burnout:

faulty fuse;
breakage of the heating tape inside the structure;
control panel or switch located on the seat.

Unfortunately, in some car models, heated seats are extremely unreliable. This usually applies to budget cars - just step on the seat with your knee and a break occurs. Of course, expensive cars like Jaguar or Lexus are free from such defects, but low-budget Citroens and Renaults often have unreliable heating bands.

Checking the fuses

The normal functioning of heated seats depends on how the vehicle's on-board network works. Therefore, before diagnosing the device itself, you need to check the fuse.

The standard F33 is rated at 15 amps. This device is mounted in a block, which in most cases is installed at the bottom of the panel where the driver’s seat is. If the bulbs do not work, you will need to replace them.

Where to start restoration work

So, be prepared for the fact that the chair will have to be taken out of the car and disassembled. Of course, there are cases when everything can be solved without complete disassembly, but if, for example, the cable fails, this procedure cannot be avoided.

We will repair heated seats that do not work using the example of a Citroën C4 Picasso.

To check the switch you need to remove it. Theoretically, this can be done without removing the chair. But in practice this is rarely possible to implement. The thing is that approaching the switch in many models is extremely difficult. Therefore, if you remove this spare part right in the cabin, you risk damaging the casing and the device itself.

To remove a heated seat switch that is not working, first remove the connector. In most car models, it is enough to wiggle the element a little and pull it down. But be careful, some car brands install unique types of mounts.

To release the stoppers you need to reach inside the casing with a screwdriver. Then apply some force to make the part come out. There will be three contacts here. You need to measure the resistance on the two side ones. The middle contact is responsible for the light bulb.

If the resistance is the same in all positions of the adjustment wheel, check the contacts. Perhaps they got grease on them. In this case, clean them and everything should work fine.

Checking the integrity of the heating tape

Very often, the reason why the heated driver's seat does not work is due to a break in the heating element. You can check the functionality of this part of the structure without removing the chair, but this will require thin and skillful fingers; the algorithm itself consists of the following stages:

Recline your back as much as possible.
You need to stick your hand into the gap between the back and the seat.
Try to find the upholstery fasteners in the back by touch. There are usually these to the left and right of center and one more at the bottom.
Remove the backrest trim fasteners.

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After you complete these simple manipulations, you will need to remove two connectors for heated seats, which does not work. You can remove all three if you wish. Just press the latches first. To do this, just pull down.

Pull out the connectors and check them. In this context, the strength of the resistance itself is not so important. It is enough that it simply exists. During testing you will need to check the following pins:

two contacts on the back;
four per pillow;
two extreme and two middle.

Once you have discovered the place where the break occurred, you will be able to repair the heating that is not working.

How to remove the back sofa

Removing the rear row of seats is rarely done - only for cleaning or upholstery with new covers. However, also read the instructions for removing the rear sofa and keep it in mind “just in case.”

Unclip the seat cushions on both sides (they are angular) and remove them from the passenger compartment.
Find the locking strap above one of the backrests and pull it up. Do the same with the other back.
Unscrew the bolts securing the armrest and remove it;
Unscrew the bolts securing the hinges to the body.

The restyled and pre-restyled Priora, according to many car reviewers, are almost no different. But, if you dig deeper, you can find one big difference even in heating kits. In the kit for the pre-restyling version, the toggle switch works only in two modes: ON/OFF. And in the restyled version, the entire kit is designed to ensure that the heating operates in four modes: OFF, minimum, medium, maximum.

That is, the kit for the restyled version adds something that not all foreign cars have: the ability to change the degree and temperature of the seat heating. On the Priora, which was produced from 2007 to 2012, the heating elements immediately turned on to maximum.

The standard set for the Priora Restyling is also suitable for owners of the first model, because the design has not changed at all. The heating elements themselves will fit perfectly on the seats, and the wiring will be connected the same way – “according to the standard”.

You cannot neglect comfort in the car, otherwise every winter trip will become real torture. If the stove will not heat the air while the engine is warming up, then you can find other options to warm up. To do this you will have to spend half a day, but the efforts of this day will “pay off” when it is minus 25 outside.

Bend back the cover at the passenger's feet and remove the cover of the ECU box. The ideal option is either the center console if there is space for installing buttons, or in the space between the gearbox rocker and the handbrake. This option is quite rare on budget class cars. Unclip the trim on the dashboard where the various buttons are located. INSTALLING HEATED SEATS ON A CHEVROLET NIVA WITH YOUR OWN HANDS. HOW TO CONNECT SEAT HEATING.

Dismantling works

To install heating elements, you first need to carry out a dismantling procedure. It includes the following activities.

Unscrew the plastic fasteners that connect the seats to the body of your car.
Remove the skids. Two pieces are located in front, and two more are located in the back.
Remove the chairs from the interior, otherwise it will be extremely uncomfortable to work.
Separate the back from the chair. To do this, there are bolts on the sides, which can be removed with a 10 mm wrench.
On the back there is a plug for the headrests, which can be removed.
The upholstery is removed from the hooks below. To do this, the hooks are slightly unbent.
Now you can completely remove all the trim.
Carry out a similar procedure with the second seat if you plan to install heating on it too.

While you are installing the heating, throw the upholstery into the washing machine. This will not harm her, and the interior will look newer and nicer.

Installation of heating elements

Many people forget about the need to securely fix the elements responsible for heating the seats. As a result, over time they can shift, thereby disrupting the performance of the system.

To avoid such situations, experts advise sewing heating elements directly to the inside of the upholstery. Although today some car owners prefer another option, which uses double-sided tape. The elements are held on it quite reliably, and the tape is attached to the foam rubber itself.

Connection process

Regardless of the chosen fixation method, reverse assembly looks the same for all options. This is the most difficult stage, so strictly adhere to the specified sequence of operations.

Pull the covering back onto the back, where the heating was already fixed. Using a mallet, the plugs are driven into place. We are talking about plugs for headrests. Next, the fabric is stretched. The front one is pushed through the hole, and the back one is straightened down. The fabric from the front is draped over the hooks and then stretched

Just watch the degree of tension so that the fabric does not tear. Now you can put the rear trim element on the hooks. The next step is to insert the wire into the front and tension the sheathing. If you plan to change the foam rubber, cut out the new elements in strict accordance with the dimensions of the old material. Pay attention to the areas where the spring contacts the body and seat ties. To avoid squeaks, use pieces from the washer tube, or simply wrap several layers of electrical tape. Heating for the lower part of a car seat is often mounted using double-sided tape or sewn to the trim on the inside.

You can use plastic clamps or wire brackets, which will prevent the heating elements from moving from their installation locations. After this, the plastic fasteners are tightened. Connect the backrest and seat. A wire is pulled through the hole in the frame and the foam rubber, with which the heating will be connected to the on-board network. The wiring connection is carried out strictly according to the diagram. It is necessarily included with the set of heating elements, so you don’t have to look for anything additional. The standard location for installing heating on and off buttons is the area near the handbrake. Although you can place them as you wish. It’s not uncommon for car owners to take an alternative route, installing a standard heating system on top of the seats, after which they put car covers on top.

There is a modern and very simple solution - heated capes that can be put on in winter and removed during warm periods. Their disadvantage is that the wire runs freely, which can interfere with the driver. Plus the capes do not fit tightly to the chairs.

Option with capes

Health issue

Today, medical professionals are still actively arguing about the harm of heating seats inside cars. Some believe that heating is harmful to men's health. Others, on the contrary, consider this a normal and even useful addition to the car.

The decision is yours in any case. But we recommend not to get carried away with high temperatures. Just warm up the seat a little before you hit the road. And then turn off the system.

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Preparation for installation of heating elements

Before connecting the heated seats on the Grant, you need to secure the heaters under the upholstery of the seats. Of course, it is more convenient to do this on dismantled “seats”, previously disassembled into two parts: the back and the support. Creating acceptable conditions for installing heating elements is the goal of the preparatory stage. By the way, when determining the reasons for the knocking of hydraulic compensators, there is a slightly different logic.

Preliminary activities are carried out according to the following scenario:

Disconnect the power supply to the seat belt sensor located under the seat. In many trim levels, this option is available only to the driver.
Using an E10 head mounted on the knob, unscrew the four bolts connecting the base of the seat frame to the body and remove the seat. For ease of access to fastening elements, move the seat to the farthest or closest position. Similarly, remove and pull out the second front “seat” from the passenger compartment.

Remove the backrest angle adjustment knob by prying it off with two flat-head screwdrivers.
At the junction of the backrest and seat, remove the plastic covers on the left and right sides by unscrewing one screw each.
Unscrew 2 bolts on each side securing the backrest frame to the metal base.
Detach the backrest from the seat.
Repeat steps 3-6 for the second chair.

Factory covers are attached to the frame with four clips. On the reverse side, the fixing elements are clamped with wires. Having untwisted the latter, we tighten the fabric. Before removing the backrest cover, disconnect the plastic lock at the bottom of the structure. When assembling, it is advisable to replace the wire with plastic clamps.

Installation of heaters

The purpose of preliminary positioning is to achieve such an arrangement of the heaters that the wires exit into the joint of the backrest and seat. You won't be able to play with the longitudinal base - the standard kit is designed strictly according to the dimensions of the depressions. After removing the protective tape, glue the element to the frame. If necessary, the foam is trimmed to allow the wire to exit unnoticed.

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