Heated Car Seat Pads ?
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Topic: Heated Car Seat Pads ?
Posted By: BuckSkin
Subject: Heated Car Seat Pads ?
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2026 at 3:56pm
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Is there such a thing as a heated car seat pad that will last a couple seasons instead of being warm as toast for about five minutes and then never working again ? I am meaning the type that plugs into the cigarette lighter. The wife picked out a really nice one on Amazon, lacking a few cents costing me sixty bucks --- for a single one - not a pair. It had some really neat elastic straps and hooks and loops and Velcro and quick-buckle straps such that it wasn't going to be sliding around. It was two-tone, grey and black, and perfectly matched her seats. Once on the seat, it looked as if it was a permanent part of the seat. She was tickled pink with it. The next morning, cold as a well digger's ice, she turned it on and headed to work. She said that within seconds she could feel the heat and it warmed up nicely --- for about five minutes; then, it cooled off and hasn't been anything but cold since. I tried everything short of cutting the stitches and going inside and it just refused to work. I boxed it up and sent it back to Amazon. The ordeal reminded me of at least three more that had been around here for years; I don't remember them not working when they got put away for the summer; but, I couldn't get a bit of life out of any of them. This last most recent one had a push-button switch that illuminated when the lighter plug had power; it had three heat selections and OFF; each press of the button would shift gears and change colors to indicate the selection. During all my futile trouble-shooting, this lighted switch stayed lit and seemed to be functioning as it should. One of the others was a really nice "Wagen" (I think) that I got at a Flying "J" by using my fuel points. Usually, anything bought in a truck stop is of surprisingly good quality; however, I couldn't get a speck of warmth out of that one when I tested it the other day. Is there such a thing as one of these that will work and last for a few years ?
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Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2026 at 4:18pm
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got the same problem with heating pads and heating blankets in the house.. Sometimes you get a good one that lasts several years... Most crap out in a year or two.. The FACTORY heated seats seem to work great... Proabably better quality and no sliding around and pinching things !! ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: Lars(wi)
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2026 at 7:44pm
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I have one I used a couple winters driving home from work at 4:30 am, from Rockford Ill., to Edgerton WI. Actually worked too good, the heat would darn near put me to sleep before getting home. ------------- I tried to follow the science, but it was not there. I then followed the money, and that’s where I found the science. |
Posted By: JW in MO
Date Posted: 07 Jan 2026 at 7:26pm
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Wife got me one years ago that also had a massage button on it, used it for 2 years, but now, all my vehicles have factory heated seats. It had a fuse in the part that plugs into the socket, but it also had different temperature settings. I'd a probably cut into that unit to see if it had a safety limit inside or a bad connection. ------------- Maximum use of available resources! |
Posted By: BuckSkin
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2026 at 5:03am
I would have cut into it if it had been out of warranty; I was afraid to as it probably would have knocked me out of getting my sixty bucks back.
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JW in MO wrote: