The passenger side seat heater in my 2003 clk55 has stopped working, when it went out I noticed an "electrical fire" smell. Any ideas on what exactly could have burned up? I'm assuming the actual heating element? And how hard is it to replace?
That does sound like the heating element has shorted out. It can be replaced, but it's not easy - you'll probably want an upholstery shop to do the work for you.
Well I guess I can fix that and the passenger airbag sensor at the same time. Do u have a part number for the element? Or a write up on how to replace it? Thanks rudney really appreciate all the help.
Before you pull the seat apart, it is worth doing some electrical checks of the resistance of the heater circuits using a test meter set to the Ohms range. I don't know the exact resistance, but it should not be open-circuit or short-circuit or shorted to earth.
Identify connectors X55/3 and X55/4 beneath the left & right seats from the WIS drawing below of the Upper Control Panel external circuits. Remove the connectors, and measure the heater resistance at the socket pins as below. The 4 heater circuits are shown on the drawing as follows:
R13/1, left front seat cushion heater via X55/3 pins 1, 4.
R13/2, left front seat backrest heater via X55/3 pins 3, 2.
R13/3, right front seat cushion heater via X55/4 pins 1, 4.
R13/4, right front seat backrest heater via X55/3 pins 2, 3.
I know ABSOLUTEY zero about electrical so I would probably need a step-by-step guide telling me exactly what to do. So I think this type of job might be out of my scope of work.:eek
But do you have the instructions to remove the element from the seat?
I might just end up taking this to a shop once the seat is removed. Oh well
Take a peek (search) in the W210 forum. More than one member has removed the seat cover, located the damaged area and spliced the element wire back together, which typically is all that's needed. It's documented with pictures to help the process along.
Given you symptoms and description, that is likely what you've experienced.
Good luck.
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