hi, i have a 98 s70 and the passenger seat warmer works, but the drivers side on doesn't.

is there anyway to turn them on and off or is it just broken or something??

 

Does the light come on at the switch? If not it could be the switch. Check the wires under the seat for bad connections or measure continuity with an ohm meter from the warmer itself(should be the same as the passenger side.

 

i asked how to turn them on... what makes u think i know where the switch is?

I have no idea where it is...

also, wtf are those 3 buttons by the shifter, that say like S E and SW or something.

 

Clash -follow this thread for more info on "the 3 buttons by the shifter"

https://volvoforums.com/m_85033/tm.htm

As for not knowing where the seat warmer buttons are.... are you sure you even have seat warmers? ... read the manual?? Mine are located right in front of the gear shifter...

hope that helps

Rick

 

Clash, you might want to tone it down a bit. Generally the way to get answers is to not come off like a smarta$$. The S E W button is for different driving conditions. S is for sport which changes the shift points for those times you want to wind it out a bit. E is for economy which is the way most people drive which will get you better gas mileage & W is for winter driving. It starts the transmission in third gear to keep wheel slipage to a minimum.

 

sorry for my tone =[.

and the passenger one definitely has it because i can feel it kick in as soon as the cars starts driving.

 

Apology accepted. On the seat warmer start with the switch (on my sons 850 it's on the console on either side of the shifter, on my S60 it's on the lower middle part of the console) and work your way from there. First see if the switch is working. If it is then run the wiring to see if it is OK. If that checks out then it is most likely in the seat. Again it could be a loose wire or the heating element itself is burned out.

 

i have a 98 s70 t5 and my seat warmer switches are right under the radio. right in front of the shifter. If there are not any switches there than my best guess would be that the car didn't come with heated seats. But than you said that the passenger one does, that would lead to my next question/ thought. Are you the first owner? if not the previous owner may have swapped none heated for heated seats and just had them turn on with either a hidden switch or automatically when the car turned on.

Those are my thoughts.

 

Thanks Kevin, My feelings were hurt {;~( and I had to go sit in a corner for a while. All's good now.


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Eric, glad you are feeling all better now.