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Hi guys

Finally got my LS400.

Love the thing to bits and i cant believe how little fuel it uses!

One thing i need to know though is why the heated seats dont heat?

Seems like a very common problem on these cars as so far i havent seen a ls400 where they actually work yet.

Is it a fuse or am i doing something stupid like do i need to put the heater on full before they will work? :blink:

Cheers guys :D

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Congrats on the new car :)

Nearly all the people buying older LS400s say the seats don't work. Nobody has posted what they have done to fix it though.

There is a 15A heater fuse in one of the footwells and also the 20A S/HTR in the engine bay. Worth checking but I think the problem may be the switch unit which has electronics/relays built into it.

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how old is your new drain on your wallet?? as toyota seem to have problems with the electronics on the early ones, i guess colin's observation is the most likely. if it were mine, i'd be looking for a small connector under the seat, or an interconnecting wire in the region of the rear of the squab and the bottom of the back. but as mine is a 1990, they don't have heated seats, so i can't offer any more.

but i'm only in hungerford, so if you want a meet up, PM me and we can swap 'fishing stories'. <_<

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Sorry chaps, all 4 have always worked a treat, trouble is the switches for the fronts are just where I used to put my phone (on top of the open (unused!!!) ashtray, so often turned one or other on by mistake. Fine in winter, not quite so clever on a hot day!!!

Dave

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:D Hi guys!

Sorry i didnt reply soon, been too busy out driving it :driving:

Its a 1996 N, Metallic blue and Mint with a FLSH. Dealer was deperate to shift it so i played a hard bargain and got him to literally give me it for free at only £4800!

:D Very happy to say the least.

Yeah this weekend i'll snoop about for fuses and the like cuz im sure its something like that.

I only got the photo from the Autotrader advert at the mo and it looks almost black in that so i'll take a nice pic at the weekend for you all.

BTW My local lexus dealer is Reading are amazing.

Not only have they given me - Free Keyring, Free Manual, Free Mat Clips and Free Number Plates! They are the nicest most helpful people i have ever met. They cant do enough for you!

I heard the lexus service was good but its amazing! And i havent even had a service done on the car there yet or anything!

Im going to write a letter to them thanking them for everything they have done for me.

I think im gonna be driving Lexus for the rest of my life now B)

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Aren't the heated seats supposed to warm up the leather so it doesn't feel cold rather than get it so warm you can actually feel it.

I find it hard to believe Lexus (of all people) can't get a bit of heater wire to work!

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Aren't the heated seats supposed to warm up the leather so it doesn't feel cold rather than get it so warm you can actually feel it.

I find it hard to believe Lexus (of all people) can't get a bit of heater wire to work!

You may have a point there. I could have sworn that when i put the heated seats on the first time they did take the chill off the leather. But i always thought heated seats went really warm.

Oh well

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it may have been, but i used to like sitting on the solid fuel boiler in the kitchen (cos it was warm and cosy) and every time she saw me, she used to have a little go about 'farmer giles'!! she was right of course, took me ages to get rid of them! :lol:

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