i was at the dealer today i asked them if the back rest of the passenger seat has a warmer, but he said that they all cl's are not heated on the back rest just the a$s part of the seat. is that correct?

 

Passenger bottom, driver back and bottom.

 

Passenger backrest is not heated because of airbag sensors, drivers seat back is heated.

 

^^^ That's my understanding also.

 

yep dan is right, because of the sensors.

 

thats freakin weeeeeeeaaaaaaaakkkkk... but thanks for your replys...

 

Why weak? I never sit over there, do you???

 

"Passenger backrest is not heated because of airbag sensors, drivers seat back is heated"

I think it's more likely it's not heated because they didn't want to spend the money; I'm sure they could have made it heated if they really wanted to.

 

It's a safety feature. The sensors prevent the side impact air bag from deploying if there is a child or small person sitting in the passenger seat. If the passenger in the passenger seat leans forward while you are driving a warning light comes on on the dash.

 

It's a safety feature. The sensors prevent the side impact air bag from deploying if there is a child or small person sitting in the passenger seat. If the passenger in the passenger seat leans forward while you are driving a warning light comes on on the dash.

Do you really believe it's not possible to design/build a seat with both sensors & heater?

 

Why worry about it? How many times do you sit over there that you need your back warmed up? We drive on the left side of the car so no problems here.

 

It's a cost/design issue probably, I'm sure many Mercedes have both.

 

It is totally not a cost issue. The 99 TL has fully heated seats (back/bottom) on both front seats. Reason being, the 99 doesn't have side curtain airbags.

 

Yea, and the Cost to produce, engineer, safety test, and design in both heater and the air bag and air bag sensors was more than they wanted to spend to keep the CL cost down.

 

speaking of the sensors, EVERYTIME i have a pasenger in my car the light is constantly on and off, i understand why, but damn its annoying... anyone else?

 

Just tell them to sit still.

 

yeah i do sit over there.....actually i mean you know if i got a girl in the car..cuz the steering wheel gets in the way if you know what i mean.

 

Well hopefully you are parked with the car off when your are with your girl.