ProblemChild514

OK its been 1 year and 1 month since i got my 05, and ive noticed that my heated seats, on high, take 25 minutes to hit full blast output of heat to my ass, and its the same with the passanger seat

My friends jag, as soon as the car is on, and its still cold in -25c the seats will get hot in less than 5 minutes of the car being on even if the car itself is not warm..

The same thing goes for my friends RSX, it doesnt take 25 minutes for it to get hot, takes ~5min..

is this the same for all tl's or is it just mine?

Please let me know so i can get my car taken care of before warranty is up

thanks

tc_terencec

nope, mine gets hot in less than 5 minutes... and I mean HOT, not warm. This maybe a stupid question but when you tested the seats in different cars were you wearing the same clothes? (different materials and thicknesses takes longer to transfer heat)

ProblemChild514

yes its winter time im always wearing a jacket lol

I guess i should hit up acura on friday

myron

iTrader: (4)

no mine heat up in less then 5min. And they are hot. SO hot that I am scared that my balls may be cooking on them so I have to turn it off haha I never really drive with them on, only untill they warm up and then I turn them off. I am used to my ass being cold since the heat warmers didn't work on my 99 and the leather gets so cold at -40. Get it checked out. Where in canada are you

darksky

My heated seat gets too hot and it feels like I pissed myself when using it. I don't understand how anyone would like that. My wife on the other hand loves the damn thing and leaves it on all the time. To answer your question, it heats up in about 5 min.

Babnik

Mine seem slow too, takes about 10 mins to feel it.

Mattgtp

Mine are slow 2 takes at least 10 min to warm up and even longer to get hot. All the cars I've been in are faster except for the Camry, I wish mine was as fast and had as many settings as the girlfriends GTI

csmeance

my seat takes about 5-10 minutes to be very nice and warm, no matter the conditions outside. It appears that the design honda/acura use take longer to heat than other manuf.'s. My buddy's Monte Carlo can scotch you butt in a minute...

Jesstzn

Mine are slow too .. no where near as fast as the VW I had and I miss the 5 heat settings.

acura_dipset_tl

iTrader: (40)

yeah mine take anywhere from 5- 8 minutes to warm up but, after a while i usually just put it on low. Hot Hot Hot would love to put Beyonce's hot ass on my seats too.lol

2005_AM_TL

takes 5 minutes max for me as well

tc_terencec

But yeah, my girlfriend loves it as well... could it be because the passenger seat dosen't have back heating as well?

BELLER

Mine are real, real slow. They don't seem to heat up much at all, and take forever. I keep thinking there's something wrong, however the light does come on and I guess they are just slow.
My old Avalon was much better.

knavinusa

Mine heat up real quick, like within 5 minutes if I set it to high. Even on low it starts feeling warm after 10 minutes or so.

LoveMyTL-S

5 to 10 minutes for mine. We used them this morning. I like to heat it up and then turn if off. I need ball warmers, not ball cookers. If you leave it on high it cuts off and back on to keep it hot, on low it stays on all the time and may feel hotter.

maharajamd

iTrader: (1)

5 minutes max. I usually let it heat up on High, then switch to Low. And for me it's not so much heating me up, it's the relief it gives to the back. Feels soooo damn good.

ladiesman217

dumb question does the seat warmers use gas? how about the climate control, does it also use it too?

LoveMyTL-S

Seat heater is electrical, how can it use gas? Or effect mileage?

1fsthatch

mine seem ok never relli timed it but dosent get as hot as some of you are saying

Fred99x

When it gets really cold here, the leather seats take too long to heat up. Sitting on a block of ice even for 5 minutes is not nice so I've installed a seat cushion that is much warmer that the cold leather seats. Now I never even turn the seat heater on.

LoveMyTL-S

Funny you say that. My wife uses a small throw pillow under her toosh.......

myron

iTrader: (4)

how did you install that and what kind of cushion seat? Nice another Edmontonian. Which part of the city? I am North side

TeknoKing

My back gets heated much faster than the seating it self.. it's weird, but it does keep my cozy

ProblemChild514

arg i hate it, i live in montreal so its really cold

Get in my car in the morning with the heated seats on max, wait 3 min for car to warm up, plus driving to school is a 20 minute drive, and even when im parking my car at school 30 minutes later my ass is still not hot, just a bit warm

Winnipeg

My 08 heats to toasty in approx 10 mins. Not many areas colder than Winnipeg has been this winter!!

Babnik

Guys even 5 minutes is way too long, there is no reason we should have to be uncomfortable for that long. It's just a really bad design. One minute should be enough to heat up the seat, other cars can do it. Let's raise a class action lawsuit against Acura over this issue!

tc_terencec

All I have to add to this post is... FTW!

darksky

Thought I read somewhere that the passenger seat has less heating area than the driver's seat due to some sensors taking up the space (perhaps for the air bags, I can't remember).

Dunno about that statement... the First Law of Thermodynamics applies here. I would think that the electricity to heat the seats is coming from your alternator which is in turn coming from the engine. I don't know how many watts you're drawing with the seat heater(s), but I'll bet the increased load can be measured. That said, I don't know how that translates into a decrease in MPG.

1fsthatch

werd yo

subbuzz

pass back is not heated,only buttwarmers.........


mine heat's up pretty quick, and on high is fire.....

It might be me but when I switch from hi to low, my low is like off. I can't really feel ANYTHING on low.

hata_61

ya, mine takes a good 20min before its gets really hot. but then i am talking about -30'C weather. cool to see a couple Edmontonian on this thread.

myron

iTrader: (4)

^^^^ Oh shit man you are from Edmonton and you are modded pretty well. I am ssm too but 6 speed. I want your mods haha if you ever decide to sell I am very interested. What part of the Edmonton are you from?

hata_61

sweet,you already have the nice brembo's. i'm still waiting for mine to arrive. supposedly its in winnipeg right now. i'll definately give you a shout if i have any extra's/spares.I'm from the westside.

chckn

mine also takes only ~5 mins in the cold
btw.. another edmontonian here!

hata_61

holy crap. we should turn this into a edmontonian only thread. hahahaha.
btw what year is yours???? maybe its only the 04-06 with this prob???

chckn

i thought i would be the only one from edmonton here lol...
mines an 05 nbp 6spd

hata_61

thats what i thought when i first joined. but its clearly not the case..... so i'm guessing i'm not the only one in edmonton with atlp stuff on their car??

LoveMyTL-S

Can ya say Edmonton meet?

myron

iTrader: (4)

Yea Edmonotn meet would be sweet but there only hata_61 has mods as far as I know. I am hoping this changes for me this summer with pentas and some lowering springs And a meet with a bunch of stock cars is kind of meh haha But I would really like to see the hata_61's car. There are 2 other members here on azine from edmonton, one has WDP 06 auto, and another NBP 06 or 05 auto as well

chckn

hopefully by spring/summer i'll get some mods done up. thinking of some rims, cai, roof spoiler, and damn those atlp exhausts are sexy!! all i have for now is the aspec front and back