Subaru Heated Seat Switch Wiring
I checked my car and it does not have a relay installed in that location.
Subaru heated seat switch wiring. The national highway traffic safety administration nhtsa has completed its investigation they began in august. You need to use at least the circuit breaker and relay for the heated seat system so it only activates when the ignition is on. Just had a look at the 03 seat heater wiring diagram. I believe in fact there s only two.
The illum bulb should be on when for example the at selector lever light is on regardless of where the switch is set. See attached according to this each switch appears to have more than one bulb. Please narrow the seat heater level switch results by selecting the vehicle. Looking at the wiring diagram the relay for the heated seats go in the lower right slot of the relay block with pin numbers 37 38 39 40.
It s a safe guess that the wiring harness connection point is on all legacy s and outbacks they only install one wiring system. Though the add on items like heated seats fancy lights sun roof powered mirrors etc all are additional wiring harnesses which plug into the main system at some point. Subaru is recalling certain 2015 2018 forester suv models equipped with heated seats. 37 seat heater switches found.
The wiring for heated seats is a little more complicated harder to get to the main power line and more connections to do.