New owner, seat heater and back up sensor question

pete280 · 04-30-2008, 07:50 AM

Hi all, Just sold my Duramax (have you seen the price of diesel lately?) and bought an 04 LE crew 62k loaded with every option available and have to say i absolutely LOVE it!! Waaay nicer than my chevy which was nice. The truck is mint save for a couple of glitches i'm hoping you folks might be able to save me some time on...

The drivers side seat heater doesnt seem to work, where should i look 1st?

The rear back-up sensors dont seem to work, when i put it in reverse, the orange off light comes on on the sensor cancel swith on the dash, i press the switch but it doesnt seem to engage the sensors, the light stays on, any suggestions?

Need to get these sorted before i start 'personalising' my new ride.
BTW these owners forums are the best thing to ever happen for enthusiastic owners!

Pete

k2dunks · 04-30-2008, 08:08 AM

The heated seats take a while to heat up. If it does not warm you up after a while then maybe there is a bad connection.

I think that the beack up sensor is turned off if the light is on. It works automatically when you back up otherwise. Someone will correct me if I am wrong. Maybe slowly back up to something. It should kick on in plenty of time if it is working.

Congrats on the Titan. I cam from a Duramax also. It was a great truck but I love the realibility and everything else about the Titan. I am on my second one now!!

tholmes · 04-30-2008, 08:32 AM

I just dealt with my back up sensors having issues. Is the light on the switch always illuminated or only when you put it in reverse?

7DYWKND · 04-30-2008, 10:40 AM

I've got an 08 LE and i believe you have to be in the seat in order for it to activate. This winter I hit the heat button and went back into the house to warm up and when i got back into the truck the seat wasnt hot. Good luck!
Chris

pete280 · 05-02-2008, 09:24 AM

Tholmes, the off light flashes once when i start the truck which i think is normal, then stays off till i put it in reverse, then it comes on and wont go off till i take it out of reverse again. I found a diagnostic instruction sheet on here for the sensor system so will try it this weekend.

I think the seat heaters are supposed to work even if theres no one in the seat, sounds like it might be a bad switch, i'm going to pull it out this weekend and test it.

Hey does anyone have the factory workshop manual on CD? A couple of other forums i belonged to for previous vehicles used to post the full factory manual as a downloadable zip file that you can burn to CD. Not sure how legal that was but it was a great feature!

Pete