How to Fix Broken Heated Seats 2003-10 Cadillac CTS
Created on: 2013-12-22
If your heated seats don't work due to a split wire, this video will show how to crimp the ends and replace it with a connector to help you fix it yourself
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step 1 :Disconnect the Seat Heater
- Pull off the seat cover clip
- Carefully peel back the seat cover
- Cut the two wire shields with a razor blade
- Strip the wire ends
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step 2 :Connecting the Seat Heater
- Hold the lower wire with pliers
- Put a splice on the lower wire
- Crimp the splice with wiring pliers
- Push the upper wire into the splice
- Crimp the splice with wiring pliers
- Put the seat cover back into place
- Clip on the seat cover
- Test that the seat heater is working
Tools needed
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Razor Blade / Gasket Scraper
Wire End Cutters
Butt Connectors
Needle nose pliers
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In this video, we show you how to fix the seat heater on this 2005 Cadillac CTS. The only items you're going to need for this repair are a small butt splice, a pair of pliers, and a pair of wire strippers.
Start off by reaching under the seat and pulling down and out on the fabric. This will release the clip. Carefully pull back your seat cover. Right here, you can see that this wire is broken. Typically when the seat heaters stop working, this is reason why. You want to take a razor blade and you want to just cut that plastic shield around the wire. You want to do this to both ends. Now take a pair of wire strippers and just strip off the end of that wire. Do the same to the other end.
Here we're holding the lower wire up with a pair of pliers. We put the splice on and then crimp it with a pair of wiring pliers. Twist the wire filaments to get them all together. It goes down into the splice easier. Make sure they're down in the splice and then again use the wiring pliers and crimp the splice. Once that's done, carefully put your seat cover back into place. Then tuck the cover in underneath the seat and reclip it. Then just test to make sure that your seat heater works again.
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