Mystery under-seat plug? - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

Gary H · 02-13-2010, 05:25 AM

Hi

Doe a 986S come partially pre-wired for heated seats? I've found this plug under mu seat and have no clue what it's for - it's right at the back.

Cheers!

RandallNeighbour · 02-13-2010, 06:50 AM

Yes. Seat heater wiring.

Gary H · 02-13-2010, 09:38 AM

Any idea where this goes? I'm thinking of getting retro-fit kit and using OEM switches...would this be of any use?

Boxtaboy · 02-13-2010, 10:45 AM

You better make sure it is a wire for the heated seats first. If I recall correctly, I had a plug like that under my passenger side seat that I used for hooking up my airbag deactivation bar for my baby seat.

jhandy · 02-13-2010, 11:48 AM

That is not for a seat heater. I have factory seat heaters and I have the same wire loose. Also I doubt that it has anything to do with the seats because when you rolled the seat forward the wire would rip out. Has to be something that is not mobile.

KevinH1990 · 02-13-2010, 03:47 PM

Here's a complete guide to installing seat heaters in a 986:

http://www.dennisvogel.com/heatedseats/index.html

I checked into it pretty thoroughly and determined that I could not use after market seat heater kits with the Porsche switches unless I learned a lot more about electronics and relays. I'm hoping someone with that expertise will turn their attention to is worthy project. I talked to two local upholstery shops, and they didn't want to try.

Dennis Vogel got it to work, but you can see that the costs were substantial. I think that the best route for a stock look and operation is to obtain the components from a wreck.