Heaters Taking a Long Time to “Get Hot”

[Joedj9]

I’ve emailed Seat customer service with the hope they might be interested in reimbursing some costs. I’ve had other expensive repair bills in past few months and the car has only done 36000 miles.

Its off to a seat dealer now anyway hopefully they are able to identify and fix the problem. It’s had a new stat and a new matrix so I’m not sure that there can be much more in the way of unexpected cost. (Note issue present before stat change).

in future it’s going to VAG specialists only..

So was it the heater matrix mate? I'm in exactly the same boat as you. Got a coolant leak sorted but since then the blowers have been totally shite. They just dont get hot anymore.

 

[ben]

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So was it the heater matrix mate? I'm in exactly the same boat as you. Got a coolant leak sorted but since then the blowers have been totally shite. They just dont get hot anymore.

they replaced my matrix don’t think it needed doing to be honest. They said still wasn’t right so sent it to another dealer who found a missing temp sensor. Just got it back £595 later and it seems to be working. It’s cool for like 10 mins then when stat opens seems to be heating normally.

don’t take it to a dealer find a VAG specialist local to you all you’ll be shafted like me

 

[Joedj9]

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they replaced my matrix don’t think it needed doing to be honest. They said still wasn’t right so sent it to another dealer who found a missing temp sensor. Just got it back £595 later and it seems to be working. It’s cool for like 10 mins then when stat opens seems to be heating normally.

don’t take it to a dealer find a VAG specialist local to you all you’ll be shafted like me

At least its sorted though mate. Any idea what sensor it was or where is was? Just so I can have a check myself if possible? Might save me a big bill.

 

[ben]

I don’t know - all I know is it’s a temperature sensor for coolant and it shouldn’t be missing.
From what they, and someone else, has said, there is no good reason to remove one and they were interested to know if I had any explanation for how it could happen as it must have been intentional.

My heaters did get hot but it took ages and they were temperamental, getting cold if increasing fan speed

 

[Joedj9]

I don’t know - all I know is it’s a temperature sensor for coolant and it shouldn’t be missing.
From what they, and someone else, has said, there is no good reason to remove one and they were interested to know if I had any explanation for how it could happen as it must have been intentional.

My heaters did get hot but it took ages and they were temperamental, getting cold if increasing fan speed

That's what mine has started doing as well. They're warm/hot on low fan speed but when increased the temperature drops. The original issue I had was solved with a coolant flush but this seems to happen now.