The latest car models come with advanced features, offering a comfortable ride to the drivers and passengers. Among these comfort features, ventilated and heated car seats allow you to adjust the seat temperature according to the weather conditions. For instance, Dubai witnesses an extreme summer temperature and the cooled car seat installation allows one to adjust the seat temperature to their comfort.

Let’s learn more about heated, ventilated and cooled car seats and how to heat or cool them.

The evolution of car seats has brought changes to the upholstery and adjustability. Moreover, heated, ventilated or cooled seat features are available in luxury cars. The heated car seats allow one to raise the seat’s temperature during cold weather. However, ventilated or cooled seats have the same purpose but differ. Cooled seats use refrigerated air flowing through the perforated holes in the seat, whereas seat ventilation systems have non-refrigerated air.

Here are methods on how to heat, ventilate or cool car seats.

Some cars have buttons that heat car seats and cushions, whereas others have options among the infotainment screen options. When you click on the climate control system, you can find the option for heated car seats. After setting the temperature according to your comfort level, you can drive comfortably. 

You must not heat the car seats for long as they work similarly to water heaters and hair dryers. The longer you heat seats the more uncomfortable it will be and can also cause a fire to the seats. However, these seats have thermostats to automatically control the temperature.

A curly resistor is installed inside the seat cushion. After you turn on the heated seat option, electricity flows to the coil and the resistor converts electrical energy into heat energy. These seats have thermostats and sensors to control and reduce the temperature after a few minutes when you set the heated seat temperature to high. 

Cooled car seats are among the luxury car features that enhance comfort levels in the hot and humid weather of the UAE. You can ventilate seats by pressing the button on the car’s dashboard or selecting the option from the infotainment screen. 

It uses the refrigerated air from the car air conditioning system or the seat’s cooling system. The cool air comes from the perforated seats. The ducts distribute the airflow and cool the car seats.

Ventilated seats are different from cooled seats. These seats don’t use refrigerated air. Instead, they circulate non-refrigerated air. Similar to the ways to heat car seats, you can ventilate them too. Press the button and set the temperature to ventilate the seats.  Moreover, you can set this feature to auto which will turn it off or on depending on the temperature conditions.

The ventilated car seats use a fan to blow cool air from the perforated holes in the seats. The fan helps adjust the temperature of the seats and minimises sweating.

Yes, you can heat or ventilate car seats with cloth upholstery. However, leather seats are more common with this feature.

Yes, installing an aftermarket heated seat after buying a car is difficult. However, a professional can help install it properly.

These were all the details on car seat climate control and how to heat car seats or ventilate or cool them. When you buy a used car in the UAE, you can also install these car seats to improve comfortability. Besides, you must know how to operate these seats when you install them separately. Since car seats use electronic components, learn tips about DIY car seat cleaning.

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