Swapping heated Si seats into LX?

[EliasIsntIt]

I was wondering if it’s at all possible to swap the heated Si seats into the USDM LX.

My stock seats are already pretty screwed up. The drivers side squeaks near the belt buckle bracket for some reason and they are stained from the prev. owner.

From what I’ve gathered from other threads I’d at least need a climate control panel from a model with the button for heated seats.

However I don’t know if the control panel is plug and play with my car, or if it does hook up, if the seats can communicate with the panel through the CANBUS.

I’d also of course like the airbags to work. I currently have an airbag light because the previous owner hit a curb, and I also disconnected the climate panel while the battery was on when I was installing my head unit, which could have caused another error.

If anyone has done a swap like this before any advice would be appreciated.

Alternatively some sort of aftermarket pad that sits under the seat cover would work fine too, I’d just prefer to go OEM as I plan to keep this car for a good while as my daily.

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[dt10g]

I’d also of course like the airbags to work. I currently have an airbag light because the previous owner hit a curb, and I also disconnected the climate panel while the battery was on when I was installing my head unit, which could have caused another error.

The Climate panel / Battery thing should have had nothing to do with your situation. I believe you will have to work with a dealer or other airbag professional service to reset the airbag/SRS module if the previous owner triggered the system.

On the aftermarket side, I know that Katzkin offer a heat seat option, but you'd have to talk to them about what is possible. With their system I think they just wire it in, and you don't need the climate panel with the heated seat buttons (because they put the controls on the seat side panel or something)

I think if you try to retrofit heated Civic seats, then as you say you need a climate module and some kind of wiring harness... no experience with that one sorry, my car just came with them. Good luck!

On that note, you could look at a Canadian or other market LX / EX that comes with heated seats and just order the parts that they have. (if you are not wedded to the idea of Si seats...)

 

[EliasIsntIt]

The Climate panel / Battery thing should have had nothing to do with your situation. I believe you will have to work with a dealer or other airbag professional service to reset the airbag/SRS module if the previous owner triggered the system.

On the aftermarket side, I know that Katzkin offer a heat seat option, but you'd have to talk to them about what is possible. With their system I think they just wire it in, and you don't need the climate panel with the heated seat buttons (because they put the controls on the seat side panel or something)

I think if you try to retrofit heated Civic seats, then as you say you need a climate module and some kind of wiring harness... no experience with that one sorry, my car just came with them. Good luck!

On that note, you could look at a Canadian or other market LX / EX that comes with heated seats and just order the parts that they have. (if you are not wedded to the idea of Si seats...)

Thanks for the info!

I think I’ll just have the dealer reset the SRS when I go in for the fuel pump recall.

Aftermarket might just be the only way to do it, I don’t know enough about the wiring in this car to cut into the harness or anything like that. I’ll check Katzkin out.

 

[KensBlueGenX]

Be aware though it is not an easy swap to put heated seats in a car that was not OEM equipped with them. The heating levels are controlled by a PCM type heat controller (computer module) that isn’t there. On cars with heated seats it is located under the passenger seat. This is because the heating elements themselves are single level. The controller rapidly cycles them on/off based on the level of heat desired/selected, and more importantly, based on data sent back to the heat seats module from temperature sensors in the seats themselves.

In addition to the PCM controller, the BCM (Body Control Module) isn’t programmed for it, the body and dash wiring harnesses are all both different, heated/non-heated, and the dash heat level(s) controls themselves are missing.

Given enough time and money anything is possible of course, but it’s not a straightforward bolt in swap to get the heated seats feature.

 

[LuvLetter]

In China Civic is no seat heating, so we buy climate panels from the U.S., as well as the domestic 10th Accord heating pads to realize this function.

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