After selling the 2007 HSE that grilled your a**e if you left the heated seats on too long, I was dissapointed that my 2013 which I would think has the same set up, is a bit rubbish ?.....anyone else feel the same ?

Also feels like it rides harder too 2007 HSE, Auto, silver...gone but never forgotten.
2013 xs manual black

Mine seem to take a while to heat up, maybe 10 mins or so but once up to temperature, they certainly are toasty.

Had them on a Volvo V50 company car I had years ago and they seemed to heat up a lot quicker - same operation, first button push - high setting, second button push low setting. MY2010 TD4 HSE Santorini Black, 19" Alloys, Almond Leather, Lux Pack, Rear Spoiler, Adaptive Xenons

I see, I remember the old one, I had to turn it down to one after 20 mins or so......bit of a shame. I like the new centre console but still wish it had more storage. Still pound for pound the best car on the road though !!!!  2007 HSE, Auto, silver...gone but never forgotten.
2013 xs manual black

Not at all, here with mornings of 2 degrees it probably takes 4-5 minutes before i can feel the warmth coming through and nice and toastie after 10 minutes. Certainly hot enough for me to turn it down to 'heat 1' setting.

Iv had my freelander for near 2 years and never had the heated seats on

Seats - never had heated ones before in any car. A few minutes and they are more than warm enough... but personally I don't want them to be too hot.

Ride - I understand it was firmed up a bit in the MY 2013 model. 2016 BMW X3 30d SE in red
MY2013 SD4 XS Firenze Red, 19" 10 spoke contrast paint wheels, Signature Strips, Grand Black Lacquer trim, Cold Climate Pack - gone!
2007 TD4 S Stornoway Grey - gone!

The heated seats have different levels of heating/temperatures, depending on the settings on the car's configuration file.
Maybe you (andyrussell) have different settings on the CCF from factory than on the old car.
These settings can be altered only with the help of a dedicated diagnostic equipment.
The settings are:

Just out of curiosity Alex, can the Steering Wheel heating also be adjusted by Diagnostics? Foraging near Gaydon....
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MY13 HSE Lux SD4, Baltic Blue - current, 30,000> miles without fault
MY12 HSE 2.2 SD4, Sumatra Black - gone after 10 months/43,000 fault-free miles

alex_pescaru wrote:

Maybe you (andyrussell) have different settings on the CCF from factory than on the old car.

Does'nt explain why mine is OK

Badger1970 wrote:

Just out of curiosity Alex, can the Steering Wheel heating also be adjusted by Diagnostics?

No, it can't...
And the above are true for pre MY2013 cars.
The below are the values for MY2013 and on...

I have never had the heated seats on for more than a few minutes. I would be worried that excessive use could have an adverse effect on the leather. Surely one's posterior imparts enough heat to the seat after five minutes or so?

New car has a heated steering wheel!  2013 RR Evoque Pure Tech
2012 TD4 GS Auto Orkney Grey - gone