Hey up from Oldham

[grahamfromoldham]

John, this is pretty much the story so far......Heated seat pads replaced a year ago, then again two weeks ago and the drivers heated seat shuts off intermittently. Sometimes on a motorway journey of an hour, up to 15 times or so. Vauxhall 'technician', and I use this term loosely said this was how it is designed....DOH! No, it isn't. The lights on the button should remain lit while regulating the temperature but they just switch off on their own. The dealer has been in touch with Vauxhall technical who suggests they send them a file of the car, whatever this is (?) to see if there is a software fault. Each time it switches off, it logs the fault code B2425 I think it was and they seem fixated that its the heated seat pads themselves. They have also replaced the module box under the drivers seat and it still makes a click noise, and one second later the heated seat goes off. They are proper scratching their heads with this one and good, because they have never really accepted it was faulty as it never faulted while they had the car in their workshop.
At least with the tracker I fitted, its nice to see they're looking after my car by not abusing the speed/engine as the car texts me when it has gone over a designated speed you set the tracker for. In this case, I set it for about 32mph so each time they take it out on a test run, it texts me its current speed and location which is viewable on Google maps