rah1723 Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Earlier when I would prestart my car and warm it up, the heated seat would be on also the blower would be higher and also the steering wheel would be on (heat). Now in the cold of winter these items aren't on when I prestart. Is there a setting I screwed with? It is a 2016 MKZ hybrid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drolds1 Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Did you check your settings under Vehicle>Remote Start to make sure everything you want on is enabled? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rah1723 Posted February 16, 2016 Author Share Posted February 16, 2016 (edited) I will check that.. thanks.. well, everything is on "auto".. so I manually went and turned them off, and then re autoed them.. hopefully that will work.. Edited February 16, 2016 by rah1723 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeaRay Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 My seats won't come on in remote-start either. I've turned the setting off and back to auto. Shutting down with seats on or off has no impact. Ambient temps this week have been single-digits. The heated wheel IS activated however. I recently had a '16 Premier 2.0T rental car. It didn't have a heated wheel, but I noticed that remote-start wouldn't heat the seats in that vehicle. It was set to "auto". I mentioned this to a friend with a '15 Fusion Hybrid, and he said his stopped working. When he looked at settings, his are greyed-out/missing. I mentioned this to my salesperson, and she said her personal MKZ also isn't heating the seats with a remote-start. Does anyone know what's going on? I'm pretty bummed - this seems to be systemic. It's one the features I was most looking forward to over my older Fusion Hybrid. I wanted to leave my HVAC off for remote starts so I could heat the seats remotely without excessively burning gas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airflow Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 I seem to be finding that starting with the Lincoln Way app results in things working more as they should with heated steering wheel and seats warming things up. I have climate and seats set to Auto in settings. I started the car this evening with the key fob and came out to air conditioned seats until I pressed the engine start button. At that point heated seats and steering wheel were back on as when I had shut the car off previously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucelinc Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 My seats won't come on in remote-start either. I've turned the setting off and back to auto. Shutting down with seats on or off has no impact. Ambient temps this week have been single-digits. The heated wheel IS activated however. I recently had a '16 Premier 2.0T rental car. It didn't have a heated wheel, but I noticed that remote-start wouldn't heat the seats in that vehicle. It was set to "auto". I mentioned this to a friend with a '15 Fusion Hybrid, and he said his stopped working. When he looked at settings, his are greyed-out/missing. I mentioned this to my salesperson, and she said her personal MKZ also isn't heating the seats with a remote-start. Does anyone know what's going on? I'm pretty bummed - this seems to be systemic. It's one the features I was most looking forward to over my older Fusion Hybrid. I wanted to leave my HVAC off for remote starts so I could heat the seats remotely without excessively burning gas. There is a TSB out for Continentals. I suspect your seat module needs reprogrammed. NHTSA ID: 10099448 TSB ID: SSM 46425 Some 2017 continental vehicles built on or before 14-feb-2017 may exhibit heated seats that are inoperative during a remote start event. reprogram the drivers seat module (dsm) using ids software 104.03 or higher. ZeaRay 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drolds1 Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Some members on the Ford Fusion Forum are complaining about the same thing. As brucelinc states, you may need module reprogramming. One guy fixed the problem by disconnecting and reconnecting the battery. This sometimes resets various errant modules in these cars. It's worth a try and doesn't cost anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeaRay Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 It's been working for the past few days. Very random though: sometimes it's both seats, sometimes it's one or the other, and it isn't always on high either. This morning the driver seat was warming, but the wheel and the passenger seat weren't. I'll ask to have it re-programed at the next service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riff raff Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Ok, I'm an idiot - my auto start settings weren't enabled (I figured that out before Droids1 posted that reminder, but I'm still an idiot) So, now my car starts with the climate on the last setting and the seat heaters are working. One thing threw me off - the seats are definitely warm, but the screen display doesn't show they are on. So, I don't know when they actually turn off, but they also don't stay on real long. But, having the seats warm and my climate control on is a big plus this winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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