anyone have any ideas why this might be? the fronts work perfectly fine, but the rear seats don't warm up at all when i turn the seat heaters on back there. is this a common problem with a simple fix? i would have thought that the front and rear heated seats would have been tied together fuse wise, so i checked the fuses and they all seemed fine. it's a 2000 a6 4.2 sport model if that helps any.
thanks for the help,
mike

 

Someone needs to be sittingthere for them to work.

 

so the front heated seats work without anyone sitting in them, but the rears have to have weight on them?

 

Yes

 

Im not saying that you don't know what you are talking about but i would pull off the seat and see if all of you wire are in good condition i would be concerned if they all of a sudden just stopped working because if they shorted out they could cause a fire and that would be pretty dangerous due to the fact that the fuel tank is directly under the rear seat.

 

heated seats only work with butts on themits pressure related

 

haha, thanks, i went and tested it today just to be sure there wasn't anything wrong with them, and i'm pretty sure they're still working, i just had to set back there for a few minutes. thanks for all the responses to everyone else.

 

wait a sec.. "heated seats only work with butts on themits pressure related "

or

"so the front heated seats work without anyone sitting in them, but the rears have to have weight on them? "

which on is correct?

 

Your butts + seats = heated butts. Period.