# 2012 Ford Taurus seat heater

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-ford-taurus-seat-heater/134341>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** taurus, ford\
**Created:** [February 10, 2019, 8:56am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-ford-taurus-seat-heater/134341 "2019-02-10T08:56:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Ronnie48](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@Ronnie48](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Ronnie48)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2019, 8:56am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-ford-taurus-seat-heater/134341/1 "2019-02-10T08:56:50Z")

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On my 2012 Ford Taurus Limited the drivers seat heater gets way too  
hot on the high setting. On the low setting it seems to work as it  
should. The seat heater has 2 settings, high & low.  
Could it be a malfunction with the seat heater control module? From what  
i’ve researched the control module seems to be a common problem with  
these vehicles. Any suggestions would be very appreciated.

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**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2019, 10:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-ford-taurus-seat-heater/134341/2 "2019-02-10T10:38:58Z")

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Is it high to hot, or low not warm enough ?

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2019, 2:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-ford-taurus-seat-heater/134341/3 "2019-02-10T14:20:39Z")

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The control module doesn’t control the temperature, the switch does. High is too hot for you? Pretty simple solution, isn’t it? Only use low. Ignore high. Problem solved.

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**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2019, 3:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2012-ford-taurus-seat-heater/134341/4 "2019-02-10T15:06:33Z")

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> [@Ronnie48](#):
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> drivers seat heater gets way too  
> hot on the high setting. On the low setting it seems to work as it

Has the thought of turning it off after you get warm never occurred to you . Or use high for a few minutes then go to low , why make things complicated.