12-06-2019, 08:26 AM | #1 |
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Heated steering wheel warmup time
How long does it take your steering wheel to become truly warm? In 18F temperatures today, mine was easily 10 minutes, maybe 20. It's toasty once it gets there, but it takes so long!
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12-06-2019, 01:15 PM | #3 |
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I think I would agree.. maybe 5-10 minutes. Usually the time it takes for me to get all the way down the parking garage to the street it's warm enough. I do, however, think that the wheel isn't very toasty compared to my E60. I wish there was a way to code the temperature like the seats, but everyone I have inquired said they haven't found a setting for the steering wheel.
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12-06-2019, 02:57 PM | #5 |
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I shut it off at the second stoplight, maybe a mile into my journey. Seats go off at first light, I don’t like the feel of heated seats. I switch from defrost to vent at the second light too, it’s generally warm enough to tolerate it blowing on me by then.
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12-06-2019, 03:35 PM | #6 | |
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10 minutes sounds like the normal ballpark, sigh. Maybe we can wish for a "remote wheel heat on" button like a remote starter! |
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12-08-2019, 03:24 AM | #8 |
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jeez guys you must have cold weather in the States. In the north east of England I find the wheel is warm at 1 minute and hot at 2 minutes! Only one gripe, my hand strays on to the broad silver cross bar on the wheel which is of course stone cold!
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12-08-2019, 09:20 AM | #9 |
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Weather in my state rarely gets cold. The day I turned it on it was 57F which is 13C. It's not like extremely cold either way but still was warm rather then Hot.
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12-08-2019, 11:12 AM | #11 |
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does -4c sound cold to you? that's what a lot of the Northeast US had this week, in my area it's not uncommon to be -12c in Jan/Feb, there are parts of the US that get much colder than we do, that's why I don't move there
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12-10-2019, 12:21 PM | #12 |
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It's also a lot to do with relative humidity.. in Canada where I come from the absolute temperature can be much lower but doesn't feel as miserable here in Boston. However last year I visited home (in Canada) it was like -40C or something.. balls it was cold, and the rental didn't have heated seats nor steering wheel.. egads! I remember a time growing up it was so cold it actually froze my transmission fluid. I pressed the clutch in to start the car but it wouldn't come back up. I had to sit in my idling car for 30 minutes or so before it came back up and I could drive!
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12-11-2019, 06:27 AM | #13 |
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I had a morning in ny where my shock fluid froze or more likely got super thick. Car was bouncing around like crazy and when everything warmed up got normal.
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12-13-2019, 08:37 AM | #14 |
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It was +16F this morning, did some testing with bare hands.
7:01 start car, steering wheel heat on 7:03 first warmth perceptible 7:08 slight improvement in warmth/comfort 7:16 steering wheel actually feels warm 7:20 steering wheel noticeably warm, but definitely not toasty 7:21 arrive, disappointed I'm sorry to say that I'm unimpressed with this feature. Maybe it's an issue, I'm going to take it up with the dealer. |
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12-13-2019, 10:00 AM | #15 |
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Works great in Georgia
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12-17-2019, 12:37 PM | #17 |
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Today it was +23F and the same trip was more comfortable. I'd say the warmup stages were at least 5 minutes sooner. Still, this is definitely not an Arctic-sleigh type design.
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12-17-2019, 03:44 PM | #18 |
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