Anyone know if the conker leather wheel is heated on an 06 SV8P?

 

Hi Nautivan
My SV8 has the heated wheel. I understand that the only heated wheel is the one with walnut figuring that is wood all the way round. The ones with leather on the rim are not heated. I think the heating elements would degrade the leather on the rim.

Pete M

 

Both the wood and leather portions of the steering wheel rim on my 05 SV8 are heated.

 

Ah, yes, looking at Jaguar classic parts, it's not as simple as I thought. There are so many options, the only way is to search through the list to find your own variety. I think that the full leather ones I found all had "less heated steering wheel" in the description, but you are right, there are heated half-leather wheels.

PM

 

Thanks. I’d love to hear from an 06 black cherry/conker super port owner on this. There is conflicting info online and I haven’t seen mine in person yet to confirm. Dealers listing states heated wheel but I’ve seen the “delete heated wheel with Elm veneers” on the 08 & 09 info. So IDK

 

The full leather steering whell of the SV8 Portfolio 2006 (black cherry/conker) is not heated.
At least on mine

 

Mmm thanks, that’s what I suspected, dealers listing is incorrect. So my next question, do you miss it?

 

Thats incorrect. I have the steering wheel with a wood and leather combination and it is heated.

 

yes Pete corrected himself in a later post. Thanks

 

It occurs to me that the long horizontal grain satin veneers are not really suited for wrapping on a wheel the way burl veneer is … maybe that’s why it’s all leather? Of course that doesn’t explain why all leather isn’t heated …

 

Never had a heating steering wheel, so don't miss it.
But weather is not arctic in Belgium

 

Same here on my 2004 XJR

 

My 05 XJR is leather / wood, and is heated. that said, it is a might too hot for my taste, I've pulled the fuse. i love the heated seats, but the heated steering wheel as well is inappropriate in Texas. There may be a couple of days a year that it would be nice, but other than that it is a nuisance.

 

The heated wheels are calibrated to 86 degree surface temp I think I read. I’ve never had a heated wheel so I probably won’t miss what I never had. I’ll just get a new pair of driving gloves!