Heated Steering Wheel Question
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How warm is my steering wheel supposed to get? My wife's 09 Cadillac SRX steering wheel gets warm within seconds and very warm in less than a minute. I tried the heated steering wheel on my 08 XK a few times and I can't tell if it's working or not.
Do I have problem?
Thanks
Tom
Do I have problem?
Thanks
Tom
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I have a 2007 XK and my wood trimmed wheel gets pretty toasty along with the seats. This is a stark contrast to the heated seats in my 1998 XJ8. I can't even tell if the heater is switched on or off. If you take the car to the dealer they will use their infra-red gun to tell you if it is heating to the proper temperature.
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I have a 2007 XK and my wood trimmed wheel gets pretty toasty along with the seats. This is a stark contrast to the heated seats in my 1998 XJ8. I can't even tell if the heater is switched on or off. If you take the car to the dealer they will use their infra-red gun to tell you if it is heating to the proper temperature.
We are becoming very good friends sad to say.
Tom
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As soon as the dealer calls to tell me some parts they had to order from my last visit are in I'll have to bring the car in for that work and I'll add this to my list.
Thanks
Tom
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Then I have issues not only with the steering wheel but BOTH seats. I wonder what the problem could be and what the fix is???
As soon as the dealer calls to tell me some parts they had to order from my last visit are in I'll have to bring the car in for that work and I'll add this to my list.
Thanks
Tom
As soon as the dealer calls to tell me some parts they had to order from my last visit are in I'll have to bring the car in for that work and I'll add this to my list.
Thanks
Tom
I had this same exact issue w/ a porsche cayenne a couple yrs back...it ended up being a loose cable of some type. @ lease u have warranty, thatll sure help out but do us all a fave & keep us posted on what Jaguar tells you the issue is.
good luck!!
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My dealer is over 40 miles away and I'm waiting for a new drivers door panel they ordered to arrive before I take another day from work to have that installed, I'll ask about the heated steering wheel and seats then.
I'm just lucky I bought a pre-owned Jag under warranty, I'd hate to have bought this car w/o a warranty.
Tom
I'm just lucky I bought a pre-owned Jag under warranty, I'd hate to have bought this car w/o a warranty.
Tom
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Jaguar USA had the car trailered to another Jaguar dealer in Peoria (about 180 miles from my house). Dealer claims it's working as adverised - heating to 77 degrees. I find that odd since body temp is 98 and the ambient air temp that day was around 77 degrees. They claim they used some heat sensing reader.
My warranty expires next month and they are the closest Jag dealer to my house. They had the car three says.
Is there a specific fuse I should look at?
My warranty expires next month and they are the closest Jag dealer to my house. They had the car three says.
Is there a specific fuse I should look at?
Last edited by TomServo; 10-25-2011 at 03:07 PM.
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Well, let me jump in here with some empirical info for you. I just went out into my garage to do this little experiment. When I started her up, the ambient temperature sensor readout was 55 degrees. I have a little IR Temperature gun I use for checking tire temperatures, water temps, that sort of thing. It read 51.8 to start. Turned the car on, turned off the climate control and turned on the steering wheel. The sides and bottom of the wheel seemed to heat first with the top of the wheel taking the longest. After about 5 minutes even the top had warmed. Temperatures ranged from low 80s at the top to 95 near the spokes. I'm assuming that's simply because that's where the power is connected to the heaters.
Hopefully this is helpful to you... it's definitely warm to the touch. I could stand it being warmer, but I suppose that's just me in the NorthWest talking. Regardless, it's very useful for those sunny 50 degree days with the top down. It gets a little nippy inside the car then.
Hopefully this is helpful to you... it's definitely warm to the touch. I could stand it being warmer, but I suppose that's just me in the NorthWest talking. Regardless, it's very useful for those sunny 50 degree days with the top down. It gets a little nippy inside the car then.
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Well, let me jump in here with some empirical info for you. I just went out into my garage to do this little experiment. When I started her up, the ambient temperature sensor readout was 55 degrees. I have a little IR Temperature gun I use for checking tire temperatures, water temps, that sort of thing. It read 51.8 to start. Turned the car on, turned off the climate control and turned on the steering wheel. The sides and bottom of the wheel seemed to heat first with the top of the wheel taking the longest. After about 5 minutes even the top had warmed. Temperatures ranged from low 80s at the top to 95 near the spokes. I'm assuming that's simply because that's where the power is connected to the heaters.
Hopefully this is helpful to you... it's definitely warm to the touch. I could stand it being warmer, but I suppose that's just me in the NorthWest talking. Regardless, it's very useful for those sunny 50 degree days with the top down. It gets a little nippy inside the car then.![Big Grin](https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
Hopefully this is helpful to you... it's definitely warm to the touch. I could stand it being warmer, but I suppose that's just me in the NorthWest talking. Regardless, it's very useful for those sunny 50 degree days with the top down. It gets a little nippy inside the car then.
![Big Grin](https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
Thanks again, this is most helpful.
Tom
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Not a problem at all -- that's why I did the photos for you. In fact, if you take it to the Caddy dealer and they find it's not working, I think I'd just call Jag North America to explain the problem to them and get a ticket open. Seems to me that it needs some high visibility on it just to make sure someone competent deals with it as you're nowhere near a Jag dealer.
I'm quite fond of my local Caddy dealer. I was quite close to picking up a CTS-V wagon... but the convertible is what continued to distract me and Caddy has nothing in that arena right now.
I'm quite fond of my local Caddy dealer. I was quite close to picking up a CTS-V wagon... but the convertible is what continued to distract me and Caddy has nothing in that arena right now.
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