01-01-2015, 11:05 PM | #1 |
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Heated Steering Wheel
Ok, we got some nice cold weather the last couple of days and I actually got to drive my car during this time (the last cold snap I was out of the country - damn).
I have to say, the heated steering wheel sucks on this car - or do I have a possible issue? It seems to work fine when the weather is 30+, but under that - say the 4 degrees it was on Wednesday, and the wheel just doesn't warm up much. I have about a 12 minute drive to work and on that given morning, the wheel wasn't even warm by the time I got to work. This was never the case with my previous BMWs (550/M5/X6) - those steering wheels got hot enough that you actually had to turn them off. Not the 650 - it just gets up to a warm temp (eventually) and stays there. Normal for this car? I should mention I have the new M sport steering wheel that started appearing in June 2013 builds.
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I think yours maybe defective. My M sport wheel definitely warms up but there are some warmer spots than others. Takes a minute or two, not much more. I do think it's not quite as warm as the old wheel on my 535 xi wagon but no complaints.
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01-02-2015, 09:37 AM | #4 |
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Mine warms up, but it doesn't get hot like the seats do. Also, the lower half is a lot warmer than the upper half. In fact, the upper half definitely has cold spots.
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01-02-2015, 02:54 PM | #6 |
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I just hate wearing gloves! In fact, once I got a car with a heated steering wheel (my 550 back in 2005), I vowed to never own a car in the winter WITHOUT a heated steering wheel. As they say, once you have one, you will never go back
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The wheel does not get uncomfortably hot, that would be a safety risk and I rather have a moderately warm, comfortable wheel I can have on always on a trip than something I need to toggle on and off just to be comfortable. So no complaints at all. The mid-2014 software update added an icon to the multi function instrument display when the heated steering wheel was activated/deactivated addressing my only (minor) complaint with the system
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01-16-2015, 06:26 PM | #9 |
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The heated steering wheel appears to work fine when the temp is over 30. Under that and you better let the car warm up It seems they make the heating elements more wimpy each year. My 550 was awesome, my M5 not too bad, my X6, fair, and my 650, fair at best. NONE of them ever made the steering wheel to hot to touch - but they used to get a lot warmer a lot faster.
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01-17-2015, 08:43 AM | #11 |
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I've been using the one in my 15 640 Msport and it gets very warm maybe even hot to the touch, and I've used it to -3 or so. Now, if you leave it on, I do notice that it appears to cool off a touch once the interior of the car warms up.
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Driving gloves? They are both stylish and practical.
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07-22-2015, 03:35 PM | #13 |
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And so is a heated steering wheel!
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Bringing up an old thread so I am hoping for any updates....
On my 2016 650 GC, 38 degrees F outside today, and the wheel barely warms up on a 20 minute drive. There are definitely segments of the wheel that warm up more than others. The area from 10 o'clock to 2 o'cklock is the warmest, whereas the rest of the wheel is hardly noticeable. My wife was surprised how cold my hands were after the drive, so I would say the heating is not very effective. This is my first Heated Wheel, so not exactly sure what to expect. What are your observations? L |
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There are some variations in warmth around the wheel, but not a lot. It can get pretty darn warm and no part is "hardly noticeable." I'd say yours is defective probably. I will say that perhaps due to a thicker wheel it does not get as hot as the wheel on my X3. That wheel can actually get uncomfortably warm in 20 minutes and I cycle it on and off.
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