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      12-16-2021, 05:04 PM   #1
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Heated steering wheel

So my heated steering wheel is weak to say the least. The heat comes out patchy ie it's warm at top of wheel, non existent in middle section and warm again at bottom, but even where it's warm, it's like warm.

My dealer says it's fine and passes the diagnostic tests, but wondered what others experience was and how hot theirs got?

First world problems for sure, but any input would be appreciated.
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      12-17-2021, 01:38 PM   #2
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Mine is even heat all the way around and is nice and warm.
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Mine gets nice and warm all the way around from what i remember and not noticed any cold/cooler spots. And when i say warm to the point where i need to turn it off as its getting too warm.
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      12-18-2021, 02:21 PM   #4
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Thanks folks, I'm going to pursue this with dealer, it's definitely not right, noticeable difference to the demo car I had and the X6M courtesy car I had recently:
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      12-18-2021, 05:37 PM   #5
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Mine gets quite warm. Way more warm than the seats. And it's even all around.

I do wish I could code the seats to get as hot as I can in my F15. They get borderline hot which is great for my lower back and long drives haha.
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Mine starts out a little uneven, which is not a big deal. Probably a steel backbone underneath plastic and leather, and as the heat gets conducted around, it evens out within a minute or two. Anyway, once it's heated up, it's more than enough heat. I have it set to come on automatically if the outside temp is less than 35, and I usually turn it off within a couple of minutes because it gets a little warmer than I like.
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Mine is uneven as well.

I don't use it often, but now I may pay more attention.

Any update?
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      01-12-2022, 04:01 PM   #8
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Mine gets nice and warm all the way around from what i remember and not noticed any cold/cooler spots. And when i say warm to the point where i need to turn it off as its getting too warm.
+1 and the seats even get to hot for me as well.
Even being minus 20 degree Celsius here yesterday.
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      01-12-2022, 04:27 PM   #9
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Mine is uneven as well.

I don't use it often, but now I may pay more attention.

Any update?
Dealer says they are normal, only issue he thinks was low battery brought on by me putting car in neutral rather than park and that depletes the battery.

Load of tosh, basically they don't care! Seats are average, I can live with the seats even though they are not that hot, correction the passenger seat is, driver is not. But the steering wheel is awful and that bugs me that they are digging their heels on that.
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      01-13-2022, 02:00 AM   #10
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Dealer says they are normal, only issue he thinks was low battery brought on by me putting car in neutral rather than park and that depletes the battery.

Load of tosh, basically they don't care! Seats are average, I can live with the seats even though they are not that hot, correction the passenger seat is, driver is not. But the steering wheel is awful and that bugs me that they are digging their heels on that.
Uhhh... do you not turn your car off? It should automatically go into park lol
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      01-13-2022, 02:15 AM   #11
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As above mine is uneven and patchy at first. Nowhere near as good as the heated wheel in my previous car. It take a awhile to get fully up to temp and once it does it’s even all round.
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      01-17-2022, 10:20 AM   #12
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I had a 2019 M5 and the steering wheel was great. Nice, even and hot. I recently got a 2022 M5 and noticed its not as hot and also sort of patchy.
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My wheel heats evenly. You can adjust the temp of the wheel as well.
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      01-17-2022, 03:22 PM   #14
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My wheel heats evenly. You can adjust the temp of the wheel as well.
Hi, how do you do that?
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      01-18-2022, 07:15 PM   #15
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It's in the climate control section if I remember correctly.
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      01-19-2022, 09:18 AM   #16
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It's in the climate control section if I remember correctly.
On ID6 at least you can configure auto heated seat activation based on outside temp.Can set the temp level and distribution between thigh and back.
For the steering wheel heating it's only auto on depending on outside temp. It's on or off. Doesn't seem to have a level you can adjust?
Maybe ID7/8 has more functions.
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      01-25-2022, 12:18 PM   #17
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Mine is also even and all the way around. It even gets too hot IMO.
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      02-04-2022, 04:42 PM   #18
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Mine heats ever so slightly unevenly, although nothing excessive. The temperature never gets hot enough that I feel I need to turn it off. It's comfortable warm.
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