Heated Steering Wheel Temp

[Ruger]

I had my 23 Laramie at the dealer for a different issue yesterday and told them to check my steering wheel heater and seats because they didn’t seem as hot as when I picked up my truck in Jan. The tech used a thermal imager and check the setting and said everything was working as fine and as designed. He also told me that the control heat is linked to an ambient temp sensor which makes sense because on real cold days (that’s high teens and 20’s for me) it is hot as hell!! But if its in the 50s its hot for a few minutes then warm at best. We have big temperature swings here in east TN and the heated steering wheel temp has really changed.

 

[Dewey]

I had my 23 Laramie at the dealer for a different issue yesterday and told them to check my steering wheel heater and seats because they didn’t seem as hot as when I picked up my truck in Jan. The tech used a thermal imager and check the setting and said everything was working as fine and as designed. He also told me that the control heat is linked to an ambient temp sensor which makes sense because on real cold days (that’s high teens and 20’s for me) it is hot as hell!! But if its in the 50s its hot for a few minutes then warm at best. We have big temperature swings here in east TN and the heated steering wheel temp has really changed.

I can confirm that. In the past with -20 temps my steering wheels and heated seats got too hot to handle after about 10 min. Warmer outside temps and not nearly as warm heating up. Turned on in the summer I barely feel them.

 

[mcat79]

alright, let me know if that works and the kind of problem you run into after doing it. I'll wait it out in the meantime lol.

I finally got around to testing the “reset ecu”, and unfortunately it did not change anything. After the reset I tried to change it back and forth again but also no luck. I’d love to hear if anyone finds a solution to this!

 

[Jimmy07]

I finally got around to testing the “reset ecu”, and unfortunately it did not change anything. After the reset I tried to change it back and forth again but also no luck. I’d love to hear if anyone finds a solution to this!

You can’t change it back because the original setting was “not defined”, and that’s not a selection in the list. If you want it changed back, send me your current backup file, and what the other 3 Seats A settings are, and I’ll tell you what value in your backup file to change and restore your configuration to that modified backup file.

 

[mcat79]

You can’t change it back because the original setting was “not defined”, and that’s not a selection in the list. If you want it changed back, send me your current backup file, and what the other 3 Seats A settings are, and I’ll tell you what value in your backup file to change and restore your configuration to that modified backup file.

That would make sense! I’ll pull the backup file and send it, thanks! I feel like this is something that could be added to Alfaobd, right? An option of “not defined”

 

[mcat79]

That would make sense! I’ll pull the backup file and send it, thanks! I feel like this is something that could be added to Alfaobd, right? An option of “not defined”

I finally have it back to normal, thank you Jimmy07 for the help!!

 

[diesel9859]

I was able to activate a med setting in my truck using AlfaOBD. Now I have lo-Med-Hi. If it was an option, I would have just set it to lo/med because hot is always just too damn hot.

I'm having a issue with my heated wheel, if I turn it on manually, how long should it stay on? Because sometimes it won't turn on.. just had it at dealer for 2 months for two issues and steering heat was one. They just changed the control mondule... now it kinda works when it wants, thx

 

[HSKR R/T]

I'm having a issue with my heated wheel, if I turn it on manually, how long should it stay on? Because sometimes it won't turn on.. just had it at dealer for 2 months for two issues and steering heat was one. They just changed the control mondule... now it kinda works when it wants, thx

Should come on and stay on until you turn it off.

 

[1BADRAMLIMITED]

I was able to activate a med setting in my truck using AlfaOBD. Now I have lo-Med-Hi. If it was an option, I would have just set it to lo/med because hot is always just too damn hot.

can you tell me step by step how to do this? i have the components orderes and purchased the alphaobd software but i could benefit from this. thank u in advance for any help

 

[Brutal_HO]

can you tell me step by step how to do this? i have the components orderes and purchased the alphaobd software but i could benefit from this. thank u in advance for any help

Save you BCM config file (not just the logs) to restore if you don't like it. It currently can't be undone unless the raw file is restored*.

*standard disclaimer - "By the average AlfaOBD user."

 

[User_119824]

Mine works fine here in Houston.

60ish degree mornings and after about 5 minutes it's like holding hot coal. It won't shut off unless I manually turn it off. My heated seats also work as human crock pots so there's that.

 

[FA5TDAD]

In my wife’s Durango it’s nice and hot in my rebel it’s warm can even get hot don’t come close is because I changed from not defined to high med low off and that I changed it back all says default

 

[HSKR R/T]

In my wife’s Durango it’s nice and hot in my rebel it’s warm can even get hot don’t come close is because I changed from not defined to high med low off and that I changed it back all says default

Once you change it to three level, it won't switch back without reloading the factory settings you hopefully saved before making changes .

 

[FA5TDAD]

Unfortunately I didn’t save it at the time cause I did a complete bcm overwrite with making it an rebel gt

 

[rick619]

I don't have Alfa OBD.

Mine is a Big Horn. The steering wheel is usually not very warm. I have cloth seats and the seat heaters don't get very warm either.

I have aftermarket seat heaters in my 04 Jeep Wrangler. It has two settings: Low and COOK YOUR ***! Told my 12 yo that it works much better than the Ram and he agreed in about 30 seconds, asked me why the truck seat heaters suck lol. That's now the only thing he likes about the old Wrangler.

Is there a way to adjust the setting if you don't have Alfa OBD?

 

[HSKR R/T]

I don't have Alfa OBD.

Mine is a Big Horn. The steering wheel is usually not very warm. I have cloth seats and the seat heaters don't get very warm either.

I have aftermarket seat heaters in my 04 Jeep Wrangler. It has two settings: Low and COOK YOUR ***! Told my 12 yo that it works much better than the Ram and he agreed in about 30 seconds, asked me why the truck seat heaters suck lol. That's now the only thing he likes about the old Wrangler.

Is there a way to adjust the setting if you don't have Alfa OBD?

No way to adjust without alfaObd or Jscan. My heated seats get very warm. I usually just run them on the lowest of the three best levels, and I did have to change seat material setting with alfaObd. It was set to full leather from factory, so I switched it to cloth/leather. Also switched my steering wheel from wood/leather to just leather. From factory steering wheel was almost too warm to hold comfortably. Switching it to full leather lowered the temp it for to.

 

[rick619]

No way to adjust without alfaObd or Jscan. My heated seats get very warm. I usually just run them on the lowest of the three best levels, and I did have to change seat material setting with alfaObd. It was set to full leather from factory, so I switched it to cloth/leather. Also switched my steering wheel from wood/leather to just leather. From factory steering wheel was almost too warm to hold comfortably. Switching it to full leather lowered the temp it for to.

Would the dealer do it? Or will they keep it an extra 5 days and then tell me it was already setup correctly...

 

[HSKR R/T]

Would the dealer do it? Or will they keep it an extra 5 days and then tell me it was already setup correctly...

Easier/cheaper to just do it yourself