Heated Steering Wheel

[ermil1385]

Hi All!
2019 Laramie Sport 4x4 Hemi with 12" and all the tech stuff - my heated wheel only "heats" to about 4 and 8 o'clock on the wheel; the bottom stays cold. Is that normal?

 

[OldMarine]

Hi All!
2019 Laramie Sport 4x4 Hemi with 12" and all the tech stuff - my heated wheel only "heats" to about 4 and 8 o'clock on the wheel; the bottom stays cold. Is that normal?

Hi there. Yes it's normal. I have one also and not the entire wheel heats. I imagine there is sections of the wheel where it's either different material, or there is wiring that they have in certain areas.

 

[Trippi]

Normal but disappointing.

 

[NorthStar]

Back in the old days...

 

[flyfingers]

They must've changed things as my MY '21 Bighorn heats at the 6 o'clock position.

 

[IvoryHemi]

I find the sides of the wheel heat up faster than the top/bottom portions.

 

[mikeru82]

The original wheel in my Laramie heated up pretty much all the way around. I don't drive with my hands at or near the 6 o'clock position so I can't say for sure if it heated up there. But I had heat everywhere I normally grab the wheel. The Longhorn wheel I installed in my Laramie also heats up pretty much all the way around. But it takes quite a bit longer for the wood insert section to heat up. Which makes sense since wood is not a great conductor of heat. I did notice that the Longhorn wheel gets quite a bit warmer than the original Laramie wheel did. Not uncomfortably hot, but I usually turn the heat off about half-way to work. I just left the Laramie wheel heat on for the entire commute.

 

[Appyfan]

Hi All!
2019 Laramie Sport 4x4 Hemi with 12" and all the tech stuff - my heated wheel only "heats" to about 4 and 8 o'clock on the wheel; the bottom stays cold. Is that normal?

My 2021 Limited heats up all the way around, but it does seem like 4 and 8 o’clock heat up first, and maybe stay slightly warmer than the rest of the wheel.

 

[834k3r]

My 2021 Limited heats up all the way around, but it does seem like 4 and 8 o’clock heat up first, and maybe stay slightly warmer than the rest of the wheel.

My '21 Laramie Sport matches this experience; no issues with wheel heating all the way around.

 

[Trippi]

They must've changed things as my MY '21 Bighorn heats at the 6 o'clock position.

Agreed - that is the hottest section...4 and 8 I think are the beneficiaries of that heat.

 

[ermil1385]

Thanks All!

 

[dandar]

2019 limited and the entire wheel heat up. The transition from leather to faux wood (fine lets just call it plastic) at 10 and 2 takes longer then the rest bu the whole steering wheel is warm. In fact 4 and 8 positions heat up fastest and stay hottest. That's where I usually keep my hands to warm them up.

 

[Fatherof3]

2019 limited and the entire wheel heat up. The transition from leather to faux wood (fine lets just call it plastic) at 10 and 2 takes longer then the rest bu the whole steering wheel is warm. In fact 4 and 8 positions heat up fastest and stay hottest. That's where I usually keep my hands to warm them up.

This is how mine is too , minus the wood .

 

[davidajpritchard]

This is how mine is too , minus the wood .

Mine too. Almost too hot in some spots

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[Moe1962]

Temps dropped here last night and I had mine turned on this morning. The whole steering wheel was hot in mine.