2012 Panamera - heated steering wheel issues
08-12-2018, 02:25 AM
#1
2012 Panamera - heated steering wheel issues
I have. 2012 Turbo S with headed carbon multifunction wheels.
1) Wheel barely gets warm. Granted it’s 70 out but on every other car I’ve had a heated wheel, it will get fairly warm. I can’t really tell it’s working at all. Only the very lowest part of the wheel has any hint of a temperature change at all and it’s not much .
2) It will often turn itself off 10 seconds after activation and read “ heated wheel deactivated”. I can turn it back on but 10 seconds it’s back off. if it doesn’t immediately turn off it will stay on for three minutes or so and then turn off but still is not very noticeably warmer than the ambient temperature .
3) Often after activation it says that it’s on but then the wheel shuts off and or does not get warm. there is no deactivation notice that comes up on screen . Then the switch is then dead and I can no longer turn it off or on without restarting the car.
My questions are has anyone else had similar issues and how hot does the steering wheel get? Last question Does the heated future only activate at certain temperatures or does how hot it gets depend on the temperature?
1) Wheel barely gets warm. Granted it’s 70 out but on every other car I’ve had a heated wheel, it will get fairly warm. I can’t really tell it’s working at all. Only the very lowest part of the wheel has any hint of a temperature change at all and it’s not much .
2) It will often turn itself off 10 seconds after activation and read “ heated wheel deactivated”. I can turn it back on but 10 seconds it’s back off. if it doesn’t immediately turn off it will stay on for three minutes or so and then turn off but still is not very noticeably warmer than the ambient temperature .
3) Often after activation it says that it’s on but then the wheel shuts off and or does not get warm. there is no deactivation notice that comes up on screen . Then the switch is then dead and I can no longer turn it off or on without restarting the car.
My questions are has anyone else had similar issues and how hot does the steering wheel get? Last question Does the heated future only activate at certain temperatures or does how hot it gets depend on the temperature?
08-12-2018, 05:05 AM
#2
I’ve not got this feature on my Turbo S but a previous car fitted with a heated steering wheel was temperature dependant. It would only work with the heating on and worked well that way but then again it was obviously cold so any temp was most welcome
08-13-2018, 10:13 AM
#3
Panamera has a button on the back side of lower 'spoke' of multifunction steering wheel. You can push button to turn on heating once the car is on.
Many previous cars had temperature threshold before the heating element would turn on automatically. That threshold was 50˚F.
So at 70˚F, it may be difficult to tell how well the wheel is working.
However you state that it turns off after few minutes or sometimes just seconds. That is tricky.
There is a mesh inside the wheel, which gets heated to give your hands warmth. That mesh is connected to electrical circuitry of car via a connector on back side of steering wheel.
To get to the connection, the airbag has go be removed and the wheel too.
Try your battery voltage, to see if battery is weak. Battery on way down wont provide current needed to keep the heating going. Check out this post.
Many previous cars had temperature threshold before the heating element would turn on automatically. That threshold was 50˚F.
So at 70˚F, it may be difficult to tell how well the wheel is working.
However you state that it turns off after few minutes or sometimes just seconds. That is tricky.
There is a mesh inside the wheel, which gets heated to give your hands warmth. That mesh is connected to electrical circuitry of car via a connector on back side of steering wheel.
To get to the connection, the airbag has go be removed and the wheel too.
Try your battery voltage, to see if battery is weak. Battery on way down wont provide current needed to keep the heating going. Check out this post.
08-25-2018, 09:30 AM
#4
I have. 2012 Turbo S with headed carbon multifunction wheels.
1) Wheel barely gets warm. Granted it’s 70 out but on every other car I’ve had a heated wheel, it will get fairly warm. I can’t really tell it’s working at all. Only the very lowest part of the wheel has any hint of a temperature change at all and it’s not much .
2) It will often turn itself off 10 seconds after activation and read “ heated wheel deactivated”. I can turn it back on but 10 seconds it’s back off. if it doesn’t immediately turn off it will stay on for three minutes or so and then turn off but still is not very noticeably warmer than the ambient temperature .
3) Often after activation it says that it’s on but then the wheel shuts off and or does not get warm. there is no deactivation notice that comes up on screen . Then the switch is then dead and I can no longer turn it off or on without restarting the car.
My questions are has anyone else had similar issues and how hot does the steering wheel get? Last question Does the heated future only activate at certain temperatures or does how hot it gets depend on the temperature?
1) Wheel barely gets warm. Granted it’s 70 out but on every other car I’ve had a heated wheel, it will get fairly warm. I can’t really tell it’s working at all. Only the very lowest part of the wheel has any hint of a temperature change at all and it’s not much .
2) It will often turn itself off 10 seconds after activation and read “ heated wheel deactivated”. I can turn it back on but 10 seconds it’s back off. if it doesn’t immediately turn off it will stay on for three minutes or so and then turn off but still is not very noticeably warmer than the ambient temperature .
3) Often after activation it says that it’s on but then the wheel shuts off and or does not get warm. there is no deactivation notice that comes up on screen . Then the switch is then dead and I can no longer turn it off or on without restarting the car.
My questions are has anyone else had similar issues and how hot does the steering wheel get? Last question Does the heated future only activate at certain temperatures or does how hot it gets depend on the temperature?
08-25-2018, 01:37 PM
#5
I've since tested mine - the shutting off seems to be periodic. I tried it yesterday and it didn't go off on its own, but didn't get very hot. It sounds like the wheel may warm up relative to the outside temperature. I guess we will see this winter!
09-29-2018, 11:10 AM
#7
Well I say I've confirmed an issue.
It was under 40 last night. The steering wheel heat function goes on for 10 seconds and shuts off then won't turn back on until restarting the car. Then the same thing...on for 10 seconds and shuts itself off by the indicator in the LED screen.
Frustrating.
It was under 40 last night. The steering wheel heat function goes on for 10 seconds and shuts off then won't turn back on until restarting the car. Then the same thing...on for 10 seconds and shuts itself off by the indicator in the LED screen.
Frustrating.