Steering Wheel Heater

[moosetags]

It was a little chilly last night and attempted to use Opal's steering wheel heater. When I pressed the button, the light would come on for just a second and go back off. I could not get it to remain on. I tried it both before and after I got Opal rolling. The seat heaters were on and working just fine. I had used the steering wheel heater in the past and it had worked fine. I have not yet updated to .46: I am still running on .38.

Brian

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[jjswan33]

That behavior sounds like a fault in the system. The same behavior happens if you unplug the rear seat heaters for example.

If typical resets etc are not fixing it then you probably need service intervention. You could check the fuses just to make sure it isn't a quick fix.

 

[Sevn86]

Mines been working fine and the steering wheel heats nicely. Any specific reason why you haven’t updated the Rivian yet?

 

[moosetags]

Mines been working fine and the steering wheel heats nicely. Any specific reason why you haven’t updated the Rivian yet?

After the .42 debacle, I decided to wait on the .46 update until I got a good feel for it here on the Forums. I am about to give it a try.

Brian

 

[VSG]

After the .42 debacle

"Debacle", meaning a bad update that got sent to <3% of users, which didn't prevent use of those vehicles, and which was fixed within two days? Puh-leeze. I've had about 15 updates so far and that was the only one Rivian made a mistake with. They acknowledged that mistake within hours. It was only for a few vehicles, and it was fixed extremely quickly.

2023.46.0 has been rolling out for many days now. If there were a problem we would have heard about it by now. And we haven't heard about it.

It's getting extremely tiresome hearing these chicken little complaints about updates. You haven't personally been affected by any "bad" update, yet you're going out of your way to repeatedly badmouth Rivian based on your fear and your fear alone.

As with any software update, use common sense and don't do it unless you have plenty of time to deal with the update process and any potential side effects. Just like you wouldn't do a Windows Update on your laptop the morning of a big presentation you had to make to the board, don't update your Rivian in the middle of a 2000 mile roadtrip. Duh and double Duh.

 

[UnsungZero_OldTimeAdMan]

After the .42 debacle, I decided to wait on the .46 update until I got a good feel for it here on the Forums. I am about to give it a try.

Brian

Two years worth of OTAs with just 1 (or 2) mistake. “Debacle” is an overreaction. Criticism is fine, but be fair. Would you want yourself to be judged by the same standards??

Have you tried a soft or hard reset? Have you contacted support?

 

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[Riviot]

It was a little chilly last night and attempted to use Opal's steering wheel heater. When I pressed the button, the light would come on for just a second and go back off. I could not get it to remain on. I tried it both before and after I got Opal rolling. The seat heaters were on and working just fine. I had used the steering wheel heater in the past and it had worked fine. I have not yet updated to .46: I am still running on .38.

Brian

Brian,

Try turning Opal's steering wheel heater on remotely via the app and give it a minute or two then go check it. It may reset a software glitch. I've had similar experience, pressing on the screen did nothing, but the app activated it.

 

[DuoRivians]

Brian,

Try turning Opal's steering wheel heater on remotely via the app and give it a minute or two then go check it. It may reset a software glitch. I've had similar experience, pressing on the screen did nothing, but the app activated it.

Did it work again from the screen eventually?

 

[teartags]

Mine has done this since I got it about 1 month ago. Steering heater has never worked. I have a service appt scheduled as of now to get it looked at. Hoping I can get a mobile appt.

 

[Riviot]

Did it work again from the screen eventually?

Yep!

I'm also not afraid to root around with wires, panels, fuses, etc. Not sure why everyone is so afraid to touch things, you own it. Play with it!

 

[moosetags]

Brian,

Try turning Opal's steering wheel heater on remotely via the app and give it a minute or two then go check it. It may reset a software glitch. I've had similar experience, pressing on the screen did nothing, but the app activated it.

Thank you. I will give that a try.

Brian

 

[DuoRivians]

I have an appt at the service center to get mine checked out. Rivian expedited an appointment

 

[s00n]

Any updates on what the problem/fix was?

Mine started doing the same thing a few weeks ago - tap the heat icon on the dash, turns on for ~1 sec then off. The app icon is just always grayed out. Resets don't help.

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