Did my R1S come without a heated steering wheel? (Edit: It has a heated steering wheel!)

[GrokTime]

I am hoping I am just dense, but I can find no evidence that my R1S has a heated steering wheel. Is the control just hidden or is my vehicle defective or worse did Rivian withhold it from my build?

Where should the heated steering wheel control be? I hope I am just missing something.

The vehicle is actually for my wife and she suffers from Raynaud syndrome where her fingers turn white and get bitterly cold in cold weather so this is very important for her. I am very worried that for some reason our R1S does not have it.

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[Stickboy46]

Should be in the climate menu (tap the temperature). Left side

 

[FooF]

 

[Cycliste]

From the latest Owner’s Guide

 

[GrokTime]

Wow I am dense! Thank you! We do have a heated steering wheel!

Perhaps I am paranoid after our R1S came without any power outlets in the frunk or under the dashboard!

 

[MountainBikeDude]

Wow I am dense! Thank you! We do have a heated steering wheel!

Perhaps I am paranoid after our R1S came without any power outlets in the frunk or under the dashboard!

Don't worry, everything else is there except those...

 

[Nano]

In a related note my heated steering wheel doesn’t get much more than slightly warm. It seems to warm up well but then very quickly throttle back and not heat as well. My wife’s MDX gets nice and toasty and the same for the heated seats. I can feel it but it is far from hot on the hottest setting. In the MDX the heated seats will get warm enough to turn down a notch but the Rivian seems like like warm not hot. I’m only 4 weeks into ownership what do others experience?

 

[Mobius1]

lol, I just found out my R1S comes with a heated steering wheel!!

 

[Tony R1S]

In a related note my heated steering wheel doesn’t get much more than slightly warm. It seems to warm up well but then very quickly throttle back and not heat as well. My wife’s MDX gets nice and toasty and the same for the heated seats. I can feel it but it is far from hot on the hottest setting. In the MDX the heated seats will get warm enough to turn down a notch but the Rivian seems like like warm not hot. I’m only 4 weeks into ownership what do others experience?

Yeah, barely warm on mine. I hope an OTA can improve it, but I am doubtful.

 

[shrink]

In a related note my heated steering wheel doesn’t get much more than slightly warm. It seems to warm up well but then very quickly throttle back and not heat as well. My wife’s MDX gets nice and toasty and the same for the heated seats. I can feel it but it is far from hot on the hottest setting. In the MDX the heated seats will get warm enough to turn down a notch but the Rivian seems like like warm not hot. I’m only 4 weeks into ownership what do others experience?

That’s exactly what happens with my R1T. Thought about opening a ticket last year, but winters are mild in Phoenix and I have a short commute so it’s not a huge deal to me.

Haven’t tried it on my R1S yet.

Guessing this is somehow “normal” behavior.

 

[Rivdog]

The heated seats in my T can get uncomfortably warm after a while on the highest setting but the steering wheel heat is pretty middle of the road. Better than some, worse than others. Not enough to prevent Reynaud’s, but certainly better than nothing.

 

[gurbhejsd]

The seat heating on R1S is a joke. Barely lukewarm on highest setting - this definitely needs to be addressed.
I wonder what did all those test engineers reported back during their Feb Alaska testing (smh)

 

[R1Tom]

The seat heating on R1S is a joke. Barely lukewarm on highest setting - this definitely needs to be addressed.
I wonder what did all those test engineers reported back during their Feb Alaska testing (smh)

Mine gets hot so maybe they have cut costs on newer units or maybe something is wrong with yours?

 

[gurbhejsd]

Mine gets hot so maybe they have cut costs on newer units or maybe something is wrong with yours?

Mine is old month R1S, so yeah maybe they did cut costs

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