Gen 2 Steering Wheel Heater Issue

[R1Tom]

Yep, On or off, no settings in car. Had to use a scan tool type dongle to reprogram the set point. Would be nice if Audi or Rivian had 2 or 3 levels like the seats. These are the only 2 vehicles I've had with heated steering wheels at all.

Oh yea...steering wheel....sorry...I was thinking seats with multiple levels. Yes...it would be nice with steering control too.

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[Glogic]

My model y had multiple steering wheel levels and both stayed a consistent temperature (not cold haha)

 

[bfilippo]

My model y had multiple steering wheel levels and both stayed a consistent temperature (not cold haha)

Yup, mine does that and it’s a bit better UX I think. BUT also this is kind of like Louis CK talking about airplane WiFi and complaining about it being slow after just learning it’s a thing.

 

[Glogic]

I don't know the bit, but I suppose it's true. Like airplane wifi sucking so bad it's unuseable ( last time I flew anyways) if the steering wheel heat actually lets the steering wheel get cold, then that's not good user experience. I haven't seen another car where this is the case, and none of them come close to the rivian in price. I'm actually considering buying a heated steering wheel cover on Amazon when I get my r1s back. That's terrible for a 100k dollar vehicle

 

[bfilippo]

I don't know the bit, but I suppose it's true. Like airplane wifi sucking so bad it's unuseable ( last time I flew anyways) if the steering wheel heat actually lets the steering wheel get cold, then that's not good user experience. I haven't seen another car where this is the case, and none of them come close to the rivian in price. I'm actually considering buying a heated steering wheel cover on Amazon when I get my r1s back. That's terrible for a 100k dollar vehicle

Honestly, it feels like the Tesla UX perspective until a few years ago. All testing, range, experience, based on CA lifestyle basically, and everything else is an edge case. Hopefully Rivian doesn’t need a news article highlighting cold weather challenges like what happened with Tesla’s in Chicago last winter to really kick them in the ass and adjust from the mild climate perspective.

 

[Glogic]

Yeah that sounds plausible. I really hope the same. Hopefully they figure it out before a critical article calls them out on it.

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