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I’m glad it’s been of use 👍🏻👍🏻 Tom

Good work! I’m glad it worked and that we now know it’ll work on PFL cars without heated seats. Good effort 👌🏻

That’s a nice option to have, I’ve got the same on my car and winter mornings are so much nicer now - a lot less scraping in the morning! In terms of the retrofit, it should be very straightforward on your car because you’ll be able to get hold of a steering wheel that exactly matches what’s already fitted to your Scout 👍🏻

Hi, No, there is no button on the HSW that was made for the mk3, albeit the mk4 wheels DO have a button, it’s just a bit more involved to get it working. However, the HVAC menu is accessed by pressing the ‘menu’ button in the middle of your climate control module: Once the HSW is installed and coded then you press that button to access the menu for it 👍🏻

Hi @dkutsarov I don’t know if it’s of any interest to you but I’ve got a brand new Febi clock spring that I bought to replace my damaged one. I didn’t need it in the end as I repaired mine as per the post @STU3Y put on about solder repairs. I paid £153 posted from eBay earlier this year. I’d be happy to do £140 posted if you’re in the UK. Thanks Tom

@STU3Y - I’m not 100% certain, but I found I couldn’t access that adaptation while the LIN convertor was fitted. You may need to try removing it again, removing the adaptation then refitting. These are all things I need to try, along with the obvious physical checks of wiring/fuse etc.

@STU3Y - funny that you mention this, I am having the exact same issue but haven’t done anything more than plugging in VCDS and finding the same fault code as you. I have also ordered a replacement clock spring but this time went for a Febi item rather than an AliExpress one. Haven’t had chance to fit it as yet. Have you tried removing the LIN convertor at all, to see if that solves the problem? Tom

@STU3Y - sorry for the slow reply. I’ve just done the coding as suggested (after taking out the LIN convertor) and can say that yes, like you, the heated steering wheel button on the wheel itself is now working 👍🏻 Thank you for your update, that helps a lot to know that there can be full functionality of the mk4 wheel on a mk3 now that at least two of us have done it. Dead pleased.

Try eBay, took me 2 mins to find this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266632758464?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=pV0idlR-TOO&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=_BjIvh5xQJC&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

I’ve no idea what all the differences are, but it looks externally the same as the one that I’ve got. Should be fine 👍🏻

I was recommended to go for the ‘basic’ one but noticed the ‘high’ one so spent the extra and found it didn’t work. That’s why I linked to the basic one. I paid £175 for the airbag.

It didn’t work for me unfortunately. The heated steering wheel button is still non functional. It is worth keeping an eye on eBay for the wheels - they do come up - I paid £120 for mine. I think the trims are removed because of the value in selling second hand.

I sold the round wheel on eBay, only about a month ago. With the connectors for the terminals, I cheated and bought an MQB fusebox from a breaker for a tenner that had a good chunk of the car harness with it. Had plenty of connectors on it as well as a load of fuses and relays. Plus I used it to work out where I was going to wire the HSW in.

Was that a manual steering wheel or DSG? I hunted high and low for a manual flat bottomed mk3 wheel and couldn’t find one or a part number for one anywhere.

Nope, just the button to switch on the heat and the ACC button. The rest work fine but you do need that LIN adaptor otherwise the buttons on the right don’t function properly through the menus on the dash. It’s very subjective but I tried the round mk3 wheel and wasn’t a big fan, especially after the retrim as it ended up a bit too thick for my liking. The other option for you would be to find a DSG wheel then remove the DSG paddles and make some sort of cover for where they mount. I wondered about doing that and then 3D printing some covers that clip into place. Quite a few options really, but none of it is 100% straightforward.