So, I got my OBDeleven device, and have been poring over the many, many (but, many) settings that our computers-with-wheels (aka, our cars) have...

I see settings that look like they might be able to have the heated steering wheel heat turn on automatically if the temperature is low enough. (My car does have the heated steering wheel, and it works just fine, but manually of course - I press the button and select the heat level).

What I found, looking through OBDeleven, is:

Control Unit: Air Conditioning, Long Coding; item "Steering wheel heater auto mode", with options "not installed" (which is what it was set to), "Steering wheel temp" (which is what I've changed it to), "Outside air temperature", and "Reserved".

Even assuming that my car's steering wheel has a thermometer in order to know what its current temperature is, in order to be able to automatically turn on steering wheel heat if the steering wheel temperature is "too low", somewhere there would have to be further settings to tell the car at what temperature to automatically turn the heat on.

I don't find such a setting.

 

So, does the Octavia MkIII even actually support this option that I see in the Long Coding bits under the Air Conditioning Control Unit?

And, if so, what are the other bits to flip to fully enable it, and to configure the temperature below which it should automatically turn on?

(A Google search did not turn up this option, except in this thread https://forum.obdeleven.com/thread/3262/control-unit-setup which lists all the options).

 

thanks!

-Jay

 

I can't help but am watching with interest.

15 hours ago, JayLibove said:

I see settings that look like they might be able to have the heated steering wheel heat turn on automatically if the temperature is low enough. (My car does have the heated steering wheel, and it works just fine, but manually of course - I press the button and select the heat level).

What I found, looking through OBDeleven, is:

Control Unit: Air Conditioning, Long Coding; item "Steering wheel heater auto mode", with options "not installed" (which is what it was set to), "Steering wheel temp" (which is what I've changed it to), "Outside air temperature", and "Reserved".

Even assuming that my car's steering wheel has a thermometer in order to know what its current temperature is, in order to be able to automatically turn on steering wheel heat if the steering wheel temperature is "too low", somewhere there would have to be further settings to tell the car at what temperature to automatically turn the heat on.

I don't find such a setting.

 

So, does the Octavia MkIII even actually support this option that I see in the Long Coding bits under the Air Conditioning Control Unit?

And, if so, what are the other bits to flip to fully enable it, and to configure the temperature below which it should automatically turn on?

(A Google search did not turn up this option, except in this thread https://forum.obdeleven.com/thread/3262/control-unit-setup which lists all the options).

 

thanks!

-Jay

 

There needs to be a sensor for temperature; How else would it keep level 1, 2 or 3?

I can't find a way to do the automation for the O III but can for Golf 8 / O IV. 

 

 - Bret

I agree, there would need to be a temperature sensor in/on the steering wheel itself. My guess is that the "Steering wheel heater auto mode" software option is common in software between my Octavia and other VAG cars, but possibly it's not an option in the Octavia.

@brettikivi you noted that you can set automatic steering wheel heat on a Golf 8 / Octavia MkIV - could you please elaborate; how did you find to automate turning on steering wheel heat on these newer cars?

thanks,