They did similar things with rear heated seats
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2021 heated steering wheel Discussion thread
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JaeTheDev
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Oh I was not a Tesla guy during the heated seat fiasco...so did not know about that haha. Now it makes sense, lets hope!
I ordered a M3LR on Jan 8th and was matched Jan 28th. I spoke to my Tesla rep and he could not confirm the car had a heated steering wheel so I turned the car down and also had eligibility turned off. Yesterday, after BOB becoming famous, I had eligibility turned back on and should be matched again within a week according to the rep.
So, if I get a car with a VIN of 903XXX, there would have been no more than 199 cars between 808BOB's and mine and we could reasonably expect, since its a higher VIN number, that I would have the heated steering wheel??
So, if I get a car with a VIN of 903XXX, there would have been no more than 199 cars between 808BOB's and mine and we could reasonably expect, since its a higher VIN number, that I would have the heated steering wheel??
surfrasch
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oh man, you've got to get over that. I was also concerned basically going from a satellite based music and Apple CarPlay to an all internet based system, and now I'd never go back. The music is totally excellent on the car and I don't miss Sirius one bit. Also, I can always just play Apple Music through the car bluetooth, easy peasy.
The real improvement is the GPS system in the Tesla....moving to Android or Apple would ruin the experience. Huge google earth map with supercharger status and traffic status included.....it's an entirely different experience level compared to anything I've had in our Volvo's and Audi's.
1.21Jigawatts
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I received a VIN yesterday for my LR AWD and it is 906XXX. Delivery is 2/19-2/26 and it will be the first thing I look for (even before imperfections.). I'll post my results when I get the car.
You can't hold on to the old version forever. Your warranty depends on you having the newest software.
It's certainly possible that they got the hardware completed before there was a firmware ready to deliver to customers that worked with the new hardware. It does look like OP is on a branch of the firmware which doesn't exist "in the wild" and is technically an older branch than what most people have on their cars now. Assuming this is the case, and that is possible, then a not-too-distant firmware upgrade for the rest of us may enable heated steering wheels in cars that currently don't know they have it.
I'm still on old code. I'm on the fence about getting new code... I like the current setup (and a large percentage of people don't like the new screen layout)...
BUT, the curious side in me is wondering if my heated steering wheel will go bye-bye.
Being in the Bay Area, I rarely use it... so not a big deal... but taking features away (just the principal of that would be MAJOR).
As someone mentioned earlier... didn't the MY have the same issue (old code with a heated steering wheel)? Never followed that... but I wonder if anyone over in the MY thread has been able to get updated code (and if they still have access to the heated steering wheel)
SeaM3White2021
model 3 LR 18 white/white ordered 1/21/21
I don't think you can "force" an update, can you?
I clicked the "advanced" train... but nothing. Been about 5 days now.
That makes me think that you may be on a special branch used for developing the heated steering wheel software functionality and they won't upgrade you until that feature is in a build pushed to the rest of the public.
This is the same issue as the MY with heated wheel. My buddy locally has the same problem with his MY with heated wheel - he can't update his software. Nothing is showing available. He's stuck on some ancient build not publicly available as well.
1.21Jigawatts
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Question I thought of this afternoon: can you turn the heated wheel on/off from the phone app like you can the seats?
No option for me to even turn on the seat heaters... So, to answer your specific question. No.
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