2018 might have all the wiring in place. You could check by removing steering wheel airbag and checking if you have wire there for heat.
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Pre Dec 2014 S Heated Steering Wheel Retrofit
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2018 might have all the wiring in place. You could check by removing steering wheel airbag and checking if you have wire there for heat.
@samppa , I spy a dangling TB. Were you able to use that to reconfigure the gw and redeploy? Or did you only need to change gw settings and reboot?
Love my TB
But it can't change gw as of now. Used other methods to change gw.
Hey Guys
New on the forum, and wanted to update my TMS 2014/05 with a heated steering wheel as the wife drives it mostly now. And it's pretty cold here.
I got all the parts needed and swapped over today. Found a fixed 12v under the main screen in a connector that is not used. And hooked that up according to the notes in this thread.
I replaced the
SCCM with the handles for drive/reverse/Cruise/wipers and so on.
Heated Wheel
Heated harnes
And steering wheel button from the new steering wheel.
This came out of a front crashed 2015 mdl with heated steering wheel so the airbag was deployed.
When i plugged everything together, the steering wheel buttons did not work. My horn works and all the handles on the SCCM. But no buttons and i did not get any update in the App for the heated steering wheel.
So 2 questions, @TonyT
1. Any reason for the steering wheel buttons to not work? Could they be bad? Any way to check, they do light up.
2. Do i need to call tesla to get them to enable the heated steering wheel to show up in the app or on the screen?
@samppa what did you use from your 2014 model? You replaced the buttons as well?
Any respons is highly apriciated
Thanks
Jan-Tore
New on the forum, and wanted to update my TMS 2014/05 with a heated steering wheel as the wife drives it mostly now. And it's pretty cold here.
I got all the parts needed and swapped over today. Found a fixed 12v under the main screen in a connector that is not used. And hooked that up according to the notes in this thread.
I replaced the
SCCM with the handles for drive/reverse/Cruise/wipers and so on.
Heated Wheel
Heated harnes
And steering wheel button from the new steering wheel.
This came out of a front crashed 2015 mdl with heated steering wheel so the airbag was deployed.
When i plugged everything together, the steering wheel buttons did not work. My horn works and all the handles on the SCCM. But no buttons and i did not get any update in the App for the heated steering wheel.
So 2 questions, @TonyT
1. Any reason for the steering wheel buttons to not work? Could they be bad? Any way to check, they do light up.
2. Do i need to call tesla to get them to enable the heated steering wheel to show up in the app or on the screen?
@samppa what did you use from your 2014 model? You replaced the buttons as well?
Any respons is highly apriciated
Thanks
Jan-Tore
I just saw another post that said that i needed to have the firmware/software reprogramed to accept the new buttons is that correct?
This was what i found.
You need to have the firmware reprogrammed for the car to recognize the new steering wheel switches. Reprogramming is a pretty simple fix if you have the ability to reconfigure your car with someone that has some skills with computers or access to Tesla toolbox. The problem is that the old configuration is expecting a LIN wire input, however with the newer setup up, it is all CAN bus. So the switches are sending signals, but there is nothing on the bus that is programmed to hear it.
Thanks
Jan-Tore
This was what i found.
You need to have the firmware reprogrammed for the car to recognize the new steering wheel switches. Reprogramming is a pretty simple fix if you have the ability to reconfigure your car with someone that has some skills with computers or access to Tesla toolbox. The problem is that the old configuration is expecting a LIN wire input, however with the newer setup up, it is all CAN bus. So the switches are sending signals, but there is nothing on the bus that is programmed to hear it.
Thanks
Jan-Tore
Do you know when they started using the new steering wheel buttons? I have a late november 2014 build with cold weather package but they didnt start with the heated steering wheel until a month later.
Check the picures of the buttons on the back. The new ones have an extra connector on the right side button when you see it from the top.
The new versions have 2 connector on both steering wheel button parts.
JT
Thanks
Already talking with Samppa about it. Orderd the connector to create the cable. Also trying to get a prebuilt cable. As the car can't be driven now with the new SCCM and buttons. Just moved the car and it threw these error msg's.
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KSG-P85DL+
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I’ve been wanting to do this too. I have a 12.2014 build Vin P65***.
Here are the facts:
Have
- Heated Steering Wheel
- New buttons (already installed in the car and working, did I need to have something pushed to the car?)
- Subzero Package CW01
I don’t believe I need any other parts?
When I installed the buttons, I did not see an extra female harness in which to plug the steering wheel in to.
Here are the facts:
Have
- Heated Steering Wheel
- New buttons (already installed in the car and working, did I need to have something pushed to the car?)
- Subzero Package CW01
I don’t believe I need any other parts?
When I installed the buttons, I did not see an extra female harness in which to plug the steering wheel in to.
the heater ec
The heater ecu plugs into the same plug as the horn, the 2 unused spots. You will likely need that harness also. You dont need any updates if everything is working. you need to get the heater ecu, and you will need someone to reconfigure your car for you. You also need to add power to the connector in the sccm, and you need a heated sccm. Your getting close. I believe all the parts are listed on first post with exception to the buttons, which were not known at the time.
The heater ecu plugs into the same plug as the horn, the 2 unused spots. You will likely need that harness also. You dont need any updates if everything is working. you need to get the heater ecu, and you will need someone to reconfigure your car for you. You also need to add power to the connector in the sccm, and you need a heated sccm. Your getting close. I believe all the parts are listed on first post with exception to the buttons, which were not known at the time.
Yes, you need to get a heater ecu. Best source is to try to find a blown airbag that has it. Then probably also heated SCCM, you can check if your SCCM left connector has 3 or 5 pins. If 3, it's not heated, if 5 it has heat.
I can configure your car after you have all the parts, I'll pm you.
I just completed a heated steering wheel retrofit to 2017 P100D that had no winter packaged.
We had to add heater ecu into airbag, then replace SCCM and steering wheel with heated versions, then reconfigure the car for heated wheel. Everything was plug and play. Heater ECU came from a blown airbag, heated wheel from a salvage yard and SCCM new from Tesla, was 280€.
We had to add heater ecu into airbag, then replace SCCM and steering wheel with heated versions, then reconfigure the car for heated wheel. Everything was plug and play. Heater ECU came from a blown airbag, heated wheel from a salvage yard and SCCM new from Tesla, was 280€.
SigRed12
Member
@KSG-P85DL+, what do you mean by already having 'Subzero Package CW01'? The car came with it? You have the following heated items: rear seats, side mirrors, windshield wiper area, and wiper nozzles; but don't have heated steering wheel and want to add it? Or you have all the parts to add CW01?
Anyone know if anybody in the UK is able to do this mod yet ? I haz a December P90D and man would love a heated wheel
That should have the wiring already in place. You'll probably have to replace sccm with a heated one, add heater ecu into airbag, and heated steering wheel. I can help update your config. Pm me if you want to do this.
KSG-P85DL+
Member
Yes, car was ordered with CW01. I’m the second owner. I have all these features of the Subzero Weather Package:
- Heated Wiper Blades
- Rear Heated Seats
- Wiper Nozzles (direct jet rather than wide spray)
My UI looks the same as here:
https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/posts/3571909/All I know is that it's showing me all 5 seats with the ability to send heat to them, and an additional icon which appears to maybe be heated wipers symbol? Take a look ...
How does one confirm heated Side Mirrors? I don’t see anything in the UI for it. Alas, no heated steering wheel for my Dec ‘14 build.
Teslarati Article from July 2014 about Subzero Weather Package: Tesla Model S Subzero Weather Package Review
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