Pre-heated seats

[sharpgator]

Last winter, I was pumped when the app and software were updated so that I could pre heat my seats when I remotely turned on the heat. Of course, this was only as long as I left the seat heaters and steering wheel heater on when I left the car, but I was good with doing that.

Well, it’s gotten cold around here the last few days and I’ve tried to use that feature a few times. Every time I’ve used it, I get back to my car and my seats and steering wheel aren’t even remotely warm. They don’t appear to begin warming until I actually get in the car.

Am I doing something wrong? Did I miss a settling somewhere? Is it only active below a certain temp?

 

[crunchtime2k]

I am on 42.2 and notice the same thing now. Last cold season when preheating from the app , seats would be warmish and wheel toasty. Now they appear to only trigger once seated in the car. Sucks hard. I really wish I could have more control of MY car. Features added , removed , altered , broken , *sugar* job of a change log. It’s a total ****show.

 

[sharpgator]

I am on 42.2 and notice the same thing now. Last cold season when preheating from the app , seats would be warmish and wheel toasty. Now they appear to only trigger once seated in the car. Sucks hard. I really wish I could have more control of MY car. Features added , removed , altered , broken , *sugar* job of a change log. It’s a total ****show.

Yep. Seems to have disappeared during recent software updates.

 

[Kuhz]

In my case the steering wheel turns on during preheating (even if t wasn't on before leaving vehicle) but the seats won't warm up even if left on. Go figure

 

[boaterva]

Hm... as I noted elsewhere, wonder if this is another case of not documented properly so when they rewrote it totally for v9 it got screwed up?

 

[appleguru]

I still don’t understand why they don’t just add the seat/wheel heating to the remote API directly (so I can warm up the things I want when I want remotely)...

 

[Jan Fiala]

And scheduled charge to departure time.. Don't tell me, nobody in Tesla got this idea before ..

 

[Hugh Mannity]

And scheduled charge to departure time.. Don't tell me, nobody in Tesla got this idea before ..

Yeah that ^^

 

[whitex]

Just add this to a pile of things v9 "fixed". Your car only gets better with over the air updates, if you don't think so, you are using it wrong. Did I get that right Elon?

 

[whitex]

Quick note on this topic, I pre-heated my car running v9 and it did pre-heat the seats and the steering wheel (I left both on before exiting the car). The screen showed the seat heater icon when pre-heating. This is on a 2015 Model S running 42.3 software and Android app.

 

[Snowstorm]

Quick note on this topic, I pre-heated my car running v9 and it did pre-heat the seats and the steering wheel (I left both on before exiting the car). The screen showed the seat heater icon when pre-heating. This is on a 2015 Model S running 42.3 software and Android app.
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I have got those icons since last winter, but have no idea what those wiggly line means. I didn’t recall they heat the steering wheel or seats.

 

[whitex]

I have got those icons since last winter, but have no idea what those wiggly line means. I didn’t recall they heat the steering wheel or seats.

They are the same wiggly lines which are the icon for heated seats in v9. When I got in the car, the seat and steering wheel were pre-heated (I did leave the both on before exiting the vehicle, there is no control on the app that I could find to do that).

 

[Snowstorm]

They are the same wiggly lines which are the icon for heated seats in v9. When I got in the car, the seat and steering wheel were pre-heated (I did leave the both on before exiting the vehicle, there is no control on the app that I could find to do that).

Does it work because you have them on from before? What if they are off? Will they turn on?

 

[appleguru]

My heated seats + wheel were off when I drove into work today. I turned on my HVAC from the app about 10 minutes before I got to the car. Seats and wheel were nice and warm when I got in (but were off when I actually turned the car on).

 

[DJP31]

42.3 and in my experience if it is cold enough the steering wheel will preheat even if left off.

 

[BBB4000]

If it’s not working I would call Tesla support and let them know. The more people that bring this to their attention the better.

 

[Decibelle]

I wonder if the steering wheel and the seats need the interior temperature to be at a certain level before they turn on when pre heating the car? It's been around 45-50 here lately and the steering wheel and the seats are cold when I get in the car 15 minutes later. The app shows defrosting and the wavy lines on the passenger seat are both on. Sometimes the battery heater icon comes on as well. I have tried both with the charging cable hooked up and without it. It has worked before the latest upgrade and I am wondering if it's dependant on the interior temperature. version 48.1

 

[Snowstorm]

I have seen screenshots of the Christmas Easter egg update that allows individual control of steering and seat heaters. Hopefully that can go wide soon.

 

[whitex]

Isn't it interesting that Tesla has time to make the car play Atari games and "fart on demand", but things like allowing people to turn on defroster or heated seats/wheel which customers have been asking for for years don't make it in. It seems Tesla products target one customer and one customer only, who also happens to be the QA department - Elon. He lives in California, so cold weather features or rain sensing are way on the bottom of the priority list. Maybe fart on demand will defrost the mirrors.

 

[Snowstorm]

Isn't it interesting that Tesla has time to make the car play Atari games and "fart on demand", but things like allowing people to turn on defroster or heatedthe seats/wheel which customers have been asking for for years don't make it in. It seems Tesla products target one customer and one customer only, who also happens to be the QA department - Elon. He lives in California, so cold weather features or rain sensing are way on the bottom of the priority list. Maybe fart on demand will defrost the mirrors.

The ability to turn on wheel and seat heaters from the app are included in this release.