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Nissan Qashqai 1.6 dCi Tenka 5 door hatchback, a light hearted look at my Qashqai, just got back from York, 1 1/2 hour journey, so not long, left at 8am and it felt like -20, cold wind, although car said it was 2°, so almost summer!!!, put on heated seats, great, used heated front and rear screens, fantastic, car was lovely and warm within 5 minutes, oh joy, hands freezing on the steering wheel, oh bugger, where did I put my gloves, oh that's right, in my coat pocket in the boot, this got me thinking, with all this modern technology, why can't we have heated steering wheels? I know that heated steering wheel covers are available, plug into the cigarette lighter socket but I would like to start my car, push a button and the steering wheel heats up so come on you lot up the road from me at Nissan Sunderland, lets have heated steering wheels, I have had some great help and advice from my friends on these pages so I hope Santa is good to you all, and your family's and that 2022 gives you many many miles of happy stress free driving, with a heated steering wheel???

The latest models have this option - probably the higher spec cars

Yes, a heated steering wheel is now standard fit to the Tekna models, or as part of the optional Heat Pack on other models, which includes heated windscreen/seats - microchips permitting of course

Oh and the steering wheel now vibrates/rumbles if you veer over the central road markings without indicating, providing you’ve disabled Steering Assist which generally steers you back into lane again

thanks Buffy and Sandgrounder, santa and nissan making my wish come true, Merry Christmas

Hey, sorry to hijack your post. Could anyone help me? I need to post a question and cant find the "New Topic icon". Could anyone tell me how to post a question please?
The question is about P26A3 code. Thank you

You have to click on the correct category for your question and then you will find the "New topic" button on top

Back on topic; Tigrimang on the Dutch forum did a heated steering wheel mod himself. Remade it recently with a version with selectable heat.
In fact it is a long piece of cloth with a heating cable inside that you have to fold around the steering wheel. Then you sew a new leather piece around and the cable goes through the center back to the dashboard. I can ask him if he wants to share it here.

Hi Every one,

In addition to my friend Lapalmeraie, i want to share my DIY of the heated steering wheel in my Qashqai 2017 model (J11a)
I posted this a while ago on the dutch Qashqai forum, so the language is in dutch. But since i added pictures, my thought was that it would not be so hard to follow the steps.
This post also includes a DIY of heated seat for the rear seats

https://www.qashqai-passion.nl/index.ph ... #msg184783

I have great joy while using this in the winter period. So i could recommend this to everyone!
This year i changed the type of steering wheel pad. This includes a switch which ables to set the heat in 6 different modes, from warm to hot.
I did this because after a while the steering wheel becomes hot and stays hot, so i needed to power off the heat. Then i noticed the 6 mode heat pad.
This i still have to share on the dutch forum.

I submitted the link of the new heating pad below:

https://nl.aliexpress.com/item/40012671 ... 4c4dYpVC5M

When starting the car in the cold morning, you set the mode to the hottest possible to pleasure the warmth at it soonest
But while driving it is more comfortable to leave it on mode 1 or 2 perhaps, to still feel the warmth but not burn your hand

I am still not fully finished (connecting the wires proparly and decently) with the new steering wheel DIY, due to lack of time, but i did tested it several times, and its gives even more pleasure in the cold mornings....
In combination with my (original) heated seat i never (i hate cold) have to drive away 20minutes later after warming up my car, hahaha
Thats a big relief!

If any questions, do not hasitate, i will answer with pleasure as far as i can.

Hope more QQ drivers can benifit of this luxary recommendation.


Some pictures of the 6 mode DIY.