Ken W
Member
Our fathers and grandfathers would be laughing at us complaining about heated steering wheels being too hot! Once you have a heated steering wheel, you don’t want to drive a car without it in cold temps!
Disclaimer: Links on this page pointing to Amazon, eBay and other sites may include affiliate code. If you click them and make a purchase, we may earn a small commission.
Sounds like you guys complaining need to toughen up your hands LOL. I've had 3 fourth gen and now a 5th generation Ram with heated steering wheels and none were toohot!Our fathers and grandfathers would be laughing at us complaining about heated steering wheels being too hot! Once you have a heated steering wheel, you don’t want to drive a car without it in cold temps!
Mine is too hot to leave on, but I love that it and the seat heat come on automatically when I remote start the truck, but only when it's cold out. Wish the passenger seat could be set to come on like that (to make the wife happy).
I'd much rather have it get too hot and need to turn it off than have it never get hot enough. I'd much rather drive without needing gloves on.
After spending most of my adult life in Florida, I'm a wimp when it comes to cold. My body is used to 120+ 90° days a year and cold is anything under 65°You know, I’ve never understood the need for gloves- unless you just lived up north of the border where it got down to 30, 40 below because even back when I lived in Colorado where it would get down to below zero on quite a few occasions, I never needed gloves. I just always warmed my vehicles before I left. I never was one of those where all I had to see out the windshield was a little bitty circle...lol. My wheel would be a little chilly but not cold enough to hold on to.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
After spending most of my adult life in Florida, I'm a wimp when it comes to cold. My body is used to 120+ 90° days a year and cold is anything under 65°
Gotcha, can't do that when it's in a garage and I'm not about to get geared up, pull it out, go inside, ditch the gear for 10 minutes and then go back out. I get in and go....I could understand that my point was geared more towards if you let you’re vehicle warm up, you shouldn’t need gloves on any occasion or based on any outside temp.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Gotcha, can't do that when it's in a garage and I'm not about to get geared up, pull it out, go inside, ditch the gear for 10 minutes and then go back out. I get in and go....
Well, up in Michigan it gets below freezing IN the garages. Grab on to the freezing wood steering wheel and you will figure out gloves are needed if it weren't for the heated wheel feature.Huh?....lol. If it’s garage-kept, it shouldn’t be that cold, even if the garage wasn’t even really all that great insulated so it brings us back to the beginning of why gloves are even needed if the vehicle isn’t all that cold in it due to being kept in a garage?...lol
apatalk
Well, up in Michigan it gets below freezing IN the garages. Grab on to the freezing wood steering wheel and you will figure out gloves are needed if it weren't for the heated wheel feature.
I wonder if they will come out with AC steering for cars in Florida , asking for a friend LOLI have a 2019 Ram Bighorn with heated seats and steering wheel. It was chilly this morning so I turned on the heater seats and steering wheel. After awhile I had to turn off the heated steering wheel, it started to become uncomfortable it was do hot. Anyone elses steering wheel hot as heck? I don't see an option to lower the heat, like I have with my seats.
My bad, I didn’t realize you were up in Michigan and no longer a Floridian...lol.
But anywho, I’ve never had my vehicles parked in a garage so warming them up in the morning to defrost the windows or heat the interior when it’s cold has never been an issue.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Just throw some hot water on thewinshield to remove the ice. And the glass.
Try using a frost blocker (or equivalent). I keep one of these on my car that's parked outside during the winter. It really helps speed up the process in the mornings.Yeah, ok. lol. Although however I have seen people do that and have yet to see them crack a windshield but that’s OK, I’ll just let my engine idle and warm the cabin up and thaw the frost from the windshield the proper way… LOL
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Try using a frost blocker (or equivalent). I keep one of these on my car that's parked outside during the winter. It really helps speed up the process in the mornings.
https://www.costco.com/FrostBlocker-Windshield-and-Mirror-Cover,-2-pack.product.100504960.html
I've read too many bad things about idling these hemi's. That's one of the suspected causes of the issue with cam and lifter wear. Not enough oil flow to the cam at low rpm's. I'm not sure if that's true or not, but I do know that idling any gasoline engine for extended periods is not the best thing for them.
I let mine warm up for 60 to 90 seconds at the most. But I also park in a detached garage. The garage is unheated, and has no insulation. So it's almost as cold in there as it is outside. But there's no need to clear snow and ice in the mornings.
I wonder if they will come out with AC steering for cars in Florida , asking for a friend LOL