[onstat]

Hi All

First world problems of course is that my heated steering whel has just stopped working now its getting cold.

Had a service last week at bmw but was still working after so nothing there.

Pressing the button shows "heated steering wheel activated" on the dash but the button LED doesnt light up

Ive checked the battery and it was showing low on the charger so left that on overnight. Today its showing 12.2V on the multimeter but still not working.

The steering wheel is a royal steering wheels swapout thats been in for about a year and a half with no problems.

Anyone got any ideas on how to test or fix? I was hoping for a fuse but these dont use them according to another thread.

Any good iphone apps that can read fault codes to see if anything is showing? thanks

[bishbosh]

I had this exact issue a couple years ago when my battery was struggling in the cold temps. When the battery gets low the car shuts off unnecessary circuits, heated seats and steering wheel being one of them.

I resolved it using Ista+ to re-initialise the FEM (Front Electronic Module).

Changed the battery as well as it was past the best of its life.

[onstat]

Cheers Bish.

Any idea if any of the phone coders could do this as dont think I can get access to ista+?

[ian332isport]

Sounds like you need a new battery. 12.2V after a night on charge is not high enough. I doubt you need to reset the FEM, but you will need to get the new battery registered to the car.

[onstat]

Doh! was hoping to avoid this. Any recomendations of battery to buy and get coded or just get one from eurocarparts?

[ian332isport]

Originally Posted by onstat

Doh! was hoping to avoid this. Any recomendations of battery to buy and get coded or just get one from eurocarparts?

Always best to get a decent brand of battery.

Bosch, Varta, Exide, Yuasa are all well regarded. Even Halfords own brand are decent. Used to be supplied by Yuasa.

Tayna is always a good place to buy batteries.

https://www.tayna.co.uk

[JR1664]

Is it worth keeping it on charge for longer ? 12.2 is far too low. If you can get it up to max on the charger (over 13 but will drop back to 12.7 or 12.8) then test the heated wheel then you at least know the score. You never know it may well hold charge once properly charged. Had similar with another car in the family.

[onstat]

Ive been to see my AA mate tonight who tested the battery. It came out ok saying it just needs a charge so Im going to leave it running for a few days over the weekend.

He did however find a fault

Front Central electr. 4.0

030482 Heated steering wheel short circuit

We cleared the fault codes but its till not working. After I've given it a charge ill pop the airbag out to make sure Ive not caught any wires that may have rubbed since the replacement steering wheel was fitted. Either that or my heating coil is buggered

[EvenKeel]

Originally Posted by onstat

Ive been to see my AA mate tonight who tested the battery. It came out ok saying it just needs a charge so Im going to leave it running for a few days over the weekend.

He did however find a fault

Front Central electr. 4.0

030482 Heated steering wheel short circuit

We cleared the fault codes but its till not working. After I've given it a charge ill pop the airbag out to make sure Ive not caught any wires that may have rubbed since the replacement steering wheel was fitted. Either that or my heating coil is buggered

Any luck getting this resolved? I have the exact same issue and the same fault code. Thx.

[onstat]

Originally Posted by EvenKeel

Any luck getting this resolved? I have the exact same issue and the same fault code. Thx.

it did start working again after getting a new battery but now its stopped working again

Trying to find out if I can re-initialise the FEw via bimmercode

[Lorcan]

Sounds like your subscription has run out.

[onstat]

Originally Posted by lorcan

sounds like your subscription has run out.

😂😂😂

[gonghao]

I've met the same issue recent, I found the way to make it work is like the #2 said, you need just use ISTA+ to do "re-initialise the FEM (Front Electronic Module)".

Also I found the same 030482 code, maybe there is something wrong for the module? I don't have any idea. Last time I just cleared the error code, and do re-initialise everything works. But one day later, the issue occurred again, even though it works after the procedure but I don't want to repeat again again

[EuGenius27]

Hi all. How did you solve the 030482 error issue? After reupholstering the steering wheel, the heating stopped turning on. More precisely, the indicator on the button turns on and off immediately. I made a diagnosis and the result: 030482. Help

[onstat]

Mines still broken. I think its a short in the heating filament in the wheel. I managed to reset the FEM which works and it starts heating. As soon as you turn the engine off and back on it fails again with the error code

[gonghao]

Originally Posted by onstat

Mines still broken. I think its a short in the heating filament in the wheel. I managed to reset the FEM which works and it starts heating. As soon as you turn the engine off and back on it fails again with the error code

So have you ever try to replace the steering wheel to fix this problem?

[onstat]

Originally Posted by gonghao

So have you ever try to replace the steering wheel to fix this problem?

not yet but I'm going to

[gonghao]

Originally Posted by onstat

not yet but I'm going to

I'd like to know has any progress on the issue? Thx

Also I wonder is the heated steering wheel equipped originally or retrofitted by you?

[onstat]

Originally Posted by gonghao

I'd like to know has any progress on the issue? Thx

Also I wonder is the heated steering wheel equipped originally or retrofitted by you?

Haven’t had the spare cash to get it done yet

Yes it was an original option on the car and not retro fitted

[gonghao]

Originally Posted by onstat

Haven’t had the spare cash to get it done yet

Yes it was an original option on the car and not retro fitted

So did it so often occur? In my situation, it can repeat constantly:

1. Start engine, and start steering wheal heating;
2. Shutdown engine, the steering wheal heating would shutdown as well;
3. Wait 5mins then start engine, the steering wheel heating would start automatically, but it may be die instantly(the LED would be off, no heating anymore). Try to press the button, the indicator in cluster would be all right, but the LED no light anymore.

[f36Lol]

Originally Posted by gonghao

So did it so often occur? In my situation, it can repeat constantly:

1. Start engine, and start steering wheal heating;
2. Shutdown engine, the steering wheal heating would shutdown as well;
3. Wait 5mins then start engine, the steering wheel heating would start automatically, but it may be die instantly(the LED would be off, no heating anymore). Try to press the button, the indicator in cluster would be all right, but the LED no light anymore.

Hey i just retrofitted mine, i didnt have heated steering wheel before so i had to code it all in, i have the led light working on the button, it turns on and off, i get the heated steering wheel activated / deactivated, but my heating is always turned on even when not pressing the button, and the heated steering is deactivated. 2018 440i Gc