[BradB]

So the steering wheel we are purchasing is an R steering wheel? And how did you decipher the German website info. Of the various links posted I see a wide variety of prices (I think) and I don't want to screw it up! Can you give us an idea how long it took you to get your wheel?

Gee, I am so excited I can't see straight! Woot!

 

[BradB]

I got my steering wheel from this user on ebay.com; delivered in less than two weeks. This one does not have the heated function. $340 seems about right for new.

New Steering Wheel Black Leather multifunction Vw Touareg 7P 201113 7P6419091C New Steering Wheel Black Leather Multifunction VW Touareg 7p 2011 13 7P6419091C | eBay

Thanks, TDInDC. I'll keep searching. I am looking for a heated black wheel. A quick search of EBay using your supplied part number only yields wheels with airbags for $850.

I'll try to search German EBay that T-Reguan recommends. But the language barrier is a challenge. They "seem" drastically more than $340 but I really can't tell what I am looking at.

I think I'm getting closer!

 

[BradB]

Brad,

See my post #9, this is the one you want (R-line and heated), the other ones are with airbags included. I bought mine from that seller over a year ago and it seems like TDInDC did too. The guy is genuine and ships fast. Good Luck!

Thanks for all the help!

 

[BradB]

^^^ That's very cool! I want to do this mod in the worst way. Can you provide a link where you got the steering wheel from? Is your interior black?

Please post updates as to how the coding goes. I would be interested in knowing any specifics.

Thanks in advance!

 

[BradB]

If you look at the posts above or on the previous page, you will find links to where others found theirs. A few posts up from here (#51) I posted a list of all the different model numbers for steering wheels.

Ah, skipped right past that. Thanks!

 

[BradB]

Found another way to tell the car go back to automatic. Hold + for 3 seconds, it will return to auto. It's slower than using the shift knob, but this is more subtle.

Also, I'm trying to retrofit heated steering wheel on my Lux. I bought my steering wheel with heating elements. But the clock spring does not have a port to plug into. I'm wondering if I can change just the clock spring from 4H0953568F to 4H0953568H since I don't want to change the steering module 7P6953507L, which may involve re-calibrating the ABS module.

A new clock spring would give me the pins the heater needs and I would just need to bypass factory wires and get the power directly from fuse #11.

I'm going to test if module 7P6953507L is capable of showing the steering wheel heating icon on RNS850. This may allow me to control fuse slot #11, which is the power to the heated steering wheel in a "factory like" fashion even it's getting power directly from fuse box. If 7P6953507L cannot be coded this way, then I will just put an external button to control the heater...

more to come...

Thanks for the research. Anxious to see what works out. I also have a heated wheel (Exec TDI) now and am anxious to get the proper parts to add paddles.