I'm getting ready to purchase a 2020 Insight Touring. The only feature I'm going to miss from my current vehicle is the heated steering wheel. Has anyone tried swapping the heated steering wheel that is available as an option for the Accord? I searched the forum and found a couple mentions of it, but not where anyone has actually done the swap.
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You're right - it's just been mentioned/suggested in a few places, but haven't seen anyone report on completion.
The part number from the 2018-2020 Accord is # 08U97-TVA-110A and runs ~$300 with tax.
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The part number from the 2018-2020 Accord is # 08U97-TVA-110A and runs ~$300 with tax.
The steering wheel arrived today. It does not have any of the controls or the paddles. They all need to be transferred from your existing wheel. The only control it comes with is the button to turn on the heated wheel. That button will reside at the bottom of the wheel between the two spokes.
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I just picked my car up. The heated wheel works great. It doesn't get quite as warm as the one in my Jeep Grand Cherokee did but it still feels nice. It is about 50 degrees here right now so it might feel even warmer when the weather is colder.
I drove for about 30 minutes after getting the car and the heat stayed on the entire time. I'm not sure if it turns off eventually like the heated seats do. It does turn off when you turn off the ignition and does not come on automatically. It also does not come on with the remote start. I would estimate it takes about 30 seconds to start feeling the heat when you do turn it on. As you can see by the picture, there is an indicator light that shows when the heat is on.
Overall I am extremely happy. I ended up paying $288 for the wheel and $199 for the install. I would absolutely do it again and would recommend it to anyone. I wonder why Honda doesn't offer it as an official accessory. From reading the instructions, it seems to be pretty plug and play. The dealership did not have any issues with the installation.
Good luck if you go forward with this. I think you will all be very happy with this one.
I drove for about 30 minutes after getting the car and the heat stayed on the entire time. I'm not sure if it turns off eventually like the heated seats do. It does turn off when you turn off the ignition and does not come on automatically. It also does not come on with the remote start. I would estimate it takes about 30 seconds to start feeling the heat when you do turn it on. As you can see by the picture, there is an indicator light that shows when the heat is on.
Overall I am extremely happy. I ended up paying $288 for the wheel and $199 for the install. I would absolutely do it again and would recommend it to anyone. I wonder why Honda doesn't offer it as an official accessory. From reading the instructions, it seems to be pretty plug and play. The dealership did not have any issues with the installation.
Good luck if you go forward with this. I think you will all be very happy with this one.
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Next question: If I ever did this, would my old wheel fit my wife's Civic. I do not like her wheel's controls!
I spoke to my service advisor again today about something unrelated (my new license plates arrived). I inquired again if there were any issues with the wheel installation and he brought up two that I want to pass on.
With the wheel being designed for an Accord instead of an Insight, the splines did not line up exactly the same. The Tech had to adjust the toe after installing the wheel. And the attachment points for the wiring harnesses were not the same so the Tech had to route it slightly differently.
Neither issue was a major deal but I wanted to pass that along.
With the wheel being designed for an Accord instead of an Insight, the splines did not line up exactly the same. The Tech had to adjust the toe after installing the wheel. And the attachment points for the wiring harnesses were not the same so the Tech had to route it slightly differently.
Neither issue was a major deal but I wanted to pass that along.
Got my heated wheel installed yesterday. I like the darker stitching on the Accord wheel. Thanks to those who took the plunge early and let me know this was a possibility. Looks like I can get about $100 for my old leather wheel so that'll be a nice way to recoup some $$. Price for install was ~$200.
Ooops, did my post get moved ?
I thought I was commenting on a thread that dealt with Insight owners going to great expense to add electric-heated steering wheels to their LX and EX models. My post seems out of place here.
I thought I was commenting on a thread that dealt with Insight owners going to great expense to add electric-heated steering wheels to their LX and EX models. My post seems out of place here.
Also, I take it you have never had a heated steering wheel, so nice.Well it's only 1 hour of work to install so if you get a good dealer with better knowledge the install shouldn't cost much more than $100. The wheel package itself isn't all that expensive either. Heated steering is more of a luxury item for most and I can see why some people would find it way too expensive for what they get. It's one of those things where once you've tried it on a cold day you'll miss not having it on any other car your drive. For me it's an essential item due to bad circulation in the hands.
So last week the temperatures dropped down and it motivated me enough to stop trying to be cheap and hope that the price of the wheel would come down.
Anywho, just finished installing the wheel and here are my thoughts...
- I am a big proponent of you do not need to take it to the dealer or mechanic, it is easy enough... but wow, they went a bit overboard with torquing the mount bolt for the steering wheel on my car. If you do not own an impact driver, it would be cheaper to have someone else do it unless you have a friend with one. Outside of that mount bolt, takes a 10MM hex socket, everything else are fairly common household tools.
- The instructions may say 1 hour install time. I would like to meet the mechanic who can actually do this job in an hour. Or maybe I just suck.
- Following the last point, it helps if you hook up the plug. Funny how it does not work without that.
- Zero issues with the splines, lined up and slid in place with zero effort.
- No clue why the steering wheel ships with a piece of paper saying the toe must be checked after install as changing a steering wheel does not affect that. Would be curious as to why, maybe Accords are put together by drunk monkeys and they have had problems.
- Compared to other vehicles I have driven, I agree that it does not get as hot. Still works great and I love the once I have used it.
- The new "body cover" does not exactly line up with the old pieces. It is probably supposed to, but it does not.
- The harness is either too short or too long for the Insight depending on your point of view. Not a big deal, it just does not look as pretty as it could hidden under all that stuff. The only thing is there is a ground wire with the wire harness and I had to make it about 4 inches longer to reach an existing ground point on the car. There are several other places you could mount that wire and it would work fine, but they are not dedicated ground studs.
- First time disconnecting the battery, even though I am sure I should have plenty of other times. It sucks. I had to remove the battery to get the positive terminal off due to no cleareance. Not sure why the instructions tell you to only disconnect the negative terminal as you are always supposed to disconnect the positive first and only doing the negative is a very, very good way to die.
Anywho, just finished installing the wheel and here are my thoughts...
- I am a big proponent of you do not need to take it to the dealer or mechanic, it is easy enough... but wow, they went a bit overboard with torquing the mount bolt for the steering wheel on my car. If you do not own an impact driver, it would be cheaper to have someone else do it unless you have a friend with one. Outside of that mount bolt, takes a 10MM hex socket, everything else are fairly common household tools.
- The instructions may say 1 hour install time. I would like to meet the mechanic who can actually do this job in an hour. Or maybe I just suck.
- Following the last point, it helps if you hook up the plug. Funny how it does not work without that.
- Zero issues with the splines, lined up and slid in place with zero effort.
- No clue why the steering wheel ships with a piece of paper saying the toe must be checked after install as changing a steering wheel does not affect that. Would be curious as to why, maybe Accords are put together by drunk monkeys and they have had problems.
- Compared to other vehicles I have driven, I agree that it does not get as hot. Still works great and I love the once I have used it.
- The new "body cover" does not exactly line up with the old pieces. It is probably supposed to, but it does not.
- The harness is either too short or too long for the Insight depending on your point of view. Not a big deal, it just does not look as pretty as it could hidden under all that stuff. The only thing is there is a ground wire with the wire harness and I had to make it about 4 inches longer to reach an existing ground point on the car. There are several other places you could mount that wire and it would work fine, but they are not dedicated ground studs.
- First time disconnecting the battery, even though I am sure I should have plenty of other times. It sucks. I had to remove the battery to get the positive terminal off due to no cleareance. Not sure why the instructions tell you to only disconnect the negative terminal as you are always supposed to disconnect the positive first and only doing the negative is a very, very good way to die.
This is a fascinating upgrade. I have Raynauld’s Syndrome, which is a lack of control of blood vessel constriction in hands and feet that lead to them being starved of blood/oxygen in cold weather, causing pain, numbness and generally just feeling way colder than outside temps would suggest. A heated steering wheel sounds like a lovely way to offset this issue! Living in Florida, I’m not sure if it’s worth the money but this is VERY tempting.
Fair warning, once you get one car with a heated steering wheel you will never want anything else.
I have found it to be a nice edition since I suffer seriously cold hands due to diabetes. One thing, the Honda heated steering wheel is not very hot. It does warm your hands, but I found the Ford's heated steering wheel to be far more useful since it heats up quite a bit more. I still feel this upgrade was worth it in the end.
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