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2014 heated seats question

7K views 28 replies 15 participants last post by  AbleRiot 
#1 ·
I test drove a 2014 limited today and noticed the heated seats were moved to the touchscreen. Required 3 taps to turn on which seemed to be very distracting to mess with while driving. (tap climate, then heated seats, then the seat you want to turn on). Does anyone know if there are voice commands to deal with the heated seat? Really miss the climate controls like they are on the 11-13s.
 
#5 ·
I'll try to have you an answer tomorrow. Everytime I get in my seat is already on aling with the steering wheel. I will say that so far I'm not impressed by the VR. Then again I've not played with that for more than t minutes consecutively.
 
#9 ·
I sat down in mine today and hit the VR botton. Proceeded to give the "heated seat on" command. My wife let me know that I was already in the hot seat according to her. Only places to do it is on screen or in the advanced options so they are on when it is started.
 
#11 ·
• Auto-On Driver Heated/Ventilated Seat & Steering
Wheel With Vehicle Start — If Equipped
When this feature is selected the driver’s heated seat and
heated steering wheel will automatically turn on when
temperatures are below 40° F (4.4° C). When temperatures
are above 80° F (26.7° C) the driver vented seat will
turn on. To make your selection, touch the Auto Heated
Seats soft-key, until a check-mark appears next to setting,
showing that setting has been selected. Touch the back
arrow soft-key to return to the previous menu.

(The owners manual is our friend.)
 
#14 · (Edited)
The auto feature is nice and we use it all the time with the remote start. The issue is its on full blast and you only need it for a little bit and we frequently adjust it during driving. Will not be the case with the new system.

We test drove a 2013 Flex with MFT and heated seats were on the home screen and very easily accessed (wasn't the case when we drove the edge 2 years ago so software update seemed to have changed it.)
 
#15 ·
This seems like a step back in safety. A physical switch you can glance at and then feel for it. These touchpad things will require taking your eyes off the road for longer periods.

Didn't you see the stop sign? No, I was turning the heated seat off.



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#16 ·
I think it stinks that they are embedded in the screen, its driving me crazy. They should have added them under the fan control on the push button line. The buttons should be left, right seat heat control and steering heat as a separate button. Having to hit the screen all the time is distracting. Engineers are supposed to be making these cars easier to drive without distraction not make it worse. I liked the 2011 Overland set up better. The 2014 seats are also uncomfortably hotter then the 2011 so you have to shut them off after ten minutes while your driving.
 
#17 ·
Well, at least the Jeep has buttons. The damn Tesla S requires you to go through the touch screen for everything. From the radio, HVAC, Headlights to the Sunroof.
 
#20 · (Edited)
I don't know why most manufacturer's are moving everything to the touch screen nowadays completely neglecting safety. :confused:
I like the features on the '14 Uconnect vs the '11-13 except for removing these safe and simple to press buttons - heated seats and steering wheel.
Albeit my these buttons were awkwardly placed in my '10 Maxima, I know where to press without taking my eyes of the road needing to tap, tap, tap on the touch screen. Hopefully, with enough safety complaints, they can rewire this back to hard buttons - as it appears there is space available where they use to be prior to the MY14!
 
#21 · (Edited)
I don't know why manufacturer's are moving everything to the touch screen nowadays completely neglecting safety. :confused:
I like the features on the '14 Uconnect vs the '11-13 except for removing these safe and simple to press buttons - heated seats and steering wheel.
Once you have a touch screen, you save money for each switch you eliminate. And at least some, maybe all, of these things are now controlled wirelessly. That saves on wire harnesses. It's why the manual states that if thing aren't working properly you should shut off wireless devices, like cell phones. Just like flying.
 
#22 ·
I've gotten used to using the touchscreen so that I don't need to do more than glance at it when turning things on/off. I almost never look at it for the stereo since I can do it all from the wheel.

Also, for the heated seats, you don't have to go through Climate. You can just tap Controls and the heated seat screen is right there.
 
#26 ·
No, rear seats have to push the button.. Sadly I think it is a bad spot for those buttons, should be on the door.
 
#27 ·
Well, you can easily kick the on and off from this current location :eek:
 
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