Astra VXR heated steering wheel

[THEHITMAN]

Hi guys, I have a chance of a VXR heated steering wheel off a 2014 Astra which I'm looking to install in my 2011 Astra 1.7 Elite.
Now unfortunately the airbag is missing so does anyone know if I can simply swap the airbag from my Elite into the VXR steering wheel?
Also can the heated part of the steering wheel be connected to work?
Thanks in advance.

[Rusty2009]

Yes air bag will fit, you will need to buy a new heater panel with the steering wheel on it, you won't find a 2nd hand panel your be looking at £150-200 for that.

Is it the wheel on eBay with the VXR badge missing?


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[THEHITMAN]

Yes that's the one Rusty.
I emailed the seller and they said the heated steering wheel would work when I activated the heated seats?

[WhelanUK]

The heated steering wheel has a seperate button to the heated seats.

[Rusty2009]

Seller sounds a bit lost.

You have an elite so you have heated seats as standard anyway and they don't need activating they are plug and play if retrofitted.

You will need a new heater panel the steering wheel will be bottom left button on an elite.

Iirc there is also another module for heated steering wheel, I will look tomorrow.


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[Rusty2009]

This may help you.

http://workshop-manuals.com/vauxhall/ast...lfunction/


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[Rusty2009]

Here is an image of the control bottom left heated steering wheel button




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[THEHITMAN]

Thanks for your helps guys I'll check this out tomorrow.
But the airbag will definitely fit?

[Rusty2009]

Yes mate did it on mine.

[THEHITMAN]

Cheers mate I was having a look at your progress thread there lol
Is the VXR steering wheel you fitted heated?
I would be really interested in learning more about the auto fold in mirrors as well?

[Rusty2009]

No it's not heated they weren't coming up a few months ago.

I want one I was going to bid on the one on eBay but I'll leave that now I know a fellow member is after it.

Autofold A20DTH mate sales the module a bit fiddly to do requires soldering on the mirror switch.


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[Rusty2009]

Did you win it mate whoever did got a bargain.

[tucpal]

god that did sell cheep

[THEHITMAN]

Not me guys I paid £150 for mine.

[THEHITMAN]

Here is an image of the control bottom left heated steering wheel button




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Rusty, when I enquired about buying the heater panel you have pictured above, Vauxhall checked their system and it says if I buy a panel with a heated steering wheel button, it comes without heated seat buttons as the VXR doesn't have them!
Any ideas, where did you find that picture?

[tucpal]

i have that controller with the heated seats and steering wheel
i will pop a pic up later on

[Rusty2009]

You don't have climate thou Tucpal?

Is the one I pictured the one you need?

I will get the the part number later.

The reason they say they don't do it is because they think you want it for a VXR


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[THEHITMAN]

I did explain what it was for but when they showed me the parts on screen there were only 3 options.
1 - Panel for heated seats, heated steering wheel & air con (excluding climate control).
2 - Panel for heated seats & climate control (excluding heated steering wheel).
3 - Panel for heated steering wheel & air con / climate control (excluding heated seats).
As I already have heated seats and climate control, there was no option available with the heated steering wheel button included.
I was informed this option is not available as a VXR has recaro seats and they are not heated.

[Rusty2009]

Yeah they were looking at VXR only


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[WhelanUK]

Can you not switch out the panel and have manual heating/air con?

[Rusty2009]

there's two mate,

13360109 CONTROL, ASSY., HEATER AND AIR CONDITIONING, BLACK (FOR CLIMATE CONTROL) (FOR HEATED FRONT SEATS) (FOR STEERING WHEEL HEATING) (PRODUCTION NO. 13359128) £170.59
http://www.autovaux.co.uk/product/133601...nditi.aspx

or

(13346102) CONTROL, ASSY., HEATER AND AIR CONDITIONING, BLACK (FOR CLIMATE CONTROL) (FOR HEATED FRONT SEATS) (FOR STEERING WHEEL HEATING) (NLS.- USE 13343709) (PRODUCTION NO. 13344947) £162.82
http://www.autovaux.co.uk/product/133461...nditi.aspx

[THEHITMAN]

Wow thanks mate I'll chin them next week about this!

[JohnL]

Was this plug and play on your car in the end or did you have to get anything else apart from wheel and heater controller

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[Rusty2009]

Was this plug and play on your car in the end or did you have to get anything else apart from wheel and heater controller

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Will most likely need the suib too mate.

[JohnL]

Will most likely need the suib too mate.

Excuse the daft question but what's a suib?

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[niteram]

thats a typo
I think he means Squib - the wiring bit behind the steering wheel

[Rusty2009]

thats a typo
I think he means Squib - the wiring bit behind the steering wheel

Yes I missed the Q