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- BAZ8046
- Member Since: 23 Apr 2026
- Location: Kent
- Posts: 26
Heated steering wheel retrofit, MY21+
Hi, have just carried this out so thought I would post the details for others looking to do the same.
You will need:
- Heated steering wheel.
Steering wheel wiring loom that sits behind the horn plate.
RH steering wheel switch pack with heated wheel option.
Clock spring and stalks (all one unit) compatible with heated wheel.
GAP iid tool or similar to activate the wheel in the CCF.
The wiring and even the fuse (F43) is all in place up to the clock spring but from there on it is different if the heated wheel was not fitted from the factory.
I was lucky and found a wheel complete and the clock spring from a breakers from a 2024 car.
The fitting process is straight forward and there is a very good video that Powerfull UK did on the Defender which is a similar process. (Thanks Simon)
The airbag can be a bit awkward to release but once you can feel the springs it will release.
The lower steering column cowl is only held on with two screws but you have to be careful when removing it as the wiring is tight to the key detector fixed to the cowl.
The steering wheel comes off easily and is already marked for position so no issues there.
The torque setting for the wheel is 47Nm.
The clock spring and stalks are only held on with two 7mm bolts on top of the column.
I was concerned about the second hand clock spring not being centred but Land Rover in their infinite wisdom have a switch that activates when it is taken off the steering column that locks it in position.
For the CCF activations I turned on the following:
MultiCAN-672 SlcHeatedSteerWhl
I'm happy to get this done as it was the one feature not on my car that I would have missed from the D4.
I should have taken more photos whilst doing the work but if anyone is doing this and has any questions just let me know.
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- Mole HD
- Member Since: 19 Nov 2024
- Location: Orkney Islands
- Posts: 848
Fantastic job Baz.
I've been tempted to do the retrofit since it's one of the few factory extras not already fitted to the Bling Barge...and I do miss it being up here in the frozen north.
It must be an old people thing...can't remember ever having cold hands when I was younger. I spent my life riding a Harley all seasons with no heated grips.
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- BAZ8046
- Member Since: 23 Apr 2026
- Location: Kent
- Posts: 26
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- Mole HD
- Member Since: 19 Nov 2024
- Location: Orkney Islands
- Posts: 848
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The only issue with the Bling Barge (being an early 17 plate HSE) is that the steering wheel and controls were only fitted for that year and were all updated in 2018 along with adding a full digital dashboard.
I have the old school Disco 4 style analogue speedo and tacho...through choice, and one of the main reasons I didn't go for a later model D5 when I was looking to buy. I never grew into liking digital TFT dashboards. It also has the slightly less fussy single turbo 3.0L TD6 engine rather than the twin turbo SDV6 fitted in the 2018-2020 pre-facelift D5's.
One of my mates has a 2017 HSE lux with the analogue dials and a heated wheel (button marked with arrow)...so I know they're about, it's just finding an online breaker that has one...
There's a company down your neck of the woods in Maidstone LR-Chip that offers all sorts of interesting retrofits on D5's. Heated wheel retrofit costs around £1500.
Besides the steep price and having to trust someone else waving a set of spanners at the Bling Barge...it's a bit too far for me travel wise. It's not just the drive, I don't mind that...but it takes me 2 days and 2 ferries just to get to mainland Scotland from here.
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- Darras
- Member Since: 16 May 2020
- Location: Inverness
- Posts: 860
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- Mole HD
- Member Since: 19 Nov 2024
- Location: Orkney Islands
- Posts: 848
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I just had a mental image of me being pinned to the roof of the cabin when the airbag went off.
Thanks Darras, great info, I'll have a look around Fleabay.
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- swansty
- Member Since: 22 Apr 2026
- Location: Northern Ireland
- Posts: 20
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Mole HD wrote:
The only issue with the Bling Barge (being an early 17 plate HSE) is that the steering wheel and controls were only fitted for that year and were all updated in 2018 along with adding a full digital dashboard.
I have the old school Disco 4 style analogue speedo and tacho...through choice, and one of the main reasons I didn't go for a later model D5 when I was looking to buy. I never grew into liking digital TFT dashboards. It also has the slightly less fussy single turbo 3.0L TD6 engine rather than the twin turbo SDV6 fitted in the 2018-2020 pre-facelift D5's.
One of my mates has a 2017 HSE lux with the analogue dials and a heated wheel (button marked with arrow)...so I know they're about, it's just finding an online breaker that has one...
There's a company down your neck of the woods in Maidstone LR-Chip that offers all sorts of interesting retrofits on D5's. Heated wheel retrofit costs around £1500.
Besides the steep price and having to trust someone else waving a set of spanners at the Bling Barge...it's a bit too far for me travel wise. It's not just the drive, I don't mind that...but it takes me 2 days and 2 ferries just to get to mainland Scotland from here.
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Did early D5’s not have the same v6 twin turbo as the D4 until the I6 became available? I didn’t know there was a third engine option available. -
- Mole HD
- Member Since: 19 Nov 2024
- Location: Orkney Islands
- Posts: 848
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- swansty
- Member Since: 22 Apr 2026
- Location: Northern Ireland
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