I have a 2009 Cayenne and the Steering Wheel get very very hot to touch. I have a standard air conditioning system and I don't believe I have a heated wheel as there isn't a button behind the steering wheel. I live in Florida and the temperature is near 50 degrees. I have turned off the heated seats and even the heat but it still gets very hot to the touch after a few minutes. Any suggestion would be appreciated.

 

The button on the back of the wheel is a 958 thing. My understanding of the 957 option is that you can't manually control it as it goes on and off based on the cabin temp. I don't know the full details though.

 

The heated steering wheel is an option that comes on at I believe 35 deg F (or was it 50 deg F?). It should not be uncomfortably hot. Sounds like something is going on. I would contact your dealer or indy since I doubt you can pull a fuse without disabling the seat heaters.

However, if you are handy, you should be able to remove the air bag and disconnect the heating feature all together.

 

Thanks for the information. I think something more is going on as the temp is 55 degrees and the buttons for the phone / radio on the steering wheel are not working.

 

I would get it looked at right away. It would be a bad day if the wiring for your airbag becomes part of the problem. I don't know enough about these trucks to say that would happen but it makes sense that it could.

 

Did you try turning the car off completely and then turning it on again? Maybe it will reset itself.
Otherwise I would get it checked out - would not want the airbag to go off because it got cooked from a short circuit while you are driving.