I did the same thing today and it seems to work EXCEPT the heated seat was only at level 2. I see no way to adjust that (air temp was 25 F so pretty cold). I have a Cherokee and a Terrain and neither of them are this complicated. Seats and wheel come on when below 40 degrees. Cherokee stays on when started, Terrain needs manual input after starting.
When you use the app to remote start your vehicle there will be options for the heated seats and wheel. Are you seeing those?
I am seeing those and have them set identically to the settings I physically turned on/left on in the truck. I can post a screenshot next time I start it.
Just confirming that to be the case because those are “hidden” in a dropdown menu by default, or they were in previous versions of the ford app.
Ok, thanks. Maybe they are on then because they seem to warm pretty quick when I start driving. Tough to tell with the brutal cold last week. I'll keep experimenting to see.
Here's some screenshots. Again, might just me being a newb and expecting them to be warmer faster, but seems like they're very fast when I start the truck from within so I feel like I easily remote it early enough for them to be warm.
Why not turn the heated seat up to the third level?Here's some screenshots. Again, might just me being a newb and expecting them to be warmer faster, but seems like they're very fast when I start the truck from within so I feel like I easily remote it early enough for them to be warm.
When you remote start, make sure the seat is on 3. I always had in the past, but even with my ‘22 the seat was not toasty when I got in. Even went to the dealer to have it checked out. For some reason, Ford no longer heats the seat to the max value; it just warms it even to ’take the edge off’. So IMO 3 is your best shot to get it the warmest it can be. Once it senses someone is actually sitting in the seat, then it warms to the setting. I suspect not having a body on the seat causes it to get too hot and maybe burn out the element? Just a guess on my part.
