2020 Equinox Add Heated Steering Wheel

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ZippityDooDah

Discussion Starter · May 7, 2021

Ok all you helpful people so I have scoured the internets and have not seen anything about adding a heated steering wheel to the 'nox. I was able to add one to my 2018 Silverado and there are many videos out there for other GM models but not for the Equinox. Is it as simple as buying a steering wheel with the heat option, a clock spring and plugging it all in; is there a connector under the dash already to plug into? Has anyone done the mod yet? Please help!! Thanks

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repairman54

· #2 · May 8, 2021

Having the proper harness in the column, fuse and relay wiring in the fuse box and the BCM being programmed for a heated wheel are biggest and hardest concerns.

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rednox301

· #3 · May 10, 2021

Check out this thread from the Buick forum on installing a heated steering wheel.
It might help.

How To: Add Heated Steering Wheel Option

After lots of research and some trial and error, I was able to retrofit a heated steering wheel into my wife's 2013 Buick Encore. This mod should work for any 2013+ Buick Encore. This thread is more of a proof of concept. If the demand is high enough, I will sell individual kits that will be...

buickforums.com

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handydoctor

· #4 · Oct 28, 2021

Have you done that? I am thinking about adding it onto my 2013 Equinox. No heated steering wheel option that year yet and I think it would be much more difficult, close to impossible.

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rednox301

· #5 · Oct 28, 2021

handydoctor said:
Have you done that? I am thinking about adding it onto my 2013 Equinox. No heated steering wheel option that year yet and I think it would be much more difficult, close to impossible.

No factory heated steering wheel in the 2014 LTZ either.
I live in southern AZ so heated anything is low on the must do list.

Did you read the link in post #3 for the Buick Eccore?
The is also a Youtube video for an install on a Chev Silverado, do a search.
If you want it bad enough there is some info out there.

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Colt Hero

· #6 · Oct 28, 2021

rednox301 said:
I live in southern AZ so heated anything is low on the must do list.

How do you like your cactus down there? Raw or cooked?

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handydoctor

· #7 · Oct 28, 2021

rednox301 said:
No factory heated steering wheel in the 2014 LTZ either.
I live in southern AZ so heated anything is low on the must do list.

Did you read the link in post #3 for the Buick Eccore?
The is also a Youtube video for an install on a Chev Silverado, do a search.
If you want it bad enough there is some info out there.

I did. The problem though is that Encore or Silverado have heated steering wheel as option that year. So they just added an available option themselves. Equinox didn't even offer it as an option that year. It will require a lot more work probably. May be able to get their wheel and clock spring or may not...

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rednox301

· #8 · Oct 29, 2021

Colt Hero said:
How do you like your cactus down there? Raw or cooked?

Squeezed in a shot glass with salt and lime on the side 🌵

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Vineyney

· #9 · 5 mo ago

ZippityDooDah said:
Ok all you helpful people so I have scoured the internets and have not seen anything about adding a heated steering wheel to the 'nox. I was able to add one to my 2018 Silverado and there are many videos out there for other GM models but not for the Equinox. Is it as simple as buying a steering wheel with the heat option, a clock spring and plugging it all in; is there a connector under the dash already to plug into? Has anyone done the mod yet? Please help!! Thanks

I know this threat is pretty dead, but since OP never got an answer on if this will work for a 2020, and I'm ordering the parts to do it to my wife's 2020 I'll throw out what I've found.

BCM doesn't control the Steering Wheel Heating Module, it's in the steering wheel and is using a switch to ground to energize the circuit.

From the fuse block under the hood, fuse F50 10A, a Purple/Black wire comes out of pin 3 in the X1 connector → X101 Body Harness to Forward lamp harness connector pin 12 (behind front bumper cover below passenger headlight) → X202 Instrument Panel Harness to Body Harness pin 66 (passenger side kick panel) → X85 Steering wheel air bag coil X1 connector pin 21 (on the steering column) → X85 Steering wheel air bag coil X2 connector pin 9 (on the steering wheel) this wire could be Purple/Black or change to Orange at this point, manual shows both for some reason? → K32 Steering Wheel Heating Control Module pin 3.

I'm going to order a heated wheel and when it comes I'll dissemble and see if this wire exists in the harness, if not I'll just run my own and pin out the connectors.

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kmer10

· #10 · 3 mo ago

wondering how the install went. Looking to add a heated wheel to my 2019 equinox lt. Have a gm mechanic that will do the work for me on his time. Looking at what else I might need. Is the clock spring the same? Can we pin a wire to the harness to get power to the heat control and power off of the fuse box.

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thaukom

· #11 · 3 mo ago

kmer10 said:
wondering how the install went. Looking to add a heated wheel to my 2019 equinox lt. Have a gm mechanic that will do the work for me on his time. Looking at what else I might need. Is the clock spring the same? Can we pin a wire to the harness to get power to the heat control and power off of the fuse box.

Yesterday I installed the heated steering when and a new Clock spring on my 2020 equinox LT, even though the fuse is in the fuse panel....it did not work. Has anyone figured out the missing link. I really do not want to wire up to the back of the clock spring. By the way....the clock spring is different, or at least the parts guy who sold it to me said there is a difference

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thaukom

· #12 · 3 mo ago

Vineyney said:
I know this threat is pretty dead, but since OP never got an answer on if this will work for a 2020, and I'm ordering the parts to do it to my wife's 2020 I'll throw out what I've found.

BCM doesn't control the Steering Wheel Heating Module, it's in the steering wheel and is using a switch to ground to energize the circuit.

From the fuse block under the hood, fuse F50 10A, a Purple/Black wire comes out of pin 3 in the X1 connector → X101 Body Harness to Forward lamp harness connector pin 12 (behind front bumper cover below passenger headlight) → X202 Instrument Panel Harness to Body Harness pin 66 (passenger side kick panel) → X85 Steering wheel air bag coil X1 connector pin 21 (on the steering column) → X85 Steering wheel air bag coil X2 connector pin 9 (on the steering wheel) this wire could be Purple/Black or change to Orange at this point, manual shows both for some reason? → K32 Steering Wheel Heating Control Module pin 3.

I'm going to order a heated wheel and when it comes I'll dissemble and see if this wire exists in the harness, if not I'll just run my own and pin out the connectors.

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Please give us an update. I failed doing mine....how did yours turn out?

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kmer10

· #13 · 3 mo ago

I will let you know when we do it. I have to wait till he is free to do it. I still have to check with mine with the clock spring.

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