Has anyone else noticed that the heater - once set to a temperature, reaches that temperature (76 for example) quite quickly then it seems to just blow cool air for quite a while afterward. The cool air seems to drop the temperature below what I have just set it for...but the TCH doesn't seem to think so. So it says the car is 76, but I know 76 when I feel it. (smiling)

It's strange. Anyone have experience with this phenomena?

FYI....this forum is one of the many unexpected benefits of owning this amazing vehicle.

Byron

 

I haven't had the heat on yet, but I may have a possible explanation. Once warm enough the TCH will blow fairly hot air to quickly raise the temperature. Once it reaches, or gets you close to 76 degrees it then lowers the temperature of the air from the HVAC system to 76. While 76 is a comfortable temperature, having it blown on you in a confined space might feel cool.

 

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Actually, experimenting with it a bit last night, I believe it may be related to having the system in ECO mode. I took it out of ECO mode and the heat functioned as I would have expected it to.
I'll be testing this again later today.

Byron

 

Heater.. In Florida.. What's that?

 

It's what you use to keep the pool water warm in the middle of winter.

 

Should we break out in laughter the next time a freezing rain starts in Florida and the temps drop into the 20's and the "Smudge Pots" are all fired up in the Citrus groves??? Certainly not...

I've a lot of family that live there and while they enjoy the mild winters, most of them are trying to find a way to move to a smilar climate that isn't so prone to damage from the hurricanes (with us it's Tornados) ...

6 months out of the year it's harder to find a nicer place to live than Minnesota. A couple of months are downright in-hospitably cold and the other 4 months are so-so..

Be that as it may - The ground doesn't shake and Tornados are in-frequent - I think I'll stay put for a while...

Now to see just how good that heater works when it's -30f outside.. Since my car will sit outside literally it's whole life - I should be able to atest to it's ability to start in the really cold weather.. Although I'm not really looking forward to that..

 

Used the heat for the first time this morning. It was 46 at 5:00 am. Had heat before I got up to the end of my driveway. I did notice it would blow cool air after achieving the desired temperature (75). The A/C was still on so I switced it off and solved that problem except occasionally had to kick it back on going down into a valley to keep the windows from fogging.

Heated mirrors worked great too, just a few seconds and the dew was gone. Not cold enough to try the heated seats yet though.

Also fueled up at 569 miles...took 14.2 gallons and was not quite empty though the cruising range ran down to zero a few miles earlier.

 

Does anybody know if the cabin heater is strictly electric, or once the engine has warmed up does it use (as a conventional car) the waste heat from the engine?

 

I believe the car uses engine coolant to heat up the cabin, except for very first few minuttes.

 

Refresh my memory please...the heated mirrors operate with the rear window defroster or the front windshield defogger?

Thanks