Anyone notice their cooled seats not working that great?

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12-08-09, 09:46 PM

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I have never been that impressed with the ventilated seats, but have noticed they seem to work better with the AC on.

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12-09-09, 05:35 AM

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Originally Posted by djrobsd

The temperature coming out is DIRECTLY proportionate to your AC system. I've found they work best when my AC is set at 68 degrees, but then I am chilled out of my car. The warmer your AC blows out, the warmer the seats will blow, they are directly tied to the AC.

I took it to the dealer and had them check it, and they told me it was "functioning as designed" on the sheet I got back from them.

I too notice the fan noise, a little annoying, but most of the time I have the stereo on anyway. The cooling is definitely better on the Lincoln MKZ, but I would take my IS over a Lincoln any day of the week!

that "fan noise" you hear is the vented seat. They are not "cooled" seats, only "vented"--a fan blows air through the holes. If you set the a/c so that the air is blowing at your feet, you will get better results with the vented seats, because the fan will catch the cool air flowing under the seats.

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12-09-09, 07:38 AM

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I think Mercedes vented seats actually suck the air instead of blowing it.

It's really a worthless option on our cars. If Lexus stepped up and ran ducts from the A/C to the seats like Infiniti that would be heaven. Esp for us in Florida.

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12-09-09, 09:57 AM

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To be fair to Lexus, they offered vented seats since the 06 model in the IS.

Infiniti offered cooled seats in the much more expensive M back then, not so much in the comparable-to-the-IS G.

The lack of any seat venting/cooling at all is one of the (several) reasons I didn't end up with a G.

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12-09-09, 09:59 AM

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To be honest, I rarely use the seat coolers.

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12-09-09, 10:00 AM

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I've always thought that the cooled seats made it feel like I was wetting my pants

Sometimes when my girlfriend falls asleep on a long drive, I crank up the cooler on her side and she wakes up thinking she had an accident

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12-09-09, 10:58 AM

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Have you ever sat in a car with non-perforated leather for 3 hours or more? I promise you that the ventilated seats make a HUGE difference for long trips.

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12-09-09, 11:01 AM

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Have you ever sat in a car with non-perforated leather for 3 hours or more? I promise you that the ventilated seats make a HUGE difference for long trips.

Yes I have sat in a car for over 3 hours with non-perforated leather seats and it's been no problem for me, but the humidity in California is relatively low.

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