lexnxkm

Had a scorcher today and the next two days will be the hottest of the year for us. How are those NX hybrids at putting out cold air in the cabin?

midcow3

Very well They handle the Texas heat in the high 90's low 100's. you should be okay.

YMMV,
MidCow3

midcow3

Current observation

RS Focus - Immediate cold air. Ford has the best cold air of any car vendor ( just not quite as good at other features, e.g. luxury, excluding performance)
NX, RAV4, Prius - hybrids - cold air within 15-30 seconds
Avalon Hybrid - Cold air sucks for the first 2 minutes, then good.

On some cars, ECO mode seems to shunt/delay/minimize HVAC including Cold air. On 2022 NX 350h even in ECO mode very cold air comes in 15-30 seconds.


YMMV,
MidCow3

oreon333

Yeah depends on what mode you are using, I am always on ECO and everything cooling down just fine, the cooling seats I think help, and they pretty much cool your back instantaneous, then it may take a little while for the whole cabin to cool down, but it is fine with me. You can always disable the climate concierge and just manually blast the AC

rch

The best is to remote start it through key fob or the phone app.
https://www.lexus.com/content/dam/le..._One_Pager.pdf

TheCDN

Agree 100% with others I have a '22 350h and don't mess with Eco mode at all, just sit down turn on car and rotate that temp dial to 19 deg. Celsius and turn up fan all the way and cooling seats too!

I really don't see any perceptible difference in my gas mileage no matter what you adjust on the dash for HVAC features at all.

You got it use it! Turn everything down to your comfort zone and enjoy your Lexus on those hot summer days!

Only problem is the darn BLACK DASH and STEERING WHEEL gets soooo hot!

lexnxkm

Where is the cooled steering wheel?! :-)

jbrnigan

We have the same record breaking heat in S. Indiana. I use the remote start on the key fob and give the car a couple minutes to cool down. The Lexus has very efficient HVAC IMO

Droid13

19C? Brrrr, that's an Iqaluit AC temp. LOL. I start to shiver if I set mine below 23C.

oreon333

I have mine set at 70F (21C) pretty much all year around. Very rarely it goes to 69F or 72F.

romer

moscow--"Ford has the best cold air of any car vendor..."

Is this a researched fact (if so can you point us to it?) Or is it...

midcow3

@romer you are correct, it is just my opinion from over xx years of driving experience and some Fords along the way. Sorry, If I misrepresented it as complete fact.

Peace and Goodwill

YMMV,
MidCow3

Some good Fords : others not so good Good: 1990 SHO, 2013 Focus ST, 2018 Focus RS ( 0-60 time 4.5 seconds)

romer

MidCow3 (sorry about the misspell above) no apology needed. I've just become increasingly aware of folks slipping into an 'absolute certainty' mode because, well, they have a belief. It's something our society suffers from more broadly and I'm increasingly attuned to it. You're often a data guy so I thought maybe on this one. Peace Brother.

Serg181

A couple of cents from me...
My NS350h F-Sport handling Sydney heat (high 30's and 40's) very well, and seats ventilation helps a lot. Driving/power not affected, but noticed a slight increase in fuel consumption (instead of average 4.8L/100km it might go to 4.9 or 5 or even 5.1 depending of driving style) - my experience during last 2 summers.

sightdev

when parking outside, definitely use the shades as the black dash absorbs heat like a water sponge and retains the heat for long time. I don't recall other dashes getting hot as the NX but it gets very hot quickly if parked outside and takes awhile to cool down the interior.