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Apparently this is a typical feature of most modern cars. You are driving along, it's hot, you are blasting the A/C, and you need to speed up to enter a freeway. When you step on the gas, the air coming out of the A/C vents turns from cold to warm. Does this happen to your car? If so, what make and model car?
I have a 2016 Mercedes GLC300 -- does not happen
2003 Honda Accord -- does not happen
Someone's full of crap. I drive a 2014 Durango Citadel with a Hemi. If my ac turned warm at any point while driving it, I would be at the dealership telling them to fix it. I've never had this happen and would consider it a defect. What's the point of ac if your vehicle can't handle that running and acceleration? I didn't buy the Fred Flintstone model.
Someone's full of crap. I drive a 2014 Durango Citadel with a Hemi. If my ac turned warm at any point while driving it, I would be at the dealership telling them to fix it. I've never had this happen and would consider it a defect. What's the point of ac if your vehicle can't handle that running and acceleration? I didn't buy the Fred Flintstone model.
The Durango does have it and has had it for decades. You're just not noticing it.
I would absolutely notice since I have the ac fan cranked up to 7 in the front seat and the temp set to 60 or low. I would definitely notice warm air blowing on me.
That link is dead. I also don't drive a regular Durango.
Apparently this is a typical feature of most modern cars. You are driving along, it's hot, you are blasting the A/C, and you need to speed up to enter a freeway. When you step on the gas, the air coming out of the A/C vents turns from cold to warm. Does this happen to your car? If so, what make and model car?
I have a 2016 Mercedes GLC300 -- does not happen
2003 Honda Accord -- does not happen
Got an idea on that question:
The deflectors in the air distribution system (the vents) are vacuum operated. If the car has a vacuum leak, then when it is operated at wide open throttle the vacuum available to the vents disappears. And the vents default to the "Defroster"position.
It could be that the cold air that used to be coming out of the AC vents is now coming out of the defrost vent. And the driver misinterprets it and thinks they are blowing warm air.
Apparently this is a typical feature of most modern cars. You are driving along, it's hot, you are blasting the A/C, and you need to speed up to enter a freeway. When you step on the gas, the air coming out of the A/C vents turns from cold to warm. Does this happen to your car? If so, what make and model car?
I have a 2016 Mercedes GLC300 -- does not happen
2003 Honda Accord -- does not happen
Mine does this - it's a 2014 Kia Soul, so did the 2012 Soul and so did my 1991 Mirage. I just figured it was because of the smaller engine, those hamsters under the hood can't keep up with both accelerating and cooling at the same time.
I live in Florida. If the engine is on, I never want the air coming out of the A/C to stop being ice cold. Period. It doesn't matter if I am sitting in a parking lot, flooring the gas pedal, going 25mph, going 100mph, what have you.
Since apparently this is a somewhat common defect (and yes, I consider this to be a DEFECT), I will pay extra attention to this when I shop for my next car. I am lucky my current car does not have this defect, or, if it DOES have this defect, it is not in any way noticeable.
I'm sure if my car did this in any noticeable way, I would have detected it during the several days I test drove the car and decided against the car.
My Kia Soul not only loses the cold air upon rapid acceleration but only gets noticeably warmer at traffic lights, mostly in the first 15 minutes of driving. I also live in Florida and when I'm dressed up I don't want the air to get warm at all!
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