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There has to be more to this. I also live in Texas and don’t have any issues with my A/C cooling down the SAV. Mine cools down to my desired temp within 5 minutes after sitting in the sun for 8-12 hours, then Auto 72* for the 1-2 hour commute home.
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I have no issues with mine as well. Max A/C Cooling works awesome as well to get it comfortable enough to put it into Auto. |
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08-12-2019, 11:50 AM | #312 |
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Well.... With so many besides myself complaining, there is certainly some truth.
I will try some of the settings mentioned but I will definitely take her in to get checked out. As I said, my 750 gets icy cold much quicker! |
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Here is something else - I am a newer F15 owner myself and something I just had to stumble upon and then when I read up on it, figured it out. It is not very intuitive AT ALL.
In manual mode - these fan buttons run the fan speed as expected and as you would assume. Like 99% of the cars out there. BUT When you are in AUTO mode - they control the "intensity" of the AC in AUTO mode. So select AUTO (hit SYNC after AUTO before you do this too) mode and see where the indicator above is at? If it is not all the way to the right (highest) hit the fan up button until it is. Now when you put the AC in AUTO mode - the system will allow it to blow as hard as possible to cool/heat the interior as fast as possible. When it is all the way down (as mine was when I bought it) when in AUTO it will not let the fan blow past a certain speed to keep the interior quieter. VERY stupid set up if you ask me and this changed everything with my AC system and I have very few complaints with it now. When I hear people complaining about the AUTO climate control in these cars - I bet at least 1/2 are due to this. Who would even think to check this? If you did not know this - I hope it helps! If not maybe it will help another browser later.
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In AUTO, those buttons you mention control the MAXIMUM fan speed (ventilation speed). In other words, it you set it to max (5), it will adjust the ventilation between MIN and MAX as needed to maintain the set temperature.
However, if you set it to middle (3), it will only adjust ventilation between MIN and stage 3 (of 5). It's worth reading the owner's manual... |
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I don't know of another brand that uses this type of set up, so you don't even thing to look for it. Or at least I did not.
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Speaking of poor heating, ventilation, and air conditioning/HVAC design. I have a 2019 X7 loaner while my X5 is being serviced and the X7 has 3rd-row w/rear A/C. It is designed to only function when the rear seats are fully open, and head-rest engaged. The X7 is a massive vehicle with a large cabin space to cool down and maintain a steady temp. I can’t imagine why they designed it to be disabled while the seat (and or headrest) is stowed. The rear space is a large area to lack ventilation and some cargo requires it to be cooler back there, like groceries and pets.
We took it for a road trip this past weekend and the poor pups were pretty warm in the cargo area, even though the rest of the cabin was nice and cool. So I keep the 3rd-row seats up while I am the only person in the SAV so the rear A/C is enabled. Pathetic. (IMO)
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It doesn't. But the fact that they know they rely on big sales volume from the US, they should design their systems accordingly.
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My AC is shit too. I had it at 60 MAX AC and barely cooled anything down. The vents are either not allowing air to come through or something. I had an appt to show it this weekend so ill be highlighting this thread as evidence...
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Yes. There are a few things you can do to help. But for a vehicle in this luxury, class and price, it should Freeze your ass on medium setting!
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So for those of you in hot climates that say your ac freezes you out, do u have the 4 zone and if so is it on or off???
My ac experiences the same symptoms as most of not cooling well at all until you disable the rear. Upon disabling the rear, system runs great. Design flaw or something else going on? My car has no fault codes. |
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I dumped my X5 about 18 months ago because of how bad the AC was. But, last week or so I was on a CCA drive and another member said that once they changed the cabin filter (behind the glove box?) that air started flowing a lot better.
Not sure if that actually works, but I wanted to pass it on to everyone just in case.
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I had posted in another thread how my ac wasn't cooling good. Hooked up a set of gauges to see high and low pressure. Both were a bit low. Added just a little bit of freon and it made a drastic difference. Mine is a 2014 with 120k,so some freon loss is expected.
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couldn't agree more...
the F15 system is terrible. Compared to an F10 M5, 958 cayenne and GY0 cayenne, the F15 is a distant last place from day 1. the X7 story sounds like they didn't upsize for the increased interior space...
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