Scorching Hot Air Coming Out of The Rear A/C Ducts!!
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Scorching Hot Air Coming Out of The Rear A/C Ducts!!
OK. Its 91 degrees here in NYC, and the absolutely hottest air I have ever felt starts coming out of the rear A/C ducts in my car. The air temp can't be reduced in the rear no matter what I do, so I have to shut the A/C System off for the day. The front A/C was NOT able to overcome the extra hot temps generated to the rear so I have to ride with open windows.
Tonight the system works fine. This happened twice this weekend. Anyone know why? Anyone know what I should tell the SA tomorrow?
Tonight the system works fine. This happened twice this weekend. Anyone know why? Anyone know what I should tell the SA tomorrow?
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I've experienced this many times. Was any change made to the set temperature of the rear? While I can't reproduce it, one thing that would occasionally cause it to happen was by changing the rear temperature.
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Even if the A/C fails, keep the windows up, because we don't want Camry drivers, etc to think our A/C isn't working.
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I would try lower the temp by 1 degree at a time and give the temp control system time to adjust. Allow about 5 minutes between changes. If it does begin to move then move the set point to about 72 and leave it there. My biggest ac complaint is how slow the system is to react to setting change. Jim
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This is not a normal temperature adjustment problem. It is Full-On Maximum heat from the rear vents no matter what controls are adjusted. Its almost like an electronic hot water valve is stuck open feeding the rear... all the while, the front dash outlets are delivering cold air.
The heat build-up is so tremendous in the rear that the heat bakes your head, and the front seats get unbearably hot. The center console gets very hot around the A/C outlets.
No one would ever or could ever call for this much heat.
Sometimes I wish I was in love with "The Girl Next Door", instead of a Beautiful, statuesque High Maintenance model.
The heat build-up is so tremendous in the rear that the heat bakes your head, and the front seats get unbearably hot. The center console gets very hot around the A/C outlets.
No one would ever or could ever call for this much heat.
Sometimes I wish I was in love with "The Girl Next Door", instead of a Beautiful, statuesque High Maintenance model.
Last edited by Barry45RPM; Jun 19, 2006 at 06:36 PM.
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I can also confirm that this is not a normal amount of heat. In fact, since the system thinks that if you lower the temperature, that would naturally mean that you want it to be cooler, it increases the fan speed and delivers MORE heat. Trust me, I've played around with it many times, but at a certain point you just give up and wait till you restart the car. I had a passenger that changed the temp and this happened, and he was wondering what was going on. Since we were all MB owners, we had a good laugh. I have a feeling that the 4-Zone runs on Windows 3.1.
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I just started seeing the same problem this past week and have my car going in next week.
Car is fine in the morning after sitting in the garage all night (and granted it is much cooler in the morning here albiet a humid week). After sitting in the lot at work all day in 90+ degree weather I have cool air (I would not call it really cold) in the front and it blasts hot air out into the rear. Next morning all is well again and on at least one occasion it seemed like after the car sat in a cool area for an hour or so the air was cool in the back, but I did not drive the car far at that point.
I have heard of people having trouble with a gasket going causing one side of the front to blow hot air, I would expect the same would be true for the back. It think the system defaults to routing hot air when the climate control is on, so a problem with the control or gaskets will result in no cold air to a location.
Car is fine in the morning after sitting in the garage all night (and granted it is much cooler in the morning here albiet a humid week). After sitting in the lot at work all day in 90+ degree weather I have cool air (I would not call it really cold) in the front and it blasts hot air out into the rear. Next morning all is well again and on at least one occasion it seemed like after the car sat in a cool area for an hour or so the air was cool in the back, but I did not drive the car far at that point.
I have heard of people having trouble with a gasket going causing one side of the front to blow hot air, I would expect the same would be true for the back. It think the system defaults to routing hot air when the climate control is on, so a problem with the control or gaskets will result in no cold air to a location.
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When te rear only blows HOT air, you can start by closing teh airducts in the B-pillar and center console...adjust the temp for the rear all the way to MAX and then down again...if that doesn't help go to MIN then to MAX and then down again...most of the time that does help.
Underneath the hood is a magnetic valve that controls the hot water that goes into the heater system for the rear outlets - that valve is broken (happens quite a lot on the W211s with 4zone heater systems)...the part itself is rather cheap and fairly easy to exchange...shouldn't take too long at the dealership to get it fixed.
greetingz,
Underneath the hood is a magnetic valve that controls the hot water that goes into the heater system for the rear outlets - that valve is broken (happens quite a lot on the W211s with 4zone heater systems)...the part itself is rather cheap and fairly easy to exchange...shouldn't take too long at the dealership to get it fixed.
greetingz,
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Originally Posted by MBenzNL
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Underneath the hood is a magnetic valve that controls the hot water that goes into the heater system for the rear outlets - that valve is broken (happens quite a lot on the W211s with 4zone heater systems)...the part itself is rather cheap and fairly easy to exchange...shouldn't take too long at the dealership to get it fixed.
greetingz,
Underneath the hood is a magnetic valve that controls the hot water that goes into the heater system for the rear outlets - that valve is broken (happens quite a lot on the W211s with 4zone heater systems)...the part itself is rather cheap and fairly easy to exchange...shouldn't take too long at the dealership to get it fixed.
greetingz,
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Originally Posted by Brav
I have this exact same problem. Also, warm air comes out of driver side front vents as well. Will be taking it in.
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Originally Posted by jimbo1mcm
Even if the A/C fails, keep the windows up, because we don't want Camry drivers, etc to think our A/C isn't working.
that's a classic post.
good luck getting your car fixed bro!
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Originally Posted by Frank Wiesmann
I have a question about this. When this occurs, are the temperature settings in the rear on "hi" heat or at a normal level?
One thing to understand... This is NOT operator error. It is design error.
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Originally Posted by Barry45RPM
At a normal level. I keep all of them set at 72 all year round and never adjust them.
One thing to understand... This is NOT operator error. It is design error.
One thing to understand... This is NOT operator error. It is design error.
During the winter, it was the opposite, cold air coming out of the fronts.
