Heating

[paolo]

Stupid question I know, but, is there anyway to get heat out of the central vent, instead of cold air?

 

[television]

Stupid question I know, but, is there anyway to get heat out of the central vent, instead of cold air?

What car do you have. It helps a lot to know.

Malcolm

 

[mioba]

i often thought this, on my w124 its cold from the centre and alos on the w220,

I guess its a way of mercs achieving the L and R heating in cars more apropriately

 

[paolo]

Mine too is the w124, sounds like it's normal then

 

[MW]

It is supposed to be cold! The thinking is that by having the centre vents always cold, one gets a cool face and warm feet and lower body. Stops drowsiness, and dozing off.
I love it. A bit of a saftey feature I think, and very controlable. Wish more cars had it.

 

[Ultymate]

To be honest I think the central face level vents on most cars only push out fresh air the outer two can be used with warm air to demist side windows I don't think this is peculiar to Mercs:???:

 

[bigasotonuk]

Its a fresh air vent BMWs are like this too (cold only)
Fords however (not sure wether its all models) you can get heat out of the central vent.

 

[Parrot of Doom]

Hmm. I get warm air from my centre vents?

 

[Bolide]

W124 centre vents blow cold unless the cars has 2-dial aircon. In which case they seem not to blow cold but follow the other dash vents. Whether this is an aircon-only thing or a common fault I don't know

For those people who really want to know: climate control cars (1 heat dial) are the same in this respect as aircon cars

Nick Froome
www.w124.co.uk

 

[izzi613]

I have digital 2 zone climate and I must say I love it to bits (also cold from centre and top) Never before on a vehicle I have driven (even with climate) have I never had to fiddle with the adjustments continually to stay comfortable.

I'm not bothered where or what blows as long as I am comfortable.. they seem to have got it right.