Center console heat
#1
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Center console heat
There is a good amount of heat coming from both sides of my console, even with the back cupholder. You can feel it after you run the car a bit and put your hand between the seat and console. Its on both sides. Is that the catalytic converter? I havnt had the car up on a lift yet so Im not sure exactly where it is. Just wondering....
#2
Burning Brakes
I used to have a Z06 and the console would always be real hot. Is it something all cars seem to do? I've not noticed it in the TLS. It could be the light inside the console, at least mine has a a green light in it that is always on.
#4
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the center counsel has 2 vents that run through it for the rear vents! get in the back seat and look. there should be a on off lever and two vents. the center counsel will get hot due to the heat going through it. and in the summer cold with the ac. open the vents in the rear to help eliminate some of the heat in it!
#7
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Originally posted by OU Sig
Actually the heat if from the exhaust for the most part just radiating up - not that big of a deal unless you want to keep beers cold in there - wont happen haha
Actually the heat if from the exhaust for the most part just radiating up - not that big of a deal unless you want to keep beers cold in there - wont happen haha
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#8
Originally posted by fsttyms1
you wont get any exhaust heat coming up through your center counsel. its just the heating vents that run through it
you wont get any exhaust heat coming up through your center counsel. its just the heating vents that run through it
#11
Originally posted by OU Sig
if your are sure that it isnt the exhaust...then why does it get warm when you dont have the heater actually on?
if your are sure that it isnt the exhaust...then why does it get warm when you dont have the heater actually on?
The situation will be magnified if the two rear vents are set to the closed position, because you have all of that hot/cold air being forced through the duct with no place to go. If you make sure the vents are left wide open then it will still get warm but not as bad.
The really cool side benefit of the duct placement is this: the duct also goes directly under the cupholders and in the winter you're most likely drinking something warm (coffee, tea, hot chocolate) and the heat in the duct helps keep the hot beverage warm. In the summer the opposite is true--you'd most likely be drinking a cold beverage (soda, iced tea, water) and the chilled air from the A/C flowing underneath helps keep the cold beverage cold. I doubt the Acura engineers intended for this but it is a nice side benefit of having the rear vents.
#13
Originally posted by OU Sig
true true....are the back vents you are talking about - to close that is the ones under the seat or the ones that are actually up on the console? just wondering
later all
true true....are the back vents you are talking about - to close that is the ones under the seat or the ones that are actually up on the console? just wondering
later all
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