Heat in the Seat

[sensazngen]

So I have noticed that there is constant heat in my seat and in my arm rest. When I open up the arm rest it's feels like a oven box on hot days. Feels like heat from the bottom of the car. It's cooler here in Iansas and I still feels a little hot coming from below. Any ideas or anybody expericneknow the same? I thought it had to do with my car being black on black but now that it's cooler I still feel it.

 

[Nikgen]

Check to see if your rear seat AC controls (on back of center console) are set to heat...

 

[Jaeger]

So I have noticed that there is constant heat in my seat and in my arm rest. When I open up the arm rest it's feels like a oven box on hot days. Feels like heat from the bottom of the car. It's cooler here in Iansas and I still feels a little hot coming from below. Any ideas or anybody expericneknow the same? I thought it had to do with my car being black on black but now that it's cooler I still feel it.

I haven't noticed seat heat, but the armrest storage holds onto heat like an oven. After the car has been sitting in the sun all day, it's still boiling in there long after the a/c has cooled the rest of the interior.

 

[cane2025]

Check to see if your rear seat AC controls (on back of center console) are set to heat...

+1.. i kept feeling heat on my elbow and it turned out that the rear vents were on heat. Even when the ac is on in the front the back will send out heat if its placed on heat.

 

[Jaeger]

+1.. i kept feeling heat on my elbow and it turned out that the rear vents were on heat. Even when the ac is on in the front the back will send out heat if its placed on heat.

I car pool for my daughter's ballet class and they will often bounce the rear vent to heat when sliding in and out of the back seat. As a result, it's something I check every time I drive. So in my case, that's not the cause.

 

[sensazngen]

Check to see if your rear seat AC controls (on back of center console) are set to heat...

Thanks that actually happened to me once and that's the first thing I check now.

 

[sensazngen]

I haven't noticed seat heat, but the armrest storage holds onto heat like an oven. After the car has been sitting in the sun all day, it's still boiling in there long after the a/c has cooled the rest of the interior.

Yes. The armrest storage is where the most heat is so maybe I'm just feeling the effects of that. I always have my AC vents open so IMO if this is normal it's a very bad design on Hyundai's part. Thanks for the reply and glad to see I'm not imagining things.

 

[allan]

I noticed hot air blowing in the back with the AC on in front a month ago and wasn't aware of the control dial in the rear of the armrest. Since I rarely have rear seat passengers I just disabled the rear climate control, but I actually had it as an action item for my first service call when I hit 3500. Guess I can remove it from the list now .