Cooled Seat Problem

[warehouse471430]

I can only feel the cooled ventilation on my butt. I do not feel it on my back. Aren't you supposed to feel the cooling air on your back? The reason I wanted cooled seats was so my back wouldn't get sweaty. Anyone else have this problem?

 

[Glashub]

See here, http://www.genesisowners.com/hyundai-genesis-forum/showthread.php?t=7636

 

[warehouse471430]

See here, http://www.genesisowners.com/hyundai-genesis-forum/showthread.php?t=7636

I read that thread - his back and butt weren't cooling, right? My butt cools but not my back.

 

[ShoNuff]

The airflow in the seat backs is only through a "channel" or gap in the foam cusion that tends to crush after awhile. Your dealership will either need to replace your seat back or do the PVC-fix outlined in the other thread. Hyundai kinda screwed up here by not buttressing those areas. It's going to be expensive to keep replacing seat backs until each car hits 60K miles...

 

[Genesist]

You think they fixed this problem in the 2012 Genesis model?
I wish if there was a way to confirm this.
But seeing that the problem only arise after a while of using it, i think we'll never know for sure unless a hyundai dealer confirms this.

 

[hhgenny]

You think they fixed this problem in the 2012 Genesis model?
I wish if there was a way to confirm this.
But seeing that the problem only arise after a while of using it, i think we'll never know for sure unless a hyundai dealer confirms this.

I can tell you that I feel the coolness on my butt and back on my 2012 Genny. I have never been in any other Genny, so I can't offer a comparison. It would guess it takes a minute or two to really start feeling it.

 

[acoga]

I can tell you that I feel the coolness on my butt and back on my 2012 Genny. I have never been in any other Genny, so I can't offer a comparison. It would guess it takes a minute or two to really start feeling it.

That's the way it's supposed to be. My understanding is that all Gennies start with functioning seat cooling, but what happens to some (all?) of them over time is that the air channels in the seatback eventually collapse since they're just carved into the foam. So they no longer pass air. This can take quite a while to manifest, as in many months or even a couple of years.

There's a fix for this that involves opening the seat and putting in PVC pipe to ensure the air channels stay open.