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Old 10-20-2015, 03:06 AM
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Default Ventilated Seats '14 vs '15 / Full leather vs Suede

We're at Ron Fellows this week and the car I was in the most was a '15 with competition seats with suede inserts.

The cooling function actually worked, and worked very well. My '14 is not so great. I swear it only works for 2-3 minutes and very little air flow.

I'm wondering if its the fan units themselves, the fact the holes in the suede are more uniform and open, or they just fixed a lot of it in '15, or my car is not right.

The airflow difference was significant. My car I listen for the fans and vibration rather than telling by the airflow. The '15 instantly you could tell they were blowing very hard.
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Yep. Got my 2015 Z51 with Comp Seats and suede inserts. The only problem was you get
the fuzzy steering wheel and shifter with that combination. I have since fixed that, though.



Compared to my 2014 rental with standard leather seating, I can tell you the suede is
definitely A LOT cooler and the air does flow through the material much better.
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Something wrong with your car, get it fixed. My 2014 blows so hard I can't even tolerate the high settings for more than a minute or two even in the FL summer.
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Originally Posted by sharpgt
Something wrong with your car, get it fixed. My 2014 blows so hard I can't even tolerate the high settings for more than a minute or two even in the FL summer.
I'm envious! I can barely feel the air on hot summer days...even when the fan speed is on high. Dealer says it is working as designed...
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Originally Posted by sharpgt
Something wrong with your car, get it fixed. My 2014 blows so hard I can't even tolerate the high settings for more than a minute or two even in the FL summer.
I have a mid year 2014 with the 2LT option. When I select bi-level AC air flow distribution and have the cool seat selection in high, temperature selection 65/17, after a few minutes the seat air is so cold I have to select a lower fan speed (90/30 degree outside air temperatures, even top down). Thinking the cold AC air has to be on the floor or seat cooling will not be felt.

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My 14 2lt worked great. My 16 3LT not so much, its OK but not like the 14. I attribute the difference to the different seat material.

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