Heated and Air Seats

MikeRadio · Dec 24, 2015

Hello...

I just got my first TLX (after 2 TLs).

I think it is great that the heated and air cooled seats are now part of the AUTO function of the climate control.. when they were sepeate I never gave them much thought.

However, when I turn the entire system off, after turning the system on AUTO, the seat section STILL stays on auto.. winch is kind of annoying.

Thoughts?

Gonzo · Dec 24, 2015

If you press auto it will stay in auto... If you manually set it to off it will remain out of auto. Does that clarify?

MikeRadio · Dec 25, 2015

If I turn on the MAIN climate system to AUTO... it turns the Seats to AUTO as well... great.

However if I turn OFF tghe main system from auto, it LEAVES the seats in Auto.. I have to do anothe rstep to turn them off if I want.

it is not big deal.. just seems somewhat counter intuitive.

geokilla · Dec 26, 2015

I've never had the heated seats come on by itself. When I have the climate control set to auto, I have the AC manually selected to off and the mode man set to blow heat down and through the main vents, putting the climate control in semi auto. I wish the heated seats would turn on by itself and the blower won't run and blow cold air when I first start on the car each time. Each time I star the car, I have to turn off the climate control system so I don't get blasted with cold air.

andre12dbsi · Dec 26, 2015

The seats only cone on by themselves in the Elite/Advanced trim where Auto is available to select for the seats.

In Auto mode it won't blow the air until the car has been warmed up a bit. It's designed that way so it's not blowing cold air in the cabin.

Gonzo · Dec 29, 2015

I think it is blowing cool/cold air, the system wants to be in defrost mode at that time. If you leave in auto mode (auto vent selection at least) perhaps it will avoid having cold air through the vents at initial cold start.

I do find with fan in auto mode its doesn't blow initial when the car is cold.

MikeRadio · Dec 29, 2015

Back in the day, and I don;t know if it is still like this... Even with climate systems fully OFF, the car would still try and accomodate the setting you had... It would let hot eair in or cool air to just vent through... Again this was awhile ago

Gonzo · Jan 5, 2016

I thought I read somewhere that with remote start the heated seats were to come on? My have not been turning on with remote start. When I open the door the fan is blowing on high but heated seats are off.

andre12dbsi · Jan 5, 2016

I believe for them to come on they need to be in the Auto setting.

Gonzo · Jan 7, 2016

Hmmm I do have them in the auto setting along with the fan. Wonder if this another USA / Canada difference?

Gonzo · Jan 8, 2016

When I use remote start... with fan on auto and seats on auto and its cold out (below freezing)... when I get to my car (engine still cold as its only be running for about 2 minutes) the fan is blowing on high (blowing cool/cold air) and no seat heat.

Does the fan normally hit high with auto start, cold temps while the engine is cold? Seems kind of odd.

andre12dbsi · Jan 8, 2016

I can't speak for the auto seats but my fan is blowing high when I use auto start as well. As there is no one in the car I guess they didn't think blowing cold air around the cabin initially would matter.

Gonzo · Jan 8, 2016

OK seems odd... With a cold engine I am thinking it would prevent it from warming up as fast.... at least it is a "normal" op.

Gonzo · Jan 10, 2016

I see, but my windows are defrosted, its like 10% humidity out and 2 I have the AC off

I hear what you are saying, still seems silly to me.

andre12dbsi · Jan 10, 2016

It probably doesn't measure the humidity outside when you use the auto start. I would think it has the same sequence when you use the auto start and uses the AC compressor each time. When you get in the car and do the sequence to drive the car your personalized settings would take over. That's the way I understand the operation.

Gonzo · Jan 10, 2016

Another TLX mystery... I was referring to 10% humidity in the car. Would be neat to meet the engineer just to hear why things are the way they are.

andre12dbsi · Jan 10, 2016

I'm sure we could all come up with a good list for the Acura engineers.

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