Cooled Seats or massage seats?
#1
AudiWorld Super User
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Cooled Seats or massage seats?
I used my cooled seats for the first time yesterday and I was not impressed:
1 they are noisy
2 they do not cool
3 they vibrate more than a massage option.
My Acura has the "useful" option, the Audi is terrible unless I'm missing something?
1 they are noisy
2 they do not cool
3 they vibrate more than a massage option.
My Acura has the "useful" option, the Audi is terrible unless I'm missing something?
#2
AudiWorld Super User
You are right, they do not cool. They draw outside air into the seat and discharge out the bottom.
The noise and vibrations are undocumented features.
The noise and vibrations are undocumented features.
#3
AudiWorld Super User
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When you say "they draw outside air" I assume that you mean from inside the car and not outside air? I understand that they do not cool but the source to the cooling fans should be fed by an air con duct under the seat, at least that is how normal car operate, Audi must have a new physics defying methodology!
#5
You've got it backwards. Audi cooled seats blow air out of the seating surface. My Porsche sucks or pulls air into the seating surface. The Porsche system works quite well. To prove the air flow to yourself, place a tissue on the seat cushion and turn on the seat cooling. Your Audi will try to raise and blow the tissue away. The Porsche airflow takes advantage of your perspiration on the skins surface or in the clothing you're wearing. This provides the cooling effect. The Audi system does very little other than make a blowing noise.
#6
AudiWorld Super User
As to noise, in mine the fans can barely be heard only when the radio is off with the car at a stop and I feel no vibrations. Perhaps the OP has a defective fan?
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#9
This is one of the options where Audi really needs to improve.
I suppose you meant the ventilation seats, and I find them pretty much useless.
Why on earth Audi made them so weak is beyond me.
They could have easily installed a larger/stronger fan.
I suppose you meant the ventilation seats, and I find them pretty much useless.
Why on earth Audi made them so weak is beyond me.
They could have easily installed a larger/stronger fan.
#10
I had cooled seats in mynInfiniti and you knew when they were on, they worked very well. The Audi I just do not even bother as the low groaning sound when on high is more annoying than any minor benefit they may provide.