Hey guys,

I just bought a 2015 Q5 Prestige and really the only reason I went up to that trim level was to get the ventilated seats, otherwise PP would have been fine for me, so I just took delivery and have a few days if I want to return it. Honestly the car is awesome, but I’m wondering if the ventilated seats are even working or not. As I drove it home about 20 miles I left them on high and it *appeared* to me I could feel a slight cooling sensation but there was no noticeable air coming out. I honestly did not know ventilated seats existed until a couple months ago when my car was in the shop I rented an Expedition with them on it and you could feel it blowing on you, but nothing like that on this Audi. Similarly, I turned them on the passenger side and put my hand on the seats I couldn’t feel or hear the slightest thing. I will say after a while it appeared the seats felt a little extra cool (I had the AC blasting on LO the whole time) but I just can’t tell if it’s my imagination that they’re working or not working, etc. Maybe I should have went to a dealer to test a Q5 w/ ventilated seats but I did test drive two Q5 PP in the past and I didn’t want to go and ‘use’ a dealer w/ no intention to buy I had been looking around and the only ones that had come up in the past few months either were not the color combo I wanted or else just too low mileage high price for my tastes, I found a great color/price/mileage match for me and ordered this one from Carvana.

Oh man I have so many questions about this car, lol, but we’ll keep it one topic one question I guess. I feel like I’m going to be reading this manual for days like some law student getting ready for the bar..

I actually just went to the golf range and turned them on going there wasn’t entirely sure I thought I could feel it, but coming back my back was sweaty and yes they do work it seems like they pull air down through the seat rather than push it up which maybe makes it less noticeable was what it seemed like to me.

Our 2011 Prestige Q7 had them. That one was bought back in the TDI deal. We replaced it with a Premium Plus Q7. I do miss the ventilated seats a bit but as mentioned, they don’t blow very hard. FWIW I miss the advanced headlights more.