mwh

Is there any rear heat in the Max? It was -5 F a few weeks ago and I had some cold rear passengers. The front of the car was warm but not the rear so we opened the vent in the back of the center console and only got cold air. Tried it again today and same thing.

There is no heat coming from under the front seats and the back of my Max is cold. Anyone know if there is a way to turn it on, is it a poor design, or is there something wrong with my system?

CanadianMoFo

1. Set controls to upper vents only.
2. Turn off front upper vents. Or minimize as much as possible.
3. Open rear vent up.
4. Set heat to maximum, and fan speed as high as you like.
5. ??
6. Profit.

CM

mwh

That makes sense

If I do that then the front gets no heat, or if I open up the front vents I get the air in the face and less air to the back seats. What a crappy system. I think my '02 Altima SE had air vents under the front seats for the rear passengers and so did my '00 Accord.

AscendantMax

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aren't there vents under the front seat of 6th gens? i remember seeing this black vent thingy when i was installing my audio. anyhow, i usually just keep the vents facing up, so the warm air can circulate to the back.

lowpro19s

Front vents..turn up fan..presto..the rear vents should blow some warm air. And we do have heat under the front seats.

mwh

The only thing coming out of the rear of the console is cold air and nada from under the seats. I will take it into the dealer

4MySwee

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MWH,

I wondered about this as well. My youngin's get cold back there also. Canadian ****, thank you, I also missed the obvious. I do wish I had gotten the Elite for my Monkeys.

Swee

CanadianMoFo

I keep crossing my fingers in the hopes that I'd find a rolled elite so I could score the rear seat and center console to convert mine. Sadly I think its just not going to happen.

Heated seat insert panels could be integrated to the rear seats easily. Maybe route the controls to the center fold down armrest area. Could be a unique mod for someone willing to work at it a bit.

CM

BadBlackMaxSL

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The Infiniti I30t has the rear seat heaters... I've been looking on the net to see if I could score a reclaimed set and have it installed. I would put the switches on the back of the front armrest, near the rear A/C ducts, that way I could turn them off if the kids left them on.

hrlm4life

I actually get heat in the back, but not at the same intensity in the rear vents as in the front, whether I have the heat turned all the way or on the lowest setting the heat always flows out the same in the rear, I dunno maybe poor design???

CanadianMoFo

The rear duct runs quite a bit further than the ducts from the heater core to the dash vents. There will of course be heat loss through that length of duct. Also it loses heat into everything else around it. The floor, the center console, etc... So it may take a while to heat up, and will likely always operate at a lower temperature.

CM

Nameth

I also get heat in the back.. no problems here

T800

I have also noticed that the heat on the back seat is low. That is perhaps I sit on the driver seat about 99% of the times.

Long story short, I think we should get heated seats for the rear seat passengers too.

hfj17002

I was going to ask about this too! All that comes out of the rear vents is cool air. My kids are in car seats so they can't feel the cold leather in the back. I'm glad it dosen't get cold that often down here in TX. It's going to be 78 degrees tomorrow!

Stevied23

78 in feb? I think I may relocate

Deez I30t

I called the dealer, and they said cold air coming out of the rear vents is normal. It is so the rear windows won't fog up, and not so the passengers can warm up. Tell that to the my passengers in the back seat.... Dumb design in my opinion.

I3LAZEN

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Try putting both modes of heat on (upper & lower - feet warmers) and putting the fan up all the way... that gave me hot air in the back... if you just have da air coming to the upper vents only then youll only get cold air in the back vents... if you put on both modes you shud b fine...

jsmithsole

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Mine has never worked well either but since I am in So Cal (80 degrees today) I have never really been bothered by it...

Lovemycar

WOW 80 Must be nice i can't even drive my max it's in the garage most of the time don't drive it much in the winter as you can see in my sig all the snow

04MAX_ILLIN

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Well since everyone else is responding to a 2 yr old thread i might as well too. The answer, in my opinion would be to face the front dash vents to the roof. This keeps the front cabin warm as well as floating warm air to the rear. i do this all the time and it works aces, trust me. Problem solved. Your welcome.

jsmithsole

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I thought the same thing but post #16 added to the thread, better than starting a new one!!

But the problem isn't solved by doing that, the rear vent problem still hasn't been answered!!

04MAX_ILLIN

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I cant argue with that...my way is just an easy fix for the time being.

mwh

That was my old post for the '06 SL. Now I have a '07 SE w/leather and it will be close to 0 degrees later this week. Hoping Nissan saw my post and the rear heat works in this car. LOL

mwh

well, I guess Nissan is not listening to these posts. Getting any heat to the rear is rediculous in this cold weather.

BigPete

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my rear vents work fine

mwh

sound technology; if you want heat to the rear of the car
1) close the dashboard vents
2) turn on front vent full blast and some heat will get through to the rear vents

What happens to the windshield defrost and heat up front? I usually need to see through the windshield to drive and what about the feet area in the rear? heat rises and wonder if Nissan knows that the vents should be on the floor.