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Climate Control Questions
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This morning was 27*f and i tried no jacket and turned the "rear" on auto. This was significantly better than with the rear off, i kept the thermostat at 61 for whole commute. I did not try with hvac all off because i was comfortable, and honestly not sure how to do it without grabbing the manual. Toyota hvac is definitely a steep learning curve for me coming from an Audi; you buy it, set the temp to 68, and never touch it again for 9 years. Audi's hvac system and creature comforts are leaps and bounds better than toyota's -but of course audi can't do real offroading and isn't a fun vehicle like landcruiser is.
I agree! Owning A4 and Q7 in the past myself, I never had issues with the AC. Same with my wife's 2013 Camry and now 2022 Acura MDX, set it at 68 year round never touch it again. I am not sure why Toyota made this more complicated than it needs to be.
My dealer is ghosting me. Still no fix. Mine was working just fine until about 3600 miles, and then it just turned into a hairdryer out of nowhere. The only environmental change i can map back to was that it was fall and starting to get cooler out. Any after market AC swaps out there? 
Find another dealer.
"I know I'm sweating my bag off, but there are no error codes, so all is fine".
Blows hot air on any setting configuration other than low; including while AC is active
Yup 100% my experience too.
Really?...
same with my LC.
If your dealership ’service’ department is not treating your with decency and respect….
YES!!!
It has been below freezing in New England for several weeks and I’ve been having the hot air problem consistently. Automatic seems to control the temperature fine (68) but if I change it to manual fan mode, it blows nothing but very hot air until about 62 or 63° which point it turns into lukewarm and then cool at 61 and low.
Today was 30° in the morning but got up to 45°. In the morning I had the hot air problem, and in the afternoon it stopped and began behaving normally. I’m assuming there must be a sensor that takes into account the outside air then modifies the temperature of of the air coming into the cabin.
When external temperature was 45°, the inflection point where went from really hot air to lukewarm and cool was about 68° or so which is where I would expect.
It just seems so strange that you cannot adjust the temperature of the air manually when it’s below freezing outside. It’s gotta be some code error or something.
Any fixes yet?
Today was 30° in the morning but got up to 45°. In the morning I had the hot air problem, and in the afternoon it stopped and began behaving normally. I’m assuming there must be a sensor that takes into account the outside air then modifies the temperature of of the air coming into the cabin.
When external temperature was 45°, the inflection point where went from really hot air to lukewarm and cool was about 68° or so which is where I would expect.
It just seems so strange that you cannot adjust the temperature of the air manually when it’s below freezing outside. It’s gotta be some code error or something.
Any fixes yet?
I had the same exact problem today. Driving in "ECO" mode in cold weather (below freezing temperatures) my wife cranked up the heat. But after driving a while we got hot and tried to lower the temperature. However, the air coming out of the vent was very warm/hot even when we adjusted the temperature to low 60's. Had to lower temp to "LO" to finally get some cool air to blow.
It is just the way the car is designed. Everyone here needs to do their part and schedule a service appointment with a dealer to register the complaint. that is the only way Toyota will decide to do anything about it. if they see enough of these complaints coming in they might issue a fix or recall of some sort for the compressor sensors or some other part. similar to how the tundra engine recall came about because of enough complaints.
If this were a GM, ford or Euro car, I would say its a waste of time because they would never issue a recall but Toyota is pretty good at taking action on an accumulated number of complaints.
Really I think it can be fixed with only a software update because the ECU is telling the compressor what to send out.
I just registered the complaint with corporate as well: Toyota Brand Engagement Center - 800-331-4331
I told them the AC is either all the way hot or all the way cold. She said if they get enough complaints about this issue from that call center, the engineers will look at it.
They already fixed an issue on some LC's where the remote start couldn't set climate controls via this complaint method. this one was fixed via an update so hopefully we can get that too.
I urge everyone to do this it only takes 5-10 minutes over the phone.
they will ask if you have seen a dealer for it already. I just said the dealer stated there are no error codes the car is throwing off so there was nothing they could do.
Just posting to say same thing I'm like why is thing always blowing hot air no matter what I have the temp at? worst hvac system i've ever had, but I'm guessing it can be fixed with an update.
Maybe someone who is more familiar with the design can weigh in but after a little digging the only mention of a cabin air temperature sensor I can find is associated with the air intake grill in the way back on the passenger side, nothing up front under the dash. Not claiming to be an expert and this is solely from doing a part search on various websites but if the is the case it might explain the seeming lack of responsiveness, particularly for riders up front, if the air temp for passengers needs to equalize with the cargo area, especially if you have a lot stuff in the back. I can attest that when the dog is back there I can smell his breath when he is panting into the intake vent :-(
I took my LC into the dealer yesterday and expected to be turned away after they did some diagnosis just to get my complaint in the books. I had the tech sit in my passenger seat and showed him the temperature readings with a thermometer and it was either 50 degrees on low or 130 degrees on any other temp (60+). He said that is 100% not right without a doubt. They ended up keeping my LC overnight doing more diagnostics. Called me today and said that they compared it to other LC's they have on the lot and they do not have this issue. They are probably going to keep it over the weekend. they said they opened a case with Toyota HQ and are waiting for a call back to go over the issue.
I will keep yall updated as more details come.
