Heating system is useless

[mji111]

I was believing your post until you said this. Your word is suspect at best.

OK...I'm busted.

 

[mcdoogs]

@Jeremy996 makes a great point. Adjust and wait 30 seconds before you adjust again. I found that mine worked much better after bleeding and a coolant top to up

Did you bleed the system? If so, how is it done?

 

[parb]

Did you bleed the system? If so, how is it done?

I actually didn't do the work myself. I had a tech do it for me at the ineos dealership. it was actually he who told me that they had seen this before and come up with this approach.
I was also a bit low of refrigerant. I know i wrote coolant, but i meant to say refrigerant. He bled it slightly (i guess the correct term is he recovered it) and added in new refrigerant with a dye in it so that in the future any leaks can be traced.

 

[DFW Guy]

Have you guys checked the temperature coming out of the rear center vents? Mine felt like they were 200* while the front blew out cool air. Shut the rear vents and now the whole car gets toasty.

 

[HereinDaRockies]

Have you guys checked the temperature coming out of the rear center vents? Mine felt like they were 200* while the front blew out cool air. Shut the rear vents and now the whole car gets toasty.

Shutting my rear vents didn’t affect the front vents much.

 

[carlg007]

The heating system is "crap" I have cold feet when it is on Max heat and I live in Florida! I can't imagine how bad it is for you guys that live in really cold weather. My dealer is 4.5 hours away and so a trip to the dealer is not so easy!

 

[CRH]

The heating system is "crap" I have cold feet when it is on Max heat and I live in Florida! I can't imagine how bad it is for you guys that live in really cold weather. My dealer is 4.5 hours away and so a trip to the dealer is not so easy!

2 deg.C here today, hot air in 5mins or so.
I have said this so many times, I have had all the same issues with the heating system, it needed to be bled about 3-4 times & topped up, it now works pretty well.
If you are in the car for a long period it's better to just use on auto and set temp rather than go hot and try to reduce as it blows cold on certain areas as the sensors are a bit slow. I fix this by either deliberately blowing cold air for a couple of mins to reset the sensors then use auto or if I'm stopping, make sure open door for a minute then use auto at a normal temp. The system works and it gives hot air very quickly, we just need to understand it

 

[Jeremy996]

Did you bleed the system? If so, how is it done?

This is the official process - best with a cold car.

 

[ecohen2]

DAMN that is cool! "CCU" is the thermostat inside the car?