Floor heat

[jhugh]

I think this has been brought up before, but it's my first winterwith the Vibe and I need to 'vent', so to speak.Where was the heating system (specifically the position that directs heat to your feet)tested? Southern California in August? It's pathetic. You get 1000% more flow froma hair dryer. To the Vibe design team: Come on guys, you really have a very good thing going but don't cut corners like this. There's no excuse. I had an Alfa Spider that would meltthe glue on your sneakers with the floor heat on - I bet the Vibe can't blow out a match.

[Raven]

The whole HVAC system on the Vibe is wimpy. It does not cool adequately in the summer and the heater has a hard time keeping up in northern climates come winter. With 3 or 4 people in the car it is almost impossible to keep the windows defrosted even with the A/C on. This is probably my biggest complaint about the Vibe.

[Mase]

For some reason, the upper, outer vents still blow even when the hvac is set to "FLOOR". Just close those 2 vents and you should get a little more air flowing to your feet.

[nismo]

Hey, check out my post. Something like this was happening to mine as well. I'm going to take the car to the dealership and hopefully they'll do something for me.Inder

[PEDALS]

I seem to be on the other side of the fence as the rest of you that have posted. I HATE having me feet hot and i can't put the top vents on heat without some of it going through the floor vents as well. So i bought one of those massaging chairs with heat and i find that keeps me hot enough and then i can add heat from the top vents if i need it.

[ColonelPanic]

I'm with you on that one - I can't stand using the floor vents. I'm much more comfortable setting it to just blow out the dash vents, and angle them toward me. That's one reason I really like how the air blows from the outboard dash vents wherever you have the mode knob set. So, I can hit defrost, and still have warm air blowing on me from the vent there on the driver's side. But I will agree, the Vibe's HVAC system needs much improvement overall.