The other morning it got chilly and I used the heater in the Prologue for the first time since we got the car new.
After a 10 minute drive, it didn’t seem particularly hot. Maybe slightly warmer than ambient but even at around 3/4 fan speed and the temperature all the way up to HI it wasn’t what I would expect.
Today I drove the Bolt instead and despite being colder outside it was hot in a minute or so. Within 5 minutes it was so hot I had to turn it down otherwise I felt like my face would melt off.
However, this afternoon I bought a vent thermometer and did a simple test. 10 minutes on HI with full fan speed on both vehicles. The Prologue did seem to get hot this time. It made it to about 120 degrees while the Bolt made it to 140.
My question is, what is the normal temperature? Do I have an intermittent problem? Or am I just imagining things?
I posted in a Prologue owners Facebook group and immediately got responses from multiple people that they had the same issue. Some agreed the heater was lame but good enough and others said they had took it to the dealer and they had to replace the blend door assembly which involved ripping out the whole dash.
I want to make sure it’s actually a problem before I take it in. Perhaps it’s just that resistive heating (Bolt) is better than a heat pump (Prologue)? Thanks for any input.
After a 10 minute drive, it didn’t seem particularly hot. Maybe slightly warmer than ambient but even at around 3/4 fan speed and the temperature all the way up to HI it wasn’t what I would expect.
Today I drove the Bolt instead and despite being colder outside it was hot in a minute or so. Within 5 minutes it was so hot I had to turn it down otherwise I felt like my face would melt off.
However, this afternoon I bought a vent thermometer and did a simple test. 10 minutes on HI with full fan speed on both vehicles. The Prologue did seem to get hot this time. It made it to about 120 degrees while the Bolt made it to 140.
My question is, what is the normal temperature? Do I have an intermittent problem? Or am I just imagining things?
I posted in a Prologue owners Facebook group and immediately got responses from multiple people that they had the same issue. Some agreed the heater was lame but good enough and others said they had took it to the dealer and they had to replace the blend door assembly which involved ripping out the whole dash.
I want to make sure it’s actually a problem before I take it in. Perhaps it’s just that resistive heating (Bolt) is better than a heat pump (Prologue)? Thanks for any input.
