Rear vents for A/C Air Conditioning in 4 Door Bronco Are Located Under Front Seats

[mC.242]

Not worried about this either way. I have an '06 pathfinder with those tiny rear A/C vents. They are pretty worthless and are either off or blocked most of the time anyway. It's never been an issue in the 2nd row. Third row yes, they could use something but in a smaller Bronco with no 3rd row I don't really care.

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[Thed]

This is the floor vent under the driver's seat on my 2020 F-350. Doesn't blow unless you have the vents set to floor. Doesn't seem to be as cold as the front, either. It's probably amazing in the winter when you need the heat, though.

But it doesn't really bother me. I'm not buying a Bronco for chauffeur duties.

 

[smann93]

here’s the answer... Don’t think this will make me change my reservation. Newer Ford AC isn’t awful. Just remote start to cool off sooner. Plus I live in West Texas... it’ll get hot. But we will live.
Sorry for those of you in the north when it gets cold.

 

[jimmycarter]

here’s the answer... Don’t think this will make me change my reservation. Newer Ford AC isn’t awful. Just remote start to cool off sooner. Plus I live in West Texas... it’ll get hot. But we will live.
Sorry for those of you in the north when it gets cold.

 

[BroncBro]

here’s the answer... Don’t think this will make me change my reservation. Newer Ford AC isn’t awful. Just remote start to cool off sooner. Plus I live in West Texas... it’ll get hot. But we will live.
Sorry for those of you in the north when it gets cold.

Well that sucks.........

So the 2 door doesn’t even have vents under the seats. Wow.....

 

[Natai]

Update July 27, 2020 - Ford confirms that the rear A/C vents are located under the rear seats.

Update July 24, 2020 - Ford has confirmed that the 4-Door Bronco has rear vents.

And the rest of us get black vinyl or leather in one of the most expensive trims, the Badlands. Have none of the Ford people ever visited California, Texas, Florida or any hot state in between? With not even perf holes for circulation, give them five minutes in the Texas heat and humidity in the summer and they will understand. We need perf and cooling fans or the option to select cloth interior for the Badlands.

I'm now looking for aftermarket seat covers to completly remove and replace the factory ones.

I'm assuming the vents are located under the front seats and pointed towards the rear, unless there's some other source that specifically mentions them being under the rear seats. (I mean, that's still something, but it seams odd.)

Overall, I'm happy there are rear vents. The placement may not be ideal, but it will work with heat in winter and should help with seat cooling in summer. So good enough for me. (Glad I'm getting a 4dr though.)

And glad we're still getting responses with updated info.

 

[Bronc-O]

I'm assuming the vents are located under the front seats and pointed towards the rear, unless there's some other source that specifically mentions them being under the rear seats. (I mean, that's still something, but it seams odd.)

Overall, I'm happy there are rear vents. The placement may not be ideal, but it will work with heat in winter and should help with seat cooling in summer. So good enough for me. (Glad I'm getting a 4dr though.)

And glad we're still getting responses with updated info.

Unless you don't believe what the Ford spokesperson is saying, they'd be under the front seats. The only thing I see odd about them is they're located that low. I guess to put them on the back of the console would interfere with the power window switches.

 

[Natai]

Unless you don't believe what the Ford spokesperson is saying, they'd be under the front seats. The only thing I see odd about them is they're located that low. I guess to put them on the back of the console would interfere with the power window switches.

That's what I took away from the tweet too. Was just checking since the edit to the OP specifically stated under the rear seats.
I'm hopeful they've taken some sort of precaution regarding the possibility of water getting into these (especially with the washout interior).

 

[JaxGtc]

Well that sucks.........

So the 2 door doesn’t even have vents under the seats. Wow.....

Yea, overall the 2021 is an amazing design, but this is pretty much a fail. Might work ok for heat, but you can't do AC that way. I bet this gets changed in a year or two.

 

[Nickp]

When my rear passengers are clamoring for oxygen in the 150° Phoenix heat

 

[rmc523]

As has been pointed out, floor mounted vents work fine for heat, but that doesn't do much for A/C - especially when you have to divert some of it to the floor setting (meaning less is coming out of the main front vents).

I mean, reality is for me right now and the foreseeable future, it's just going to be me in the car most of the time, so it's not that big of a deal, but it'd definitely be better to have actual console mounted vents.

I've seen some people mention B-pillar vents. The problem there, is I believe that vehicles with them usually run the ducting through the front door itself, which would render the vents useless when the doors are off - granted I guess they're not doing a ton at that point anyway, but still.

 

[2Jeeps&PatriotX1]

well the floor vents under my f150 front seats are not that great for cold air. My dogs lay on the back floor and even sticking their heads near the seats I still see them telling me to turn on the vents on the back of the console, since they do put out more air. Every road trip I go on, at least 1 of 2 dogs goes with. When the wife comes, then both dogs do as well and it drives me crazy that she closes her vents because its too much air but yet I'm trying to get the air to the rear of the cab. I even have 15% tint on all sides/rear and 50% on the front window and it can get hot in the rear with the windows shut and air not maxed out.

And like I stated earlier, I don't travel 70-75mph with the windows down when I have the family on a trip. 55mph is about as fast as I'll let the dog stick its head out the window or ride in the back of the topless wrangler.

 

[Rollerstud98]

I don't know about you all, but I always run my a/c on floor and face already so I don't see a problem here.

 

[xXChartmanXx]

When my rear passengers are clamoring for oxygen in the 150° Phoenix heat

Take the top off and keep reminding them its a dry heat...

 

[wvmtneer]

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