Bronco Floor heat POLL

[Ground_zero298]

@Administrator please delete 3rd option.

With the cold weather upon us, more and more are reporting poor performance for drivers side floor heat and rear heat. Would like to know if yours works like you think it should or has issues. Please post model and build date.

Also did a multiple choice poll for rear heat in the 4 doors seeing a lot are complaining about that also.

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[Ground_zero298]

2dr BL SAS high 1/21
Driver floor heat barley works.

 

[RagnarKon]

2022MY with an August 2022 production date.

Floor heat works fine.

I should note that on most vehicles I have to turn down the floor heater because my feet get too warm. Since most newer vehicles (like Mid pkg and higher on the Bronco) have these “smart” HVAC systems with no real finite control, it usually turns into an annoying micro-management game of turning on the floor heat for 5 minutes, turning it off for 10 minutes, back on for 5 min, rinse/repeat for the entire trip.

I haven’t had to do that in the Bronco, seems very well balanced… which I appreciate.

 

[Gnomad]

2 door base, heat work great both sides. Like a baby dragon. Better than the Land Rover it replaced.

 

[tourproto]

Front floor heat works fine, rear floor heat is non-existent. The A-pillar heat is crazy good. I wish a fraction of that heat and air volume would be directed to the rear floor...

 

[Boreal]

2DR. -35°C weather in Manitoba. Heat is better than almost every other vehicle I’ve ever driven. There hasn’t been an issue with icing or heat yet. The grill shutters help bring everything up to temp quickly. 10/10

 

[PWillette]

Front floor heat works fine, rear floor heat is non-existent. The A-pillar heat is crazy good. I wish a fraction of that heat and air volume would be directed to the rear floor...

Check the rear heater ducts are correctly seated. I had one that was disconnected under the passenger seat.

 

[Ibuprofen3293]

One thing I’d be interested to know is how many of us with nonexistent floor heat have Lux/auto climate control vs single zone manual. I’m thinking folks with the latter may be the ones with no issues.

 

[tourproto]

Check the rear heater ducts are correctly seated. I had one that was disconnected under the passenger seat.

I am making that Ford's problem, not mine. I don't have time to be removing seats and verifying what should be their quality control problem, especially when I already took the vehicle to them about the problem and they had the gall to put on the paperwork effectively a "no trouble found" statement.

 

[Techun]

Took mine into the dealer and they compared to other vehicles and said it's normal for vents to be 80% defrost, 20% floor when manually put into floor output.

 

[Mike_D]

‘21 Black Diamond 4 door, manual AC. Rear Floor vents only blows when recirc is on. Kids cheered for 60-90 seconds until recirc shuts off on its own.

 

[Knittel]

Shouldn’t the poll have mutually exclusive options? What if both fronts work and the rear is horrible?

 

[MnLakeBum]

One thing I’d be interested to know is how many of us with nonexistent floor heat have Lux/auto climate control vs single zone manual. I’m thinking folks with the latter may be the ones with no issues.

I have Lux with auto climate control and have no issues with the front floor heat but I’m someone who has a body thermostat that runs warm. I hopped in it the other morning when it was parked overnight outside at -10ºF and within 5-6 minutes everything was comfortable. I have no idea about the back seat as it’s barely been used except by teenagers and they need a little more adversity, lol.

FWIW, I’m in Minneapolis which is by far the coldest large city during the winter in the U.S. It’s fun to know that we will be wintering in Naples from now on which along with Miami is the warmest winter spot in the USA outside of Hawaii.

 

[MN_OuterBanks]

I have Lux with auto climate control and have no issues with the front floor heat but I’m someone who has a body thermostat that runs warm. I hopped in it the other morning when it was parked overnight outside at -10ºF and within 5-6 minutes everything was comfortable. I have no idea about the back seat as it’s barely been used except by teenagers and they need a little more adversity, lol.

FWIW, I’m in Minneapolis which is by far the coldest large city during the winter in the U.S. It’s fun to know that we will be wintering in Naples from now on which along with Miami is the warmest winter spot in the USA outside of Hawaii.

My 2021 OBX with auto climate sucks for floor heat. If I have nothing checked, meaning 100% auto I get some floor heat. Also my duct on the driver side seems loose and the outlet hangs lower and points towards console. Also in MN

 

[tourproto]

I am making that Ford's problem, not mine. I don't have time to be removing seats and verifying what should be their quality control problem, especially when I already took the vehicle to them about the problem and they had the gall to put on the paperwork effectively a "no trouble found" statement.

It was an improperly assembled duct under the seats. Ford did whatever they had to do to connect the ductwork and now I have heat/airflow under the seats. It isn't as much airflow as I would like but it is better than zero.

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