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Old 26 Jan 2004, 08:23 pm
Chris Aseltine
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Default Re: 2004 Accord heater temperature?

Well, my concern is when they will inevitably say "that's normal" (see the
other poster that said "it's common to Hondas. My Lexus blows warm air."
We'll see tonight, I'm taking it in for a (free) oil change.

"Randolph" <trash@junkmail.com> writes:

> I don't think this needs to be "adjusted", it needs to be "repaired".
> With a 2004 you must still be under warranty so let the dealer handle
> it.
>
> Chris Aseltine wrote:
>
>> Is there any way this can be adjusted (by the dealer, or anyone?)
>>
>> Even at the highest setting, the air coming out of the vents is not very
>> hot - "pretty warm" at best. It seems much cooler than I've seen in other
>> cars.
>>
>> Recently it was around 5-10 degrees F here, and when using outside air,
>> the heater air was barely hot at all. The only way to even make the car
>> comfortably warm was to use "recirculate" to reheat the cabin air, but
>> this fogs up the windows. The solution there I suppose is to use the
>> A/C also but this wastes gas, especially in the winter!
>>
>> Any ideas? I know the engine runs around 195F, so there's got to be a
>> way to heat up that air a little more before it comes out the vents.



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