Hi, when I remote start my 2019 Longhorn and it is hot outside, it will not only turn on the A/C, but it will cool the driver seat albeit only in low mode. So my question will be, if there is a setting even in a hidden menu, in order to turn on all seat cooling front and rear at maximum fan speed, so that the whole car would be more pleasant when we get into it.
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Seat cooling in remote start?
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TNRamGuy
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I would love to figure this out and if all seats could heat up in cold weather. I have not seen anything yet saying it is possible but hopefully
ferraiolo1
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Yes the seat heaters turn on below 40* if the comfort mode is selected in the settings. And the climate control is in auto.
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ferraiolo1
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So answer the ops question
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TNRamGuy
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But only the driver seat as far as mine go. Does your passenger side turn on with comfort mode?? I really want passenger side to do this also.
Ahh, I see what you’re saying. Mine doesn’t do that either.
ferraiolo1
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No. Per the owners manual, only drivers.
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My wife strongly disagrees with both of those points!
It would be interesting to learn whether this could be controlled with AlfaOBD, etc.
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For alfaOBD to be able to make changes, it pretty much has to be a factory option on one trim levels which I don't think it is. alfaOBD can't add anything that isn't an available factory option.
On a side note, my wife Traverse only turns on the driver's side heated seat and steering wheel automatically in the winters unless it senses weight of someone sitting in passenger seats then the passenger side heated seat will turn on. Obviously that doesn't work on remote start to get the seat warmed before getting in. But still an interesting feature. Not like it's that hard to reach over and just hit the button if you are already in the car.
TNRamGuy
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This driver's comfort seems very dependent upon the passengers butt not being cold
Liquid Li0n
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but the level of driver vent (and maybe heat too) is always on the minimum setting, never on high. Is that with a specific reason?
I also read somewhere that with AlfaOBD you can adjust the steering wheel heat in 3 settings instead of on and off now.
I also read somewhere that with AlfaOBD you can adjust the steering wheel heat in 3 settings instead of on and off now.
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Yes, you can enable two or three level heat on steering wheel with alfaOBD. Also adjust steering wheel material and seat material which effects temps. My steering wheel was set to wood/leather from factory. Changed it to leather only and there level heat and it's awesome. Never get too hot like it did before. But I usually just use the low heat setting
mikeru82
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This is not entirely true. One example would be that you can set the power folding mirrors to fold when the engine is shut off, and open when the engine is started. This is not a factory option on any trim level.
Edit: Ignore the misinformation given above. No excuses, I confused alfaOBD with TazerDT.
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I didnt thi k alfaOBD could do that. Which is why it's a "live" function for the TazerDT
mikeru82
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Actually, you're right. My bad, I confused the two. Sorry for the misinformation.
