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- 2018 Kia Stinger / 2017 Camaro SS
So far as I can tell, the rear and front climate control on this vehicle operate completely independently. The front temperature is controlled via the auto/manual controls.
The rear temperature is controlled by a little rotating wheel that seems to adjust from cold to hot.
The really, really stupid thing (unless I'm doing this wrong), is that there is no way for the driver to assume control of the rear seat temperature. That means, that in addition to setting my front temp, I have to reach behind my center console and rotate the knob to what I estimate it should be. Otherwise I run the risk of my climate control system working against itself.
There have already been a couple times when I have had rear seat passengers ask me why the vents in back were blowing freezing cold air on them when it was cold outside and I had my heater on. By the way, I typically run my climate control on auto, which I thought would take control of everything.
So far as I can tell, there isn't anything in the climate menu or settings to make me able to control the rear vents from the drivers seat.
If this is the case, I consider this to be a significant design flaw. It is absurd to expect the driver of a vehicle to reach into the back seat and rotate a knob to make sure the air flowing from rear vents is the right temperature.
Please, somebody.. anybody tell me that I have this all wrong.