The only car I’ve ever owned where I was truly satisfied with the climate control’s ability to keep me comfortable without me fiddling with the temperature setting was my 2004 Mini Cooper (with black interior, no less). None of the others seem to have their solar heat load sensors calibrated in such a way that I’m comfortable. My MY is no exception.
That said, the A/C on my stock window tint MY works just fine. Last summer, we had a very unusual hot and humid spell in coastal SoCal, and at one point I was driving the car in the middle of the day, the temperature in the shade was 113 F, the sun was burning down...and the interior of the MY was 72 (set point was 68). Yes, the fan was blowing close to full force, and yes, the efficiency took a hit - about 360 Wh/mi instead of 270 Wh/mi - but it was coping adequately with very atypical coastal SoCal but fairly typical AZ/TX summer conditions. (I lived in Texas for several years and the all-time record high in my area was 113, and typical summer was high 90s to low 100s, 40% RH. Hottest day I’ve ever experienced - not with my MY - was 120 in Ridgecrest CA. That’s effing hot.)
So I’m wondering if the complaint here is the A/C won’t get cold enough even if you go full manual on the climate control, or if you have to, say, crank the CC down to 65 to get adequate cooling on a hot day, or...?