This works in my Model Y; open the Climate Control settings menu. Turn off the climate control system (press the round button), then turn the climate control back on (press the round button a second time.) The driver's side dashboard vent will start blowing air but the passenger side dashboard vent will not start blowing air (unless someone is seated in the front passenger seat.)
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Front Passenger Air Vent - Can you turn it off?
- Thread starter ratsbew
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You can't turn it off with weight in the passenger seat (someone sitting there). That's what is needed. My primary passenger (my wife) doesn't like air blowing on her.
AlexHung
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I found that if I move the vent direction to as high as possible and as wide as possible, the air passes me by completely. May be that will work ok?
No. It's totally unacceptable to my wife. Tesla really needs to get with it and allow us to turn off the vent. Obviously there is a valve that lets it be turned off.
I am on the very latest software release and I can confirm that this voice command does NOT work.
brandon8387
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Timdoggg85
Member
This would be nice to have, I can see reasons why it isn't there yet, but as most said it's simple coding. Until then my wife just directs the air flow to my side in a single stream, which I don't mind because I run hot.
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angus[Y]oung
Active Member
It's a lose for me. I'm with Timdoggg85's poor wife. It hurts when my hubby turns up the AC anywhere. I'm cold alllll the time! They need to fix this ASAP!
Do you make use of the dual zone mode for the Tesla Model Y's Climate Control?
You can use the Tesla Voice Commands by pressing the right scroll wheel on the steering wheel and speaking "split/sync/unsync [Climate]"
to split, sync, or unsync the temperature control for the driver and front passenger.
Timdoggg85
Member
lol, have your tried using independent temperature settings like @jcanoe suggests? That way you can make it nice and toasty...
TwelveVoltMan
He'll make sparks fly round your head
But do you have a passenger in the seat? The behavior you are describing is common: Teslas only blow air out of the vent when they detect weight in the seat (or if you manually turn the vent on). What people are complaining about here is that you cannot manually turn the vent off when someone is sitting in the seat.
Nope, nobody in the passenger seat and I never had this happen in my 2019 M3P that I put 45k miles on before trading for a 2021. It’s not all the time either. After my last post, the next morning I checked like I normally do as I leave the development, and both were on. No body in the front seat not enough weight to trigger the vent without triggering the seatbelt alarm.
Now that the weather has turned cooler the passenger vent comes on automatically any time the HVAC is warming the cabin air. This differs from when the AC was cooling the passenger cabin, most of the time only driver dashboard vent would be active when the AC was running unless someone was seated in the passenger seat.
TwelveVoltMan
He'll make sparks fly round your head
Take a look at the second pic I posted. Heat on HI and only the drivers vent operating.
But I also agree with the OPs complaint. Once I manually turn on the passenger vent, by touching the passenger vent screen, I can’t turn it back off by pressing/holding or any other option presented. The only thing I found to power my passenger side back off is to power cycle the HVAC. When I power it back on, the passenger side is inop again.
Funny thing, if I turn on my climate from the app, it shows air flowing out both vents but the car screen doesn’t and the passenger vent isn’t opened or operating.
My wife also complained about this. What I did is went to Lowe's got some of that soft weather striping, cut it to size, and this solved the issue. Actually blends in pretty well. Just leave the cover over the adhesive so it does not stick to it. https://www.lowes.com/pd/M-D-Expand...fzl_VHqARHI0L8oeMEYaAuf2EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
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