Set rear AC vents on by default?

[noshadow]

When there’s nobody in the backseat the rear vents are closed for the AC. I have a dog that is in the cargo area, and everytime I get in the car, I hit the fan button, then have to tap the icon to get the rear vents on. Every. Time.

Is there some way to set this auto vent closing option to off?

 

[mark95476]

My rear vent setting is persistent. If I turn it on, then it stays on until I turn it off.

When there’s nobody in the backseat the rear vents are closed for the AC. I have a dog that is in the cargo area, and everytime I get in the car, I hit the fan button, then have to tap the icon to get the rear vents on. Every. Time.

Is there some way to set this auto vent closing option to off?

 

[noshadow]

My rear vent setting is persistent. If I turn it on, then it stays on until I turn it off.

What do you mean by persistent? Does it persist when you leave the car and come back?

 

[Barrygold]

Try this

 

[noshadow]

yup, tried that, but the next time I got into the car, it was off again =(

 

[IdaBish]

yup, tried that, but the next time I got into the car, it was off again =(

I travel with bulldogs. I have it on and it is always on...

 

[noshadow]

I travel with bulldogs. I have it on and it is always on...

So you're saying the method works? Just something is not happening with my car?

 

[noshadow]

oh I didn't tap and hold, I just tapped it briefly. Is holding it down the key?

 

[rxlawdude]

oh I didn't tap and hold, I just tapped it briefly. Is holding it down the key?

I think it has to turn white like shown above, so if you don't see the phantom child seat on the display...

 

[noshadow]

I did a short tap and did see that. I'll try a longer one to see if anything "holds"

 

[Srad600Volt]

After the latest update, my AC is now doing this same thing, defaulting to "off". Prior to this update it used to default to on. Even when my kids are in the back seat, it still defaults to "off" and I have to manually turn it on. I'll be trying the "car seat" tip above, but I thought I'd already done that (since I do have two car seats in the back).

 

[noshadow]

Nothing ever worked, until recently I buckled the rear seatbelt in, and now everytime the rear vents are on!

 

[Srad600Volt]

Thanks for that! I checked, and I did already have the car seat indicators showing. I'll plug in the seatbelts behind the car seats and cross my fingers. Can't understand why an "update" breaks a perfectly functioning system.

 

[noshadow]

It's just dumb that there's no setting to just remember to keep the rears on by default. You can get fart noises when you hit the turn signal, but you can't get the rear vents to be default on.

 

[AlexHung]

I can see and understand that Tesla engineers are trying to optimize range by using as little A/C as possible. So if there aren't any rear passenger (as indicated by the seat buckles) then there is no need to blow additional cold air to the rear. Same logic for closing front passenger air vent when there isn't a person there.

 

[Srad600Volt]

I can see and understand that Tesla engineers are trying to optimize range by using as little A/C as possible. So if there aren't any rear passenger (as indicated by the seat buckles) then there is no need to blow additional cold air to the rear. Same logic for closing front passenger air vent when there isn't a person there.

I'm sorry but I don't think Tesla's range goals should come before the comfort (and quite frankly, given the current 100+ temps, Safety) of my children. I can save any number of superfluous settings in the car, why not rear seat AC? Makes no sense.

 

[jeffbco]

I have a 2020 MY. Predominately driven with just me (driver). I set climate to recirculate "on" and rear seat air to "on" and the system remembers my settings. I don't remember doing anything special to set like this but the settings stay as set.

 

[coleman567]

I have a 2020 MY. Predominately driven with just me (driver). I set climate to recirculate "on" and rear seat air to "on" and the system remembers my settings. I don't remember doing anything special to set like this but the settings stay as set.

I have to turn off recirculate almost daily as it does not retain my preferences.

 

[Its_Dale]

strange. My settings don't change. Recirculate stays off and the rear vent stays on whatever i last set it to.

 

[mark95476]

Yup. I have my rear vents on all the time and it's been like this for >1 year.

I have a 2020 MY. Predominately driven with just me (driver). I set climate to recirculate "on" and rear seat air to "on" and the system remembers my settings. I don't remember doing anything special to set like this but the settings stay as set.

strange. My settings don't change. Recirculate stays off and the rear vent stays on whatever i last set it to.