DaveJ

Discovered something strange today and I'm curious if your GS does this. Start the engine and turn off the auto climate control. Go to the climate control screen and make sure the fan is off. With the windows rolled up so it's silent, do you still hear a fan running in the interior? It sounds as if it coming from the lower passenger dash area. I can't feel a breeze from any of the vents. Any ideas what this might be? Thanks.

frebay

I know exactly what you are talking about. It's the ventilated seats, just turn them off.

carminesc

ventilated seats. caught me off guard a few times.

DaveJ

Thanks guys. I didn't think of the ventilated seats. My car's at the dealer for its 5K oil change, so I can't try it. But I know both seats were set to maximum ventilation when I last heard the noise. I'm surprised it's as loud as it is, especially since my salesperson first told me told me there was no traditional fan involved with the ventilation of the seats.

DaveJ

Yes, it was the seat cooling that was making the noise. I lowered the dials to 2 instead of 3 and the fan noise is much less. Too bad I can't feel the airflow/cooling as much as I can hear it. Thanks again.