With the ventilated seats, is air supposed to blow out the back as well? On my seats, the air seem to blow pretty strong on the bottom, but one time I remember that air started blowing on my back as well. It has been getting hotter these days and I usually leave my seat on max cool whenever I am in the car. On the particularly hot days, the seating ventilation keeps my butt really cool, but my back is still hot and sticky because it doesn't seem like the air is blowing out out from the back. I thought this was by design, but one time, I remember I started feeling cool air blowing out from the back as well. So I just wanted to understand if it should be blowing from the back or not -- I am thinking of getting the dealership to take a look at in on my next maintenance which should be in a month or two.
What are your experiences with the ventilated seats?

 

Have you tried using it with a thin shirt or tank top? Perhaps it's more about what you're wearing?

The air does not circulate as easily to the back portion of the seat compared to the bottom; that is normal. It is abnormal to not get any air at all...

 

I tried putting my hand on the back and I don't feel anything at all. Sometimes when it does work, it blows really hard and it is very noticeable when you put on the hand over the back.

 

I had similar experience especially on the driver seat. Sometimes, I can hardly notices any flow around the lower back.

 

One thing I might suggest if you want the air to blow cooler on the seat is to set the AC directional to bi-level. Cool air directed to the floor will be blow up to the seat. Once the car is cool this works real well for me on hot days. The AC in my ES is like a refrigerator.

 

Ditto about the A/C. Superb, simply superb. No car manufacturer does A/C better.

As to the (ahem) "ventillated" seats, they are a complete joke. The heating feature works fine but the so-called ventillation does nothing whatsoever. You can hardly feel it and all it blows is the same air that's already in the car. If you've just gotten in on a warm day, all it's going to do is blow hot air on you. As to the poster who said to put the A/C on bi-level that really doesn't help.

Face it, by the time the ambient air is cool enough to even potentially be on any benefit when blown up through the seats, the entire cabin is cool enough to be comfortable. The ventillated seats would only be useful if they blew cool air from the moment the car was turned on on a hot day.

As it is, it's just another silly "gee whiz" feature that does absolutely nothing.

Kind of like "keyless start."

 

I dont know Doc, I think the cooled seats work pretty good.

You dont get that stuck to the leather feeling and if its not blazingly hot out we sometimes have to turn it down.

 

I agree. They don't get ice cold or anything like that, but the ventilation helps to keep the seat comfortable. IMO it's better than without the feature. I've seen them referred to as air conditioned but they're not, just ventilated.

 

I love the vented seats. The air seems cold to me.

 

If the air in the cabin has been cooled enough by the regular AC, having the same cooled air blowing through the seats would be helpful on long summer roadtrips. Especially if wearing shorts. Even if on startup it's not much help it STILL will cool the seats faster than not having any air blowing through them at all. REAL AC seats would be much nicer though still. Oh well...

 

ventilation works fine on mine, but heated seats suck. they never get warm enough.
Its probably one of the lexuses safety feautures - no hot heated seats because you can burn your genetals, and at the same time no good ventilation so u dont get sick.

 

sorry to pull out an old thread, but I just want to make sure the lower back of the seat SHOULD also have air coming out right ? All this time I thought its only the bottom of the seat, but today I got a 2010 loaner (mine is 2007) and I can definetly feel the air coming out of the lower back as well, I thought this might be something new for the newer model ?

 

Doc don't live in Texas. We appreciate any help against the heat. We like the ventilated seats and just like keyless ignition, will never again purchase a car without it.

Some people can be happy with a horseless carriage. To each it's own!

 

They work fine on my 07. Wish her 04 SC had the cooled seats in it.