Blowing cold air on steering wheel area fingers; left side low air flow

[GoodSam]

I drive with air conditioning on, and want to maintain 68-72 in the cabin. But it seems I get excessive cold air too often blowing at the right side of the steering wheel. The a/c fan button (12" display XLT) shows 2 lights for fan speed, but it is the cool air when I think it should be warmer for the cabin temp. Even raising the temperature setting does not seem to have an effect as quickly as I would like (sorry, need to get more accurate temps and timing on what is happening). Yes, I can direct the air down or up with the air vent, but something just does not seem right with the control of the temperature.

Also, it seems the driver's area left air vent has a much lower flow than the right air vent. Normal?

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[Ford Motor Company]

I drive with air conditioning on, and want to maintain 68-72 in the cabin. But it seems I get excessive cold air too often blowing at the right side of the steering wheel. The a/c fan button (12" display XLT) shows 2 lights for fan speed, but it is the cool air when I think it should be warmer for the cabin temp. Even raising the temperature setting does not seem to have an effect as quickly as I would like (sorry, need to get more accurate temps and timing on what is happening). Yes, I can direct the air down or up with the air vent, but something just does not seem right with the control of the temperature.

Also, it seems the driver's area left air vent has a much lower flow than the right air vent. Normal?

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[GoodSam]

Thanks @Ford Motor Company for concern.

So far I just cranked up the temperature to 76 to take away the chill and opened up the left side vent more fully to get a better flow. I will see how it goes. Would be interesting to know how the truck detects interior temperature. Lowered the temp to 74 later on this short 2 mile trip. started w 95%, ended with 95%.

By the way, stopped charging at <90%, but then next day it turned on again to continue to my set maximum charge of 95%. I guess stop charging is only good for one day?

 

[FastMover]

I have a 23 Platinum with the same low flow problem. The air from the driver's door side vent is much less then the drivers vent on the right. Always ch3cking it to mack sure it's open and facing at me.

 

[GoodSam]

I tend to drive with the temp set at 77 degrees F, A/C on, (feels like 72F) but air flow is not as high as I would like on the left side of the steering wheel. There needs to be better vent air flow control beyond tilting the louvers. Need to add a thermometer in the cabin to see what it is showing as the temperature after 10 minutes. Maybe pre-conditioning could shorten that time, wish that pre-con temp could be set exactly or to the last cabin setting.

 

[Zprime29]

I also have low air flow on the driver door side air vent. I'm always fiddling with it as my commute results in the sun shining on me going to work and going home. Would be nice to have stronger air flow there to cool me off.

 

[jimfigler]

I have a 23 Platinum with the same low flow problem. The air from the driver's door side vent is much less then the drivers vent on the right. Always ch3cking it to mack sure it's open and facing at me.

Yep the left side on mine is very low. I thought maybe it was shutoff as Ive had other vehicles with a shutoff dial for certain vents but this left vent has no such dial.

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