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Featured on BIMMERPOST.com "Ventilated front seats gently blow your choice of warm or cool air upward through the micro-perforated leather, helping to keep you comfortable all year long." Based on this description I would assume there's a vent going to the seat and pushing either cold or warm air depending on settings. Does anyone know what this does exactly? I have ventilated seats on my '21 X6 and the feature is mildly disappointing, it is just blowing air from under the seat, it does work but I had much better ventilated seats. I also should say that i4 is the only car that mentions a "choice" under the description of the "front ventilated seats" option. |
02-19-2022, 05:53 AM | #2 |
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It's ventilated, but not cooled. In other words, it just uses ambient air around the unit itself and does use the A/C system.
It's useful though and does keep the tush relatively dry/cool when in use, at least on our old G30 540i that had this function. |
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It's peculiar they would change the description on the i4 seats only, no other model for this function. |
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02-19-2022, 09:44 AM | #4 |
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I originally included ventilated seats, then after doing more research I dropped them. Do a search in the other forums here. There's a lot of buyer's remorse. Even the sales manager at my dealer said don't bother with them (he had them in an i3). You lose adjustable side bolsters, by the way.
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Any idea in which case the car comes with manual seats ? |
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It would be explicitly spelled out.
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That's what I thought he said; maybe I misheard. Regardless, he downplayed the option, thereby potentially reducing the dealer's profit. It's what led me to search ventilated seats in the 3-series forums here, and what I saw convinced me to drop them.
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We can hope BMW would one day replace the manual seats, in those cars so inflicted, with power seats under warranty, but they sure as hell aren't saying they will. We can hope the i4 will be immune to this because 1) it's a low volume car and 2) having a successful launch is important, but hope is all we can do. The only alternative is to not buy a car until the chip shortage is over. Or take your chances and make it clear, preferably in writing, that you will refuse delivery if the car arrives with manual seats. |
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Sounds good, thank you for this. I did actually email the dealer and asked if the car comes with manual seats and if it does, there's no way I was taking delivery.
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Glad to be of assistance. BTW, power seats are standard equipment. It's in the pricing guide:
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They start with lower models. That's why with the HUD the M and 5/7 didn't get affected much. I have seen 430s with manual seats. I have not seen 440s with the same.
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If I remember right, to get "heat" from the ventilation, you have to turn on the heated sears and ventilation at the same time on the 540i
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