[Bimmerfun82]

The placement of vents in this car is madness, and it’s a problem now in every car with this massive display.

I wanted to share my partial solution. Put the A/C on auto on low temp and aim both main upper vents at your face and the left vent by the window as high as it will go. Manual mode doesn’t work well at all. Obviously put individual settings as cold as they will go.

This vent seems to be placed simply to cool down the screen.

When I’m in our Merc the a/c is so much colder and quieter and the vents are wonderfully placed.

[deutsch100]

And the iX vents are better than i5 and i7. It takes me near endless fiddling to try and even get some cold air on my face in my i7 (i5 was the same). It is maddening!!

i4 still has good, standard vents and the vents in our 8 Series are great!

[Bimmerfun82]

Originally Posted by deutsch100

And the iX vents are better than i5 and i7. It takes me near endless fiddling to try and even get some cold air on my face in my i7 (i5 was the same). It is maddening!!

i4 still has good, standard vents and the vents in our 8 Series are great!

The X7 is just as bad. On hot days it makes me want to sell the car. The M3 vents were great and it had the big screen/display, so I don’t understand why “minimalism” overtook good air flow and redirection mechanisms.

[Cam330i]

Originally Posted by Bimmerfun82

The X7 is just as bad. On hot days it makes me want to sell the car. The M3 vents were great and it had the big screen/display, so I don’t understand why “minimalism” overtook good air flow and redirection mechanisms.

I agree with everything that you said ^

However, I would like to add that the M3 (I assume you're referring to the PRE-LCI M3) still had its climate control settings separate from the main iDrive screen. Why am I mentioning this? I mention this because as soon as you get in the M3 on a hot day, you can immediately hit "MAX A/C" BUTTON and get things going. However, for the LCI X7 and with the same scenario, you have to first wait for the screen to load up and I think you also have to remove/accept the disclaimer screen, BEFORE you can access the climate menu, in which there you can activate "MAX A/C" ....

Now I know why many are complaining about the climate control in the LCI models - the longer I have to wait in a hot car for the screen to load up to get the A/C going, the more annoyed and frustrated I become! The M3 was very straightforward, start the car and press "MAX A/C" .... literally takes less than 5 seconds....

I love BMW, but if "doing too much" and "overly - complicated" were to have a picture? You would see iDrive 8 and iDrive 8.5 standing in front of it...

Anyways, y'all be easy and stay safe!

FUN FACT: The gasoline LCI X5/X6/X7's have remote start, but if your vehicle is on "Fuel Reserve" (e.g., 40 miles of range remaining), then remote start will not activate.... the PRE-LCI's didn't have this restriction and both the climate control and the display come on with a remote start...

[NomoTesla]

Originally Posted by Bimmerfun82

The placement of vents in this car is madness, and it’s a problem now in every car with this massive display.

I wanted to share my partial solution. Put the A/C on auto on low temp and aim both main upper vents at your face and the left vent by the window as high as it will go. Manual mode doesn’t work well at all. Obviously put individual settings as cold as they will go.

This vent seems to be placed simply to cool down the screen.

When I’m in our Merc the a/c is so much colder and quieter and the vents are wonderfully placed.

Air comes out of that? I figured it was just for the speaker venting.

[Bimmerfun82]

Originally Posted by NomoTesla

Air comes out of that? I figured it was just for the speaker venting.

It does. And it varies based on the same controls for the main vents.

[ggalanis]

Originally Posted by NomoTesla

Air comes out of that? I figured it was just for the speaker venting.

I noticed it like a month ago as I was fiddling with the screen and wrapped my fingers over the top to get a better grip and steady my hand. It sends air towards and over the screen. I found it a little odd that I hadn't noticed it until then.

One of the things I have noticed with all my modern BMWs is that the vents don't give me a satisfying rush of air that hits my face in most settings. It seems to diffuse before it reaches me and most of the time I can barely feel it if at all. Although they have all done a great job of cooling the cabin and I have liked the auto climate in every one of them, sometimes you just want to feel the cold air hitting your face on a hot and sweaty day, usually just for a few minutes. I want to say it is by design and that it helps bring the cabin as a whole to the set temperature faster, but maybe that is just wishful thinking on my part trying to justify why my expensive car has shitty ventilation.

Thoughts?

[NomoTesla]

Originally Posted by ggalanis

I noticed it like a month ago as I was fiddling with the screen and wrapped my fingers over the top to get a better grip and steady my hand. It sends air towards and over the screen. I found it a little odd that I hadn't noticed it until then.

One of the things I have noticed with all my modern BMWs is that the vents don't give me a satisfying rush of air that hits my face in most settings. It seems to diffuse before it reaches me and most of the time I can barely feel it if at all. Although they have all done a great job of cooling the cabin and I have liked the auto climate in every one of them, sometimes you just want to feel the cold air hitting your face on a hot and sweaty day, usually just for a few minutes. I want to say it is by design and that it helps bring the cabin as a whole to the set temperature faster, but maybe that is just wishful thinking on my part trying to justify why my expensive car has shitty ventilation.

Thoughts?

If you have v8 OS try changing your fan settings to Dynamic. You can do this while in Auto mode. It makes a big difference in how strong the air blows.

[ggalanis]

Originally Posted by NomoTesla

If you have v8 OS try changing your fan settings to Dynamic. You can do this while in Auto mode. It makes a big difference in how strong the air blows.

It is always set to dynamic.

[Bimmerfun82]

Originally Posted by ggalanis

It is always set to dynamic.

Dynamic doesn’t do anything except annoy me that I don’t know what dynamic does. This whole system sucks as far as I’m concerned and my guess is they tried to eek some cost and efficiency out of the vehicles.

[ggalanis]

Originally Posted by Bimmerfun82

Dynamic doesn’t do anything except annoy me that I don’t know what dynamic does. This whole system sucks as far as I’m concerned and my guess is they tried to eek some cost and efficiency out of the vehicles.

My point is that this isn't really new or specific to the iX. The air stream comes out strong but just seems to diffuse very quickly as if done intentionally to more evenly cool the cabin quickly. Just that sometimes i would like to feel more air directly hitting my face. In my family's other cheap cars, including the ones I've owned before, this was always easy as in point a vent to your face and you felt lots of air hitting you directly. My BMWs all maintain the cabin temp a lot better than those other cars but sometimes I just want to feel more air.

Maybe it's just in my head.

[Bimmerfun82]

Originally Posted by ggalanis

My point is that this isn't really new or specific to the iX. The air stream comes out strong but just seems to diffuse very quickly as if done intentionally to more evenly cool the cabin quickly. Just that sometimes i would like to feel more air directly hitting my face. In my family's other cheap cars, including the ones I've owned before, this was always easy as in point a vent to your face and you felt lots of air hitting you directly. My BMWs all maintain the cabin temp a lot better than those other cars but sometimes I just want to feel more air.

Maybe it's just in my head.

Not sure, but I can tell you this: if I set the air on low auto or manual the fans blow more loudly and produce less cold air than my Merc at 70 auto. My Merc is quiet and cold.

[chanders]

Originally Posted by ggalanis

My point is that this isn't really new or specific to the iX. The air stream comes out strong but just seems to diffuse very quickly as if done intentionally to more evenly cool the cabin quickly. Just that sometimes i would like to feel more air directly hitting my face. In my family's other cheap cars, including the ones I've owned before, this was always easy as in point a vent to your face and you felt lots of air hitting you directly. My BMWs all maintain the cabin temp a lot better than those other cars but sometimes I just want to feel more air.

Maybe it's just in my head.

Not in your head! I honestly thought it was just me who wanted to feel the breeze on my face. So much so, I ordered new filters just in case it's the culprit

When I change them I'll report back.

[LVBMW]

Originally Posted by chanders

Not in your head! I honestly thought it was just me who wanted to feel the breeze on my face. So much so, I ordered new filters just in case it's the culprit

When I change them I'll report back.

I think you're right, and this could be a German cultural thing. From having lived there for a decade, I noticed that German people often do not like to feel cold air blowing on them (especially on the face).

[EV Fan]

Originally Posted by ggalanis

One of the things I have noticed with all my modern BMWs is that the vents don't give me a satisfying rush of air that hits my face in most settings. It seems to diffuse before it reaches me and most of the time I can barely feel it if at all. Although they have all done a great job of cooling the cabin...

This is exactly my experience. Given how poorly positioned the vents are for blasting air onto my body, I have no complaints about the car's ability to achieve a comfortable temperature even in 100 degree conditions. I wouldn't have thought it could be so good at the 2nd while being so poor at the 1st. My complaint about the HVAC is that it only has 5 fan settings; 1 is minimal and 2 starts to get loud...there needs to be something in between.

If you want to feel others' pain, read all the complaints in Lyriq forums about its A/C performance.

[NomoTesla]

Originally Posted by ggalanis

My point is that this isn't really new or specific to the iX. The air stream comes out strong but just seems to diffuse very quickly as if done intentionally to more evenly cool the cabin quickly. Just that sometimes i would like to feel more air directly hitting my face. In my family's other cheap cars, including the ones I've owned before, this was always easy as in point a vent to your face and you felt lots of air hitting you directly. My BMWs all maintain the cabin temp a lot better than those other cars but sometimes I just want to feel more air.

Maybe it's just in my head.

If you have OS 8.0 you can change your fan setting from balanced to dynamic. This initially blows harder to cool things down quickly. The setting disappeared from 8.5, so don't know about that one.

[ggalanis]

Originally Posted by NomoTesla

If you have OS 8.0 you can change your fan setting from balanced to dynamic. This initially blows harder to cool things down quickly. The setting disappeared from 8.5, so don't know about that one.

I do have 8.0, but as when you first suggested using that setting in September, I already do have it set to dynamic.

[deutsch100]

Originally Posted by LVBMW

I think you're right, and this could be a German cultural thing. From having lived there for a decade, I noticed that German people often do not like to feel cold air blowing on them (especially on the face).

THIS. Absolutely this, 100%!!! It drives me nuts with not wanting air hitting the face, no cross drafts at home, turning the A/C off when needed. Most Germans are NEUROTIC with cold air blowing!!!