Is the 2025 worth the upgrade?

[atllauren]

I love my ventilated seats. It was the #1 thing I wanted in a new car. Makes a huge difference. I do think I preferred the seats in the Kia EV6 that were both ventilated *and* suede insert so there was never any sweaty skin on seat feeling, but being able to pre-cool the cabin and have the ventilated seats helps 90% of the time.

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[moog]

Still laggy, unfortunately.

Bummer....considering it was laggy from day one of the Job 1 models.
Now years on and still laggy.

 

[phil]

Bummer....considering it was laggy from day one of the Job 1 models.
Now years on and still laggy.

Believe it or not, in some cases it is even laggier now than it was in 2021:

https://www.macheforum.com/site/threads/should-changing-the-radio-station-be-this-slow.45180/

 

[Mach1E]

They feel like they blow, when searching for an answer there are sites that say that they suck the air in and sites that say they blow so I’m not 100% positive. When you have them on heat, there is a noticeable
amount of heat blowing in my opinion. I don’t know how it would feel like that if it was sucking air in. No matter what they work great in my opinion.

Should be easy to do a test. Just put a piece of paper above the seat and see which way it moves.

In general- air conditioned seats blow, ventilated seats suck and heated seats do neither but hot air rises.

 

[StevenC56]

So are the 25 premium seats just ventilated, or air conditioned?

 

[4sallypat]

Just came back from the dealer fixing the center speaker distortion issue.

NO Mach E available for sale - all on stop sale order.

Could not even test drive the Rally...

 

[MonkeyNutz]

So are the 25 premium seats just ventilated, or air conditioned?

They are air conditioned and blow cold, frosty air

 

[E90alex]

They are air conditioned and blow cold, frosty air

No they are ventilated. They suck air through the cushion.

 

[MonkeyNutz]

No they are ventilated. They suck air through the cushion.

Incorrect. They have Peltier coolers in the seats and blower fans. The heating component uses separate heat elements and does not engage the fans. It's the same system Ford has been using on several vehicles for nearly 10 years. Now after adding the MME to the stable, I personally own three Fords with these seats plus two others previously in the past. They BLOW icy cold air. Go test drive one and try it out for yourself. MME included, I personally own three Fords at the moment that have these seats, have owned a couple others in the past. Not to mention our company Explorers and a couple F-150s that have them too. It's amazing having ice cold air blowing out of your seat, freezing the underside of your nutsack when it's 110 degrees out.

 

[StevenC56]

There are so many things on the internet saying that these seats are in fact cooled and blow air, and just as many saying they just suck air. We have a GT, so nothing but heat. I do have a 24 Lightning Lariat, but the same argument is all over the place with them as well. I'll have to take a closer look at them.

 

[E90alex]

Incorrect. They have Peltier coolers in the seats and blower fans. The heating component uses separate heat elements and does not engage the fans. It's the same system Ford has been using on several vehicles for nearly 10 years. Now after adding the MME to the stable, I personally own three Fords with these seats plus two others previously in the past. They BLOW icy cold air. Go test drive one and try it out for yourself. MME included, I personally own three Fords at the moment that have these seats, have owned a couple others in the past. Not to mention our company Explorers and a couple F-150s that have them too. It's amazing having ice cold air blowing out of your seat, freezing the underside of your nutsack when it's 110 degrees out.

We have a Lightning Lariat with the ventilated seats. There’s no coolers. It draws hot air away from your body and you feel cool because of your sweat evaporating.

Ford did have actual actively cooled seats in the past that blew cold air on you, but somewhere around 2018-2020 depending on model they switched to ventilated seats that pull air away from you.

If the window sticker specifically says “cooled seats” or “climate controlled seats”, they have the active cooler and blow on you. If it says “ventilated seats”, they suck air away from you and there’s no cooler.

 

[Mach-Lee]

We have a Lightning Lariat with the ventilated seats. There’s no coolers. It draws hot air away from your body and you feel cool because of your sweat evaporating.

Ford did have actual actively cooled seats in the past that blew cold air on you, but somewhere around 2018-2020 depending on model they switched to ventilated seats that pull air away from you.

If the window sticker specifically says “cooled seats” or “climate controlled seats”, they have the active cooler and blow on you. If it says “ventilated seats”, they suck air away from you and there’s no cooler.

They blow, not suck. And it's cold air (below ambient temperature).

Source: I sat my butt in one on a hot day.

 

[Mach1E]

They blow, not suck. And it's cold air (below ambient temperature).

Source: I sat my butt in one on a hot day.

Here I thought Ford.com would give us a clear answer……. But NOPE. ?

 

[RickMachE]

So Android Auto, supposed to be in 2023s, still isn't in 2025s...

Just came back from the dealer fixing the center speaker distortion issue.

NO Mach E available for sale - all on stop sale order.

Could not even test drive the Rally...

But you knew that.

 

[Makomachine]

So Android Auto, supposed to be in 2023s, still isn't in 2025s...

Maybe I'm missing something in the context of your comment but Android Auto is in the Mach E and it works way better than Apple Carplay.

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