Hybrid Heater Performance?

[OTACORB]

Have both a Nissan Frontier and Ford Maverick Hybrid. That Frontier heats up the cabin much, much quicker. However, the Hybrid while it takes a bit longer does indeed heat up just fine. My experience just indicates its a bit slower.

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[taralon]

One thing you might want to think about is aftermarket heated seats. I had stock heated cloth seats in a 2012 Subaru, and they were awesome. When we purchased my 2010 FFH I installed carbon fiber heating pads under the cloth covers of the seats, they aren't as good as the Subaru's were, but good enough that when we purchased our 2018 FFH I did the same. They make a huge difference in wintertime driving, as not having instant heat from the heater isn't such a big deal. Even in the summer they make long drives easier, as having back heat on the low setting leaves you feeling not as fatigued on the 500+ mile legs you can drive without having to fill up.

One car has Besond elements, the other has Watercarbon. I'd recommend either, but if you have cloth/vinyl seats stick with the carbon fiber elements as Nichrome wire elements like Dorman can cause a fire/burn hazard with non-leather seat covers.

 

[MakinDoForNow]

It's been one of my only complaints so far. My Maverick takes at least twice as long as my F150 does to heat up so the heater will work. Granted, I leave the heater off until I see the temp start to come up, otherwise the gas engine comes on and gas mileage goes down. I could warm it up faster if I let the gas engine come on all the time by turning on the HVAC from the get go.

Life is like swimming, learn the different strokes. Consider setting the cabin temp to 60-64 (less even?) maybe turn seat heater on a little (does it have a low setting?) If you have that option. Ice will probably come on to get battery fluid up to a temp that will permit acceptance of max expected Regen amp rates so turning ice on sooner may over all be better.

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