dulanypeters
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I am a relatively new owner (well, lessor) of a 2017 Grand Touring CX-9. I took delivery the first week in June and have about 1700 miles on it, including several trips to/from the beach (about 2 hours from us) and a long weekend up in the mountains (about a 3.5 hour drive). It's also had it's fair share of sitting out in the hot sun in temps in the 90s on weekends and being driven for short distances (w/out the benefit of long drive where a car may be more prone to cool down) and the AC has fine, at least for us.
While I was researching the vehicle I came across some of the negative comments about the air conditioning, and it was almost enough to make me take a pass on the CX-9....which would have been very unfortunate. I did two test drives and tried to test the AC but neither day was particularly warm, and the drives were short, and it wasn't really a fair test. At the end of day I took a chance that the AC wasn't THAT bad, and I'm glad I did.
I love the vehicle (for all the reasons expounded upon in this forum) but wanted to give my impressions of the air conditioning, just in case others find themselves in the shoes I was wearing earlier this year.
To me the AC works just fine....in fact, I find myself almost always turning the vents away from me, and raising my side of the AC to 71 or 72 once the car cools down. This is all during recent summer driving. I would say it cools down relatively quickly and that it definitely works VERY WELL once it reaches cooling temperature. My kids ride in the second row and they have not complained at all--they typically turn on their second row AC bc they like to play with everything but I usually turn it off a few minutes after they turn it on.
I cannot speak to the lack of the AC in the third row as we don't use it much for human beings. We typically keep the third row folded down, though my dog does ride back there on weekends and while there has been some panting she is usually fine. The tinting helps a lot in the back and the second row, as do the second row screens (our last car did not even having tinting).
There was ONE TIME when we found that the AC didn't heat up quickly enough....but it did eventually cool off. Other than that I have found the AC to be great/excellent in typical summer weather in the NYC area and its surroundings (the Eastern end of Long Island and the Berkshire area). I have no real scientific data and I have tested the vents with sensitive measuring devices....I can only offer my own anecdotal experience. I just don't think the AC is as "dreadful" as many have made it out to be. My two cents.
While I was researching the vehicle I came across some of the negative comments about the air conditioning, and it was almost enough to make me take a pass on the CX-9....which would have been very unfortunate. I did two test drives and tried to test the AC but neither day was particularly warm, and the drives were short, and it wasn't really a fair test. At the end of day I took a chance that the AC wasn't THAT bad, and I'm glad I did.
I love the vehicle (for all the reasons expounded upon in this forum) but wanted to give my impressions of the air conditioning, just in case others find themselves in the shoes I was wearing earlier this year.
To me the AC works just fine....in fact, I find myself almost always turning the vents away from me, and raising my side of the AC to 71 or 72 once the car cools down. This is all during recent summer driving. I would say it cools down relatively quickly and that it definitely works VERY WELL once it reaches cooling temperature. My kids ride in the second row and they have not complained at all--they typically turn on their second row AC bc they like to play with everything but I usually turn it off a few minutes after they turn it on.
I cannot speak to the lack of the AC in the third row as we don't use it much for human beings. We typically keep the third row folded down, though my dog does ride back there on weekends and while there has been some panting she is usually fine. The tinting helps a lot in the back and the second row, as do the second row screens (our last car did not even having tinting).
There was ONE TIME when we found that the AC didn't heat up quickly enough....but it did eventually cool off. Other than that I have found the AC to be great/excellent in typical summer weather in the NYC area and its surroundings (the Eastern end of Long Island and the Berkshire area). I have no real scientific data and I have tested the vents with sensitive measuring devices....I can only offer my own anecdotal experience. I just don't think the AC is as "dreadful" as many have made it out to be. My two cents.