Says so in the manual.
I actually find it comical that no heat comes out the rear vents. I guess they figure the backseat passengers can just put on jackets when its cold.
So the rear vents only blow cool air? Why have the temp control on the back of the console if it will only let cool air blow from the vents? Thats just crazy!! I have been trying to figure out what was going on, because if you turn the fan blower control up, the vents only blow cold air out at you in the winter time. Works wonders in the summer, but not good at all during the summer.
I have to agree that it is not as nice as the 3-zone climate control as the Odyssey and Town & Country we had in the past, but those were $35-$38k vans. A whole different price class.
Makes you wonder though, even if you just used recycled plastic to run a simple conduit system to the rear of the vehicle... can that push a $21,000 micro-van into $35,000 mini-van territory?? Obviously those minivans have other niceties but my point is, how much can plastic conduit cost?? Like even if you didn't have 3-zone, and the rear air was the same temp as the front air... seems almost "Elementary, doesn't it Watson??" (detect)
Since I'm off today (New Year's Day) I think I'm going to Walmart, buying one of those teeny tiny ceramic heaters, I'm going to duct tape the sucker to the rear air console and plug it into an inverter, then I'm gonna take a picture of it and title it, "Get 'er Done!" and sending it to Mazda N.A.
that's not a bad idea. Something along the lines of inserting a small heating element (that won't melt thing) with a manual control. Hmmmmm.Since I'm off today (New Year's Day) I think I'm going to Walmart, buying one of those teeny tiny ceramic heaters, I'm going to duct tape the sucker to the rear air console and plug it into an inverter, then I'm gonna take a picture of it and title it, "Get 'er Done!" and sending it to Mazda N.A.