What gives? No rear A/C vents?

[jburl2]

Can someone confirm if the rear floor vents blow AC in their RR?
I had my dog in the back seat and for the life of me, couldn’t get AC out of the floor vents.

As for the cup holders, I found this.
https://www.ranger6g.com/forum/threads/pop-out-cup-holders-in-dash-for-us-rangers.11328/
Unsure how much surgery is required?
But have not seen any upgrades for adding AC vents in the rear to our Ranger Raptors.
Saw this AI post:

• Lack of aftermarket solutions:
  .
  Retrofitting rear AC vents is generally not practical as it requires significant modifications to the vehicle's existing AC system, including ducting and ensuring proper airflow, which is a complex and costly undertaking.
  

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[Reddog99]

I haven't read the entire six page thread, but my USA model 2024 Ranger XLT DOES have rear A/C vents under the front seats. They're not hard to see if you just look...

 

[cyterio]

I haven't read the entire six page thread, but my USA model 2024 Ranger XLT DOES have rear A/C vents under the front seats. They're not hard to see if you just look...

Yes. There are rear floor vents under the seat - I just couldn’t get A/C to come out of them.
Not sure if it matters, but it’s a 2025 Raptor (US). I was hoping someone else could check to confirm if they are getting A/C out of the floor vents in the back.

 

[superj]

My 2024 stx gets ac out of those vents. My kids said those bronco vent extenders made a big difference in feeling the air from the vents down there

 

[Casenut98]

My 2024 stx gets ac out of those vents. My kids said those bronco vent extenders made a big difference in feeling the air from the vents down there

I bought the vent extenders as well off amazon. Without them the existing vents are kind of pointing under the floormat and way under the seat and pointless. These help get it out a bit further, I cant remember if it pushes more air on Vent or Floor option when selecting it on the HVAC, i tested it and remember it felt like one pushed more air through them.

 

[Reddog99]

"Yes. There are rear floor vents under the seat - I just couldn’t get A/C to come out of them."

I'm glad that you mentioned this. I knew the vents were there, but I had never checked them for functionality. I did that today and found that they are dead. Looks like we have a warranty claim for this.

 

[Awirez]

I just tested mine with the heat and cooling. My rear floor vents have very little air flow. I presume the only way to get air blowing out of the rear floor vents is to enable the floor setting as seen below. What seems odd to me is that when I set the air flow to the floor setting I have air blowing out of the door defogger vents too. ? Anybody else have that?

 

[Awirez]

Not sure if anyone else is having this result when setting the mode to floor only. I'm going to reach out to Ford. It doesn't make sense that you set it to floor only mode and have high air pressure at the front floor vents and the front driver/passenger window defogger vents, and almost nothing at the rear floor.

 

[Casenut98]

Not sure if anyone else is having this result when setting the mode to floor only. I'm going to reach out to Ford. It doesn't make sense that you set it to floor only mode and have high air pressure at the front floor vents and the front driver/passenger window defogger vents, and almost nothing at the rear floor.

I checked mine yesterday, its only with the floor setting as well to get movement out the rear vents. Its not much for sure, i do have the extenders to help get it out a bit further, but its still rather ridiculous.

 

[Awirez]

I checked mine yesterday, its only with the floor setting as well to get movement out the rear vents. Its not much for sure, i do have the extenders to help get it out a bit further, but its still rather ridiculous.

Thanks Robert! Did you have substantial air blowing out of the side window "demister" or defogger vents?

 

[cyterio]

Thanks Robert! Did you have substantial air blowing out of the side window "demister" or defogger vents?

As mentioned above, I also have the rear floor extenders and when selecting floor only, it’s barely pushing any air out of the rear. I do get some airflow out of the side window vents, but I think those are always somewhat active to keep the door windows from fogging.

 

[DesertSand6G]

While there may be minimal in the floor vents I hope everybody remembers their high school science. Hot air rises and cold air falls.

 

[cyterio]

While there may be minimal in the floor vents I hope everybody remembers their high school science. Hot air rises and cold air falls.

I agree. I’m less concerned about the heat/AC and more concerned about the lack of air moving through the floor vents.

 

[superj]

After rechecking, i think my kids were imagining the air coming out. I cant feel anything from those when set to ac and floor (or anything when set to cold)

 

[Awirez]

I haven't reached out to Ford. I have deduced that the rear floor vents are not used based on the HVAC module programming. WHen the outside ambient temperature is high it will prioritize putting cool air higher in the cab, so the cool air will drop, which is good for air circulation to better bring the cab to a set temperature. The rear floor vents are likely only utilized for heat.

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