Ford Mondeo Heated and Cooled Seats
The 'variable climate' (Fordspeak) heated and fan assisted cooling seat switches located on the centre console on my 2013.5 model year Ford Mondeo Titanium X.
On the right all the light emitting diodes (LED's) are illuminated red which indicates the driver's seat is being heated at the maximum temperature. There are five temperatures settings available.
On the left all the LED's are illuminated blue which indicates the passenger seat is being cooled at the minimum temperature. There are also five cooling settings available.
Both driver and passenger front seats can be individually heated or cooled. The desired temperature or mode is set using the +/- on the toggle switch.
The heating and cooling of the front seats is achieved by four 'Peltier effect' thermoelectric cooling pads (one in the cushion and one in the seatback of each seat) with fan ventilation assistance when cooling mode is set. These heated /cooling seat cushion pads are generically known as TEC's (Thermo Electric Cooling Pads) in the automotive and other industries.
On Ford Mondeo's from 2007 to 2010, these heated/cooling seat toggle switches were coloured silver and located flush with the centre console, however from 2011 model year to 2014 they were black in colour and recessed into the twin cup holder recess thingy as seen here.
My previous experience of automotive heated seats is they generally fail at some point as the car ages and are virtually impossible or uneconomic to repair. Fingers and toes crossed this doesn't happen here..
Ford Mondeo Heated and Cooled Seats
The 'variable climate' (Fordspeak) heated and fan assisted cooling seat switches located on the centre console on my 2013.5 model year Ford Mondeo Titanium X.
On the right all the light emitting diodes (LED's) are illuminated red which indicates the driver's seat is being heated at the maximum temperature. There are five temperatures settings available.
On the left all the LED's are illuminated blue which indicates the passenger seat is being cooled at the minimum temperature. There are also five cooling settings available.
Both driver and passenger front seats can be individually heated or cooled. The desired temperature or mode is set using the +/- on the toggle switch.
The heating and cooling of the front seats is achieved by four 'Peltier effect' thermoelectric cooling pads (one in the cushion and one in the seatback of each seat) with fan ventilation assistance when cooling mode is set. These heated /cooling seat cushion pads are generically known as TEC's (Thermo Electric Cooling Pads) in the automotive and other industries.
On Ford Mondeo's from 2007 to 2010, these heated/cooling seat toggle switches were coloured silver and located flush with the centre console, however from 2011 model year to 2014 they were black in colour and recessed into the twin cup holder recess thingy as seen here.
My previous experience of automotive heated seats is they generally fail at some point as the car ages and are virtually impossible or uneconomic to repair. Fingers and toes crossed this doesn't happen here..