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Are you satisfied your Heater output?

3.7K views 31 replies 28 participants last post by  mhadden  
#1 ·
Now that it is winter again I was curious to see what everyone thought of their Heaters output. Mine never seems to get all that hot, more like a luke warm feeling. The dealer said it feels about normal? How's yours for heat?
 
#5 ·
Mines not super hot either (compared to my old truck anyway), but the cab does get plenty warm in time. When it's really cold though I usually have to crank it to the highest or second highest fan setting to get the cab heated to any sort of comfort level or in any sort of real time before I reach work. Oh and work is a 15 minute drive.
 
#8 ·
if it's in the 20's the night before, it will take about 5 minutes to warm up, but when it warms up it's warm :D
 
#11 · (Edited)
When I went wheeling last saturday we had both the driver and pasenger side window down ALL day in 23 degree weather. And I actually had to turn the heat down/off a few times because it was too hot.

As Sethmark put it...mine will melt you. :lol:

EDIT:

Forgot to mention that I have a remote start. I have no clue how long it takes to warm up, but my remote start is set to turn the truck back off after 12 minutes. When I go out, it's usually off and when I get in, it's plenty warm. Unless of course it's below 0.
 
#21 ·
I'm not happy with the heater output, fan's too loud and the air is really not all that hot when you consider the engine coolant temperature is 182 - 184 degrees F, when warmed up, my scan gauge confirms this, having a 195 degree thermostat would make a big difference. As a life long GM guy, I'm used to changing thermostats seasonally, either a 160 or a 180 for the summer and a 195 in the winter. To my knowledge, (and if I'm wrong, some one please correct me) there is no other thermostat available for the new Taco.

I did complain to the dealer and they did check the system, advising me that the heater output air temperature was "normal". Part of the problem may be due to the aluminum block and heads, they dissipate heat too well for heat retention. The fact that the double cab has under seat heater ducts also may be part of the problem, robbing the front cab of some of the heated air.
 
#23 ·
heater is :thumbup:

if you have the dub cab (not sure w/ other models), make sure nothing blocks the vents underneath the front seats.
 
#24 ·
Well I am from a small town near Barrie, Ontario. The last 2 weeks our temps jumped down to -2 degrees (Fahrenheit for all the Americans! :D ) and the heater took a while longer to heat the truck up than normal, but within 10 minutes you could wear shorts and a t-shirt in my truck. I've only had it on the highest output setting a couple times, its to noisy and I don't notice a proportionate increase in blowing.
Seems to warm up faster than my 2000 Honda Civic Si.
 
#25 ·
I guess us Canadian folks are just use to our older vehicles warming up faster because all of us kinda agree that these trucks are slow to warm and take some time to get hot. I guess people just have different expectations when temps hit single digits outside, painfully cold comes to mind when I think of temps in January and February. I don't know about some of you kinky bastards out there but I ain't into pain.:lol:
 
#26 ·
Adventure North said:
I guess us Canadian folks are just use to our older vehicles warming up faster because all of us kinda agree that these trucks are slow to warm and take some time to get hot. I guess people just have different expectations when temps hit single digits outside, painfully cold comes to mind when I think of temps in January and February. I don't know about some of you kinky bastards out there but I ain't into pain.:lol:
Pain in moderation and certain places can be quite arousing. :naughty: