Cooling Characteristics

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2011 Mercury Milan, 2011 Lincoln MKZ, and 2011 Ford Fusion. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.

In cool mode, the TED circuits of a given seat are wired in series internally in the DCSM.
In cool mode, the TED can remove up to 8°C (14°F) from the ambient air temperature entering the system.
When cooling, the DCSM maintains constant speed of the fans and constant TED supply voltage (duty cycle) in open loop cool mode.
Engine must be running over 350 rpm and seat cooling does not time out.

The climate controlled seat system is deactivated by one of the following actions:

Selecting the HVAC module setting to manual OFF.
Turning the vehicle OFF.