Too Hot?

[jesterjay]

Has anyone had this happen? My cars temp guage goes to 190 ( right in the middle ) withing minutes of starting my car....like under 5 minutes. And it gets hot in the car....but the guage doesn't go anywhere to indicate overheating....am I just being nervous, or is my car getting too hot too quick?

[4GSixty3]

the beauty of german cars, they warm up really quick! its normal and have nothing to worry about.

[jesterjay]

But what about inside? It gets really hot inside. I ahd to put my air on to stop sweating today

[Wild Hare]

Move to Minot North Dakota!

Seriously, contact your dealer and share with them.

[drbubble33]

i think its just the adrenalin from driving a german car. make sure your climate control is not on "econ" cause ive noticed that makes my car warmer than usual.

[jesterjay]

Nope...not on econ...in fact, not on at all...that's why i am worried...the heat is off...totally...fan and everything

[jesterjay]

just went outside to my car...from start to 190.....less than 4 mins...good...or too quick?

[Accel]

Thats normal as far as the heat goes, and unless you have the climate control on and or set to econ, (all german cars do this) air will be piped in from outside unless you manually close the vents, it's just something you have to learn to live with, it dosnt bother me in the slightest.

[jesterjay]

it seems to be heat coming from underneath...is there a way to shut those vents? i shut the others on top

[jesterjay]

I figured that with the heat off...the cool air from outside would come in...but it's warm air

[tydale3]

mine never hits 190 that fast i drive for 2 or 3 miles befor it gets to normal operating temp. Heat without the heat on sounds strage to me. If the temp control is all the way to cold and your getting heat in the cabin, sounds like something is wrong to me. I let mine warm up every day befor work and it runs for at least 5 minutes and the temp still isnt at the middle of the gage till i drive for a bit. Sounds like a stuck thermostate or sumthing to me.

[RJS5689]

My car gets really hot inside to, i really dont think its much to worry about. As fasr as temp goes, my mom owned 2 BMWs and my sister had one, every BMW dealer said "dont worry about the temp. these cars will run safe even when they are touching the red" that sounded a little odd to me, but who knows.

[McPsycho]

yeah same thing with me. i can feel the heat right by my feet. highly doubt its anything to worry about tho. unlees you start smelling smoke, then you should pop the door open and tuck and roll.

[tydale3]

might be from the turbo or cat conv. i reckon. SO far i feel no heat in mine thou. Sounds strange to me. I havent been going over 5000 rpms thou till i get some miles on her.

[jesterjay]

The tech here at my dealership has the 6 speed, and his takes much longer to heat up, but gets some heat inside the cabin...he told me that it's a good thing if the car heats up very fast...that's the plan....but not if it goes past the middle or into the red...which mine never moves from the middle.

[davis_grad]

Interesting, mine takes about 5 minutes as well (6speed), but no heating issues in the cabin.

[MHS216]

I also notice an extremely quick heat up. I don't notice the heat in the cabin as much as I notice the gage visibly rising. I have owned previous GTIs and not had this. My last car was an Audi A4 and on some days here in Minneapolis it would be 15 minutes before I could turn the heater on without getting frostbitten air through the vents. I guess in summary this is something new to me(the quick heat up) but I guess sounds to be somewhat normal. I have 6M by the way.

[tydale3]

sounds like the dsg must add heat , the tranny is near the drivers floor.

[alf]

my ass, my MT6 takes forever to warm up.

[plac]

i notice a very long warm up. its been 50C-60C average each morning. And my gauge doesnt hit the middle for 6-8 mins. DSG.

[jesterjay]

My 98 2.0 Golf k2 would take forever...maybe it is the DSG. Again this morning...5 minutes til 190.....but never went at all past the middle.

[feuerdog]

There is a setting that can be switched with a Vag-Com for Auxilary Cabin Heat.

With all of the inconsistent settings coming from Wolfsburg they may have left yours enabled for some reason. Most people should NOT have this feature enabled. Take it to your dealer and ask them to fix(disable) it.

Check the Vag-Com forum of the Vortex for more info.