2006 Sonata AC
 

Well, had my first real chance to use the AC in my Sonata yesterday.
The temps were in the upper 80s with reasonably high humidity (I don't
know what it was, but it felt sticky yesterday in northern PA).

I'd say the AC performance is consistent with the heater performance in
the winter, which is marginal. I ran the AC for nearly 40 minutes
straight and never could take the temp control below the coolest
setting. And I hard to run the fan on speed 2 most of the time to keep
it moderately cool. Compared to my Chrysler minivan and Chevy truck,
this is weak performance. Both will cool the vehicles nicely within 15
minutes with the fans set on their low setting. And after about 15
minutes (I'm talking a similar upper 80s day, not 100 or something
extreme like that), I have to start moving the temperature lever up off
the stop to keep from getting too cold.

So, I still think that Hyundai needs to consider beefing up the HVAC
system in the G6 Sonata. I can't imagine driving across Nevada with
temps above 110 as I did last summer in a Chrylser T&C rental. The van
kept us nicely cool on low fan speed and the coolest temp setting. I
don't think the Hyundai would. Maybe with the fan speed on 4, but that
is pretty loud and would get tiresome on a long trip.

What have others experienced with their 2006 Sonata AC?


Matt

Re: 2006 Sonata AC
 

Matt Whiting <whiting@epix.net> wrote in news:JhDeg.9121$lb.827252
@news1.epix.net:

> What have others experienced with their 2006 Sonata AC?
>
>
> Matt

We were a few degrees warmer, and probably a bit more humid here in central
NJ, and I thought my '06 Sonata did an excellent job. Mind you, I don't
have a Chrysler Minivan to compare it to, and my '88 Chevy P/U hasn't had a
functioning A/C in it since about 2000. But comparing it to my Elantra's,
it did a much better job. I also have to say that on a day like yesterday,
without a baby around, I wouldn't have used the A/C at all in my car (home
is another sotry). But the baby can't regulate her temperature that well
yet and can get over-heated very easily.

So, long story short, I'm probably not as demanding of my car A/C as you
are.

Hopefully other will chime in as well.

Eric

Re: 2006 Sonata AC
 

Matt Whiting <whiting@epix.net> wrote in news:JhDeg.9121$lb.827252
@news1.epix.net:

> What have others experienced with their 2006 Sonata AC?
>
>
> Matt

We were a few degrees warmer, and probably a bit more humid here in central
NJ, and I thought my '06 Sonata did an excellent job. Mind you, I don't
have a Chrysler Minivan to compare it to, and my '88 Chevy P/U hasn't had a
functioning A/C in it since about 2000. But comparing it to my Elantra's,
it did a much better job. I also have to say that on a day like yesterday,
without a baby around, I wouldn't have used the A/C at all in my car (home
is another sotry). But the baby can't regulate her temperature that well
yet and can get over-heated very easily.

So, long story short, I'm probably not as demanding of my car A/C as you
are.

Hopefully other will chime in as well.

Eric

Re: 2006 Sonata AC
 

Matt Whiting <whiting@epix.net> wrote in news:JhDeg.9121$lb.827252
@news1.epix.net:

> What have others experienced with their 2006 Sonata AC?
>
>
> Matt

We were a few degrees warmer, and probably a bit more humid here in central
NJ, and I thought my '06 Sonata did an excellent job. Mind you, I don't
have a Chrysler Minivan to compare it to, and my '88 Chevy P/U hasn't had a
functioning A/C in it since about 2000. But comparing it to my Elantra's,
it did a much better job. I also have to say that on a day like yesterday,
without a baby around, I wouldn't have used the A/C at all in my car (home
is another sotry). But the baby can't regulate her temperature that well
yet and can get over-heated very easily.

So, long story short, I'm probably not as demanding of my car A/C as you
are.

Hopefully other will chime in as well.

Eric

Re: 2006 Sonata AC
 

Matt, I live in Nevada and have no problems what so ever with my XG350L's
air. The car starts cooling down as soon as I turn it on and most of the
time I have to turn the climate control down because after about 5 minutes
my nose is numb.... I had a 2003 Dodge Quad with a 360 and my wife has a
2003 Santa Fe, in her Santa Fe after about 5 - 6 minutes you had ice cycles
hanging off your nose and my Dodge, after 20 minutes you were still wipeing
the sweat off your face.. The problem I found was The Santa Fe was white and
the Dodge was dark Blue The Dodge dealer here said it was the color, the
dark color was absorbing the heat into the dash and into the cooling ducts
and it took that long to cool them down. My XG350, WHITE and cools down in
under 8 minutes even when its 113*

Tunez


"Matt Whiting" <whiting@epix.net> wrote in message
news:JhDeg.9121$lb.827252@news1.epix.net...
>
> Well, had my first real chance to use the AC in my Sonata yesterday. The
> temps were in the upper 80s with reasonably high humidity (I don't know
> what it was, but it felt sticky yesterday in northern PA).
>
> I'd say the AC performance is consistent with the heater performance in
> the winter, which is marginal. I ran the AC for nearly 40 minutes
> straight and never could take the temp control below the coolest setting.
> And I hard to run the fan on speed 2 most of the time to keep it
> moderately cool. Compared to my Chrysler minivan and Chevy truck, this is
> weak performance. Both will cool the vehicles nicely within 15 minutes
> with the fans set on their low setting. And after about 15 minutes (I'm
> talking a similar upper 80s day, not 100 or something extreme like that),
> I have to start moving the temperature lever up off the stop to keep from
> getting too cold.
>
> So, I still think that Hyundai needs to consider beefing up the HVAC
> system in the G6 Sonata. I can't imagine driving across Nevada with temps
> above 110 as I did last summer in a Chrylser T&C rental. The van kept us
> nicely cool on low fan speed and the coolest temp setting. I don't think
> the Hyundai would. Maybe with the fan speed on 4, but that is pretty loud
> and would get tiresome on a long trip.
>
> What have others experienced with their 2006 Sonata AC?
>
>
> Matt

Re: 2006 Sonata AC
 

Matt, I live in Nevada and have no problems what so ever with my XG350L's
air. The car starts cooling down as soon as I turn it on and most of the
time I have to turn the climate control down because after about 5 minutes
my nose is numb.... I had a 2003 Dodge Quad with a 360 and my wife has a
2003 Santa Fe, in her Santa Fe after about 5 - 6 minutes you had ice cycles
hanging off your nose and my Dodge, after 20 minutes you were still wipeing
the sweat off your face.. The problem I found was The Santa Fe was white and
the Dodge was dark Blue The Dodge dealer here said it was the color, the
dark color was absorbing the heat into the dash and into the cooling ducts
and it took that long to cool them down. My XG350, WHITE and cools down in
under 8 minutes even when its 113*

Tunez


"Matt Whiting" <whiting@epix.net> wrote in message
news:JhDeg.9121$lb.827252@news1.epix.net...
>
> Well, had my first real chance to use the AC in my Sonata yesterday. The
> temps were in the upper 80s with reasonably high humidity (I don't know
> what it was, but it felt sticky yesterday in northern PA).
>
> I'd say the AC performance is consistent with the heater performance in
> the winter, which is marginal. I ran the AC for nearly 40 minutes
> straight and never could take the temp control below the coolest setting.
> And I hard to run the fan on speed 2 most of the time to keep it
> moderately cool. Compared to my Chrysler minivan and Chevy truck, this is
> weak performance. Both will cool the vehicles nicely within 15 minutes
> with the fans set on their low setting. And after about 15 minutes (I'm
> talking a similar upper 80s day, not 100 or something extreme like that),
> I have to start moving the temperature lever up off the stop to keep from
> getting too cold.
>
> So, I still think that Hyundai needs to consider beefing up the HVAC
> system in the G6 Sonata. I can't imagine driving across Nevada with temps
> above 110 as I did last summer in a Chrylser T&C rental. The van kept us
> nicely cool on low fan speed and the coolest temp setting. I don't think
> the Hyundai would. Maybe with the fan speed on 4, but that is pretty loud
> and would get tiresome on a long trip.
>
> What have others experienced with their 2006 Sonata AC?
>
>
> Matt

Re: 2006 Sonata AC
 

Matt, I live in Nevada and have no problems what so ever with my XG350L's
air. The car starts cooling down as soon as I turn it on and most of the
time I have to turn the climate control down because after about 5 minutes
my nose is numb.... I had a 2003 Dodge Quad with a 360 and my wife has a
2003 Santa Fe, in her Santa Fe after about 5 - 6 minutes you had ice cycles
hanging off your nose and my Dodge, after 20 minutes you were still wipeing
the sweat off your face.. The problem I found was The Santa Fe was white and
the Dodge was dark Blue The Dodge dealer here said it was the color, the
dark color was absorbing the heat into the dash and into the cooling ducts
and it took that long to cool them down. My XG350, WHITE and cools down in
under 8 minutes even when its 113*

Tunez


"Matt Whiting" <whiting@epix.net> wrote in message
news:JhDeg.9121$lb.827252@news1.epix.net...
>
> Well, had my first real chance to use the AC in my Sonata yesterday. The
> temps were in the upper 80s with reasonably high humidity (I don't know
> what it was, but it felt sticky yesterday in northern PA).
>
> I'd say the AC performance is consistent with the heater performance in
> the winter, which is marginal. I ran the AC for nearly 40 minutes
> straight and never could take the temp control below the coolest setting.
> And I hard to run the fan on speed 2 most of the time to keep it
> moderately cool. Compared to my Chrysler minivan and Chevy truck, this is
> weak performance. Both will cool the vehicles nicely within 15 minutes
> with the fans set on their low setting. And after about 15 minutes (I'm
> talking a similar upper 80s day, not 100 or something extreme like that),
> I have to start moving the temperature lever up off the stop to keep from
> getting too cold.
>
> So, I still think that Hyundai needs to consider beefing up the HVAC
> system in the G6 Sonata. I can't imagine driving across Nevada with temps
> above 110 as I did last summer in a Chrylser T&C rental. The van kept us
> nicely cool on low fan speed and the coolest temp setting. I don't think
> the Hyundai would. Maybe with the fan speed on 4, but that is pretty loud
> and would get tiresome on a long trip.
>
> What have others experienced with their 2006 Sonata AC?
>
>
> Matt

Re: 2006 Sonata AC
 

"Matt Whiting" <whiting@epix.net> wrote in message
news:JhDeg.9121$lb.827252@news1.epix.net...
>
> Well, had my first real chance to use the AC in my Sonata yesterday. The
> temps were in the upper 80s with reasonably high humidity (I don't know
> what it was, but it felt sticky yesterday in northern PA).
>
> I'd say the AC performance is consistent with the heater performance in
> the winter, which is marginal. I ran the AC for nearly 40 minutes
> straight and never could take the temp control below the coolest setting.
> And I hard to run the fan on speed 2 most of the time to keep it
> moderately cool. Compared to my Chrysler minivan and Chevy truck, this is
> weak performance. Both will cool the vehicles nicely within 15 minutes
> with the fans set on their low setting. And after about 15 minutes (I'm
> talking a similar upper 80s day, not 100 or something extreme like that),
> I have to start moving the temperature lever up off the stop to keep from
> getting too cold.
>
> So, I still think that Hyundai needs to consider beefing up the HVAC
> system in the G6 Sonata. I can't imagine driving across Nevada with temps
> above 110 as I did last summer in a Chrylser T&C rental. The van kept us
> nicely cool on low fan speed and the coolest temp setting. I don't think
> the Hyundai would. Maybe with the fan speed on 4, but that is pretty loud
> and would get tiresome on a long trip.
>
> What have others experienced with their 2006 Sonata AC?
>
>
> Matt
..
I live in central Florida and as the temps are in the low 90's now. I can
say that we have not had any problems with our HVAC, fuel tank, noise from
the rear end or any other of the many problems you have experienced with
your Sonata. Maybe it's time to trade for a Chrysler mini-van.

Rob

Re: 2006 Sonata AC
 

"Matt Whiting" <whiting@epix.net> wrote in message
news:JhDeg.9121$lb.827252@news1.epix.net...
>
> Well, had my first real chance to use the AC in my Sonata yesterday. The
> temps were in the upper 80s with reasonably high humidity (I don't know
> what it was, but it felt sticky yesterday in northern PA).
>
> I'd say the AC performance is consistent with the heater performance in
> the winter, which is marginal. I ran the AC for nearly 40 minutes
> straight and never could take the temp control below the coolest setting.
> And I hard to run the fan on speed 2 most of the time to keep it
> moderately cool. Compared to my Chrysler minivan and Chevy truck, this is
> weak performance. Both will cool the vehicles nicely within 15 minutes
> with the fans set on their low setting. And after about 15 minutes (I'm
> talking a similar upper 80s day, not 100 or something extreme like that),
> I have to start moving the temperature lever up off the stop to keep from
> getting too cold.
>
> So, I still think that Hyundai needs to consider beefing up the HVAC
> system in the G6 Sonata. I can't imagine driving across Nevada with temps
> above 110 as I did last summer in a Chrylser T&C rental. The van kept us
> nicely cool on low fan speed and the coolest temp setting. I don't think
> the Hyundai would. Maybe with the fan speed on 4, but that is pretty loud
> and would get tiresome on a long trip.
>
> What have others experienced with their 2006 Sonata AC?
>
>
> Matt
..
I live in central Florida and as the temps are in the low 90's now. I can
say that we have not had any problems with our HVAC, fuel tank, noise from
the rear end or any other of the many problems you have experienced with
your Sonata. Maybe it's time to trade for a Chrysler mini-van.

Rob

Re: 2006 Sonata AC
 

"Matt Whiting" <whiting@epix.net> wrote in message
news:JhDeg.9121$lb.827252@news1.epix.net...
>
> Well, had my first real chance to use the AC in my Sonata yesterday. The
> temps were in the upper 80s with reasonably high humidity (I don't know
> what it was, but it felt sticky yesterday in northern PA).
>
> I'd say the AC performance is consistent with the heater performance in
> the winter, which is marginal. I ran the AC for nearly 40 minutes
> straight and never could take the temp control below the coolest setting.
> And I hard to run the fan on speed 2 most of the time to keep it
> moderately cool. Compared to my Chrysler minivan and Chevy truck, this is
> weak performance. Both will cool the vehicles nicely within 15 minutes
> with the fans set on their low setting. And after about 15 minutes (I'm
> talking a similar upper 80s day, not 100 or something extreme like that),
> I have to start moving the temperature lever up off the stop to keep from
> getting too cold.
>
> So, I still think that Hyundai needs to consider beefing up the HVAC
> system in the G6 Sonata. I can't imagine driving across Nevada with temps
> above 110 as I did last summer in a Chrylser T&C rental. The van kept us
> nicely cool on low fan speed and the coolest temp setting. I don't think
> the Hyundai would. Maybe with the fan speed on 4, but that is pretty loud
> and would get tiresome on a long trip.
>
> What have others experienced with their 2006 Sonata AC?
>
>
> Matt
..
I live in central Florida and as the temps are in the low 90's now. I can
say that we have not had any problems with our HVAC, fuel tank, noise from
the rear end or any other of the many problems you have experienced with
your Sonata. Maybe it's time to trade for a Chrysler mini-van.

Rob

Re: 2006 Sonata AC
 

I don't know about the Sonata, but the fan in the Elantra is really
wimpy. I find that I need to run it on setting 3 or 4 to get any
substantial airflow. However, the A/C pumps out plenty of cold air at
those settings, more than I need in fact. I'm used to cars with higher
output fans that only needed to be on setting 1 or 2 to do the job, but
since I've quit fighting the desire to use lower settings I've found
that both the heat and the A/C in the Elantra are more than adequate.
Perhaps it's the same with the Sonata?

Re: 2006 Sonata AC
 

I don't know about the Sonata, but the fan in the Elantra is really
wimpy. I find that I need to run it on setting 3 or 4 to get any
substantial airflow. However, the A/C pumps out plenty of cold air at
those settings, more than I need in fact. I'm used to cars with higher
output fans that only needed to be on setting 1 or 2 to do the job, but
since I've quit fighting the desire to use lower settings I've found
that both the heat and the A/C in the Elantra are more than adequate.
Perhaps it's the same with the Sonata?

Re: 2006 Sonata AC
 

I don't know about the Sonata, but the fan in the Elantra is really
wimpy. I find that I need to run it on setting 3 or 4 to get any
substantial airflow. However, the A/C pumps out plenty of cold air at
those settings, more than I need in fact. I'm used to cars with higher
output fans that only needed to be on setting 1 or 2 to do the job, but
since I've quit fighting the desire to use lower settings I've found
that both the heat and the A/C in the Elantra are more than adequate.
Perhaps it's the same with the Sonata?

Re: 2006 Sonata AC
 

Tunez wrote:
> Matt, I live in Nevada and have no problems what so ever with my XG350L's
> air. The car starts cooling down as soon as I turn it on and most of the
> time I have to turn the climate control down because after about 5 minutes
> my nose is numb.... I had a 2003 Dodge Quad with a 360 and my wife has a
> 2003 Santa Fe, in her Santa Fe after about 5 - 6 minutes you had ice cycles
> hanging off your nose and my Dodge, after 20 minutes you were still wipeing
> the sweat off your face.. The problem I found was The Santa Fe was white and
> the Dodge was dark Blue The Dodge dealer here said it was the color, the
> dark color was absorbing the heat into the dash and into the cooling ducts
> and it took that long to cool them down. My XG350, WHITE and cools down in
> under 8 minutes even when its 113*

Yes, color certainly makes a big difference on a sunny day. My Sonata
is medium blue so it absorbs a fair bit of heat when the sun is out. My
minivan is silver and my pickup is green, which also absorbs a fair bit
of heat.


Matt

Re: 2006 Sonata AC
 

Tunez wrote:
> Matt, I live in Nevada and have no problems what so ever with my XG350L's
> air. The car starts cooling down as soon as I turn it on and most of the
> time I have to turn the climate control down because after about 5 minutes
> my nose is numb.... I had a 2003 Dodge Quad with a 360 and my wife has a
> 2003 Santa Fe, in her Santa Fe after about 5 - 6 minutes you had ice cycles
> hanging off your nose and my Dodge, after 20 minutes you were still wipeing
> the sweat off your face.. The problem I found was The Santa Fe was white and
> the Dodge was dark Blue The Dodge dealer here said it was the color, the
> dark color was absorbing the heat into the dash and into the cooling ducts
> and it took that long to cool them down. My XG350, WHITE and cools down in
> under 8 minutes even when its 113*

Yes, color certainly makes a big difference on a sunny day. My Sonata
is medium blue so it absorbs a fair bit of heat when the sun is out. My
minivan is silver and my pickup is green, which also absorbs a fair bit
of heat.


Matt