Low Air Flow Driver Side Vent

[TC]

I took my 2001 Crew Cab in for a 36,000 mile check up on a couple of things last week. The main complaint was/is the driver side a/c vent which doesn't put out much air.

Long and short of this turns out to be that the air tube on the crew cab with the console and rear air outlets must divert a lot of air. The service tech said the vent tube running to the driver side is a small tube and the one down under the console is a lot larger. Result is low air for the driver side. They didn't even attempt to fix mine. They said it was putting out more air than most they had seen.

Any one else have this problem? Any fix other than turning off the rear air vents? That does make it better.

[Raptorrider2001]

I got a shortened version of the same answer. "It is the fartherest vent". Would not attempt a fix either. For that much money, they can make it blow better! If I direct a little air towards the feet, it really cuts down on the circulation from all vents on the dash. It's going back to the shop in the next week or so and I will be putting it back on my list.

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[ChevysRus]

If you ride alone most of the time simply close the passemger A/C vent a little or all the way (same for therear if no one is back there) this should give you more "pressure". If this is really annoying you and you feel like doing some work, disconnect the big hose going under the console and measure the diameter. Go to your local home depot and buy a plastic reducer that will fit inside the hose. This will "choke" down the rear airflow and equalize all the vent pressures. Now be prepared for a lot of "heat" from the backseat passengers who will complain that the rear is not as cold as it used to be and takes longer to cool down.

The design is meant to cool down the whole interior as fast as possible and since you have a bigger rear area (nothing personal meant here) "they" decided to put more airflow to the rear not thinking about the percentage of time the rear is mty while the driver side is always occuppied. Now if you want to "tick" (should not have used that work, it's a whole different issue) the old lady off you could get some additional hose with a coupler and swap the passenger side vent to the driver's side and vice versa. Kinda silly, but could be fun.

When my wife is bitchin or giving me a rash over something, I kinda reach over and turn on the seat heaters, takes about a minuten then she usually gets quiet until she figures out what is going on, then I really get blasted, but I am smiling all the time LOL

Good Luck