Excessive heat from leg area

elester12 · 02-03-2011, 09:12 AM

I've noticed when my heat is on there's an area on the side of the shifter area that gets very hot. Normally during traffic my leg will rest against it. It gets so hot I can't rest against it! Does anyone else noticed this? I can take a picture tonight and show you where I'm talking about.

Also, I'm working on a few DIY write up's on the 335D. Does anyone know of a moderator I could submit the photo's and write ups to?

Thanks!

HighlandPete · 02-03-2011, 09:20 AM

Are you running heat through to the rear outlets? There have been issues where a heating duct comes off/adrift underneath the middle gearlever surround/console.

HighlandPete

elester12 · 02-03-2011, 02:26 PM

Good Call. I will take it apart tonight and report back.

discoboy1 · 02-03-2011, 02:31 PM

don t need to take apart stuff, just set the rear temp control to a cooler temperature

elester12 · 02-04-2011, 12:52 PM

When I changed the rear temp to a colder setting the area was not as hot. Thanks for the help guys.

GreenThree · 02-04-2011, 01:44 PM

The center console always runs warm whether its the summer or winter. 0 degrees this morning and my leg was comfy resting up against it!

LuxAngelEyes · 02-04-2011, 01:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HighlandPete

Are you running heat through to the rear outlets? There have been issues where a heating duct comes off/adrift underneath the middle gearlever surround/console.

HighlandPete

+1 mine does that all the time too

fdriller9 · 02-04-2011, 02:30 PM

Yea mine gets hot as well....only on long trips though, like over an hour.

So what's this duct that comes apart? Any diy? Or can someone explain where the duct is?

MusclezMarinara · 02-04-2011, 02:46 PM

mine tooo

scrufy · 02-04-2011, 05:23 PM

Dam.
Here I saw the title and figured this had to be a juicy story about showing off the tune to your girlfriend. What a let down ;(

lol

02-03-2011, 09:12 AM	#1
elester12 Private 19 Rep 65 Posts Drives: 335i Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: NoVA, VA iTrader: (0)	Excessive heat from leg area I've noticed when my heat is on there's an area on the side of the shifter area that gets very hot. Normally during traffic my leg will rest against it. It gets so hot I can't rest against it! Does anyone else noticed this? I can take a picture tonight and show you where I'm talking about. Also, I'm working on a few DIY write up's on the 335D. Does anyone know of a moderator I could submit the photo's and write ups to? Thanks!
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HighlandPete Lieutenant General 6659 Rep 15,858 Posts Drives: BMW F11 535i Touring Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Scotland, Highland Region iTrader: (0)	Are you running heat through to the rear outlets? There have been issues where a heating duct comes off/adrift underneath the middle gearlever surround/console. HighlandPete
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02-03-2011, 02:26 PM	#3
elester12 Private 19 Rep 65 Posts Drives: 335i Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: NoVA, VA iTrader: (0)	Good Call. I will take it apart tonight and report back.
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02-03-2011, 02:31 PM	#4
discoboy1 Lieutenant Colonel 121 Rep 1,555 Posts Drives: E82 1M VO/F30 328D Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Montreal iTrader: (3)	don t need to take apart stuff, just set the rear temp control to a cooler temperature __________________ 2011 E82 1M VO 2013 F84 35i VO
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02-04-2011, 12:52 PM	#5
elester12 Private 19 Rep 65 Posts Drives: 335i Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: NoVA, VA iTrader: (0)	When I changed the rear temp to a colder setting the area was not as hot. Thanks for the help guys.
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02-04-2011, 01:44 PM	#6
GreenThree Colonel 210 Rep 2,110 Posts Drives: 2011 e90 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Boston, MA iTrader: (0)	The center console always runs warm whether its the summer or winter. 0 degrees this morning and my leg was comfy resting up against it! __________________ 2015 335xi \| Mineral Grey Metallic \| Black Dakota Leather \| NAV \| SportLine \| ZPP \| ZDA \| ZCW \| Munich Build Retired: 2008, 2011, 2013 328xi
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fdriller9 Banned 253 Rep 7,089 Posts Drives: '06 AW 330xi Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: North Jersey/Philly/NYC iTrader: (4) Garage List 2006 330xi [6.44]	Yea mine gets hot as well....only on long trips though, like over an hour. So what's this duct that comes apart? Any diy? Or can someone explain where the duct is?
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MusclezMarinara Banned 262 Rep 5,018 Posts Drives: VALNCYA Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Jersey iTrader: (23) Garage List 2011 BMW 1M [9.22] 2009 335i Sedan xdrive [9.34]	mine tooo
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scrufy Zoom Zoom This 12 Rep 694 Posts Drives: The Short Bus Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: So. Cal. iTrader: (0)	Dam. Here I saw the title and figured this had to be a juicy story about showing off the tune to your girlfriend. What a let down ;( lol
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