# Rear aircon **Source:** https://vwcaliforniaclub.com/threads/rear-aircon.59466/ **Posts:** 17 --- ### M — 2025-08-17T06:42:46+0200 (Aug 17, 2025) Hey folks, Since I rarely sit in the back, with aircon on full in the back, can you feel it strong like the front? (Checking the vents at the top - neither feel like they work that great) Coming from a conversion previous, genuinely no idea if this is normal or not Cheers! --- ### — 2025-08-17T09:09:24+0200 (Aug 17, 2025) My rear controller is faulty and it turned the air on on full in the back and you could feel it in the front seats blowing very cold air all round the interior. --- ### — 2025-08-17T10:06:47+0200 (Aug 17, 2025) > [Melyn said:](/goto/post?id=757383) > > Hey folks, > > Since I rarely sit in the back, with aircon on full in the back, can you feel it strong like the front? > > (Checking the vents at the top - neither feel like they work that great) > > Coming from a conversion previous, genuinely no idea if this is normal or not > > Cheers! > > Click to expand... You can vary the settings for the back. --- ### — 2025-08-17T19:12:35+0200 (Aug 17, 2025) I think ours is faulty / or not working as expected, we feel no air from to top rear vents no matter how fast the fan is set, it just comes out by the floor, think will get it checked when we get time but not in a massive rush.. --- ### M — 2025-08-17T20:06:12+0200 (Aug 17, 2025) > [thatsnotmynaim said:](/goto/post?id=757431) > > I think ours is faulty / or not working as expected, we feel no air from to top rear vents no matter how fast the fan is set, it just comes out by the floor, think will get it checked when we get time but not in a massive rush.. > > Click to expand... Yeah that’s what we are seeing. Even on max ac and level 7 it still doesn’t feel like I’d expect. --- ### M — 2025-08-17T20:06:44+0200 (Aug 17, 2025) > [WelshGas said:](/goto/post?id=757391) > > You can vary the settings for the back. > > Click to expand... Even on setting 7 doesn’t really feel like any fan speed with ac max --- ### — 2025-08-17T20:09:37+0200 (Aug 17, 2025) > [Melyn said:](/goto/post?id=757435) > > Even on setting 7 doesn’t really feel like any fan speed with ac max > > Click to expand... On my Multivan you can direct the flow to the vents or windows. any such setting for the rear on the California? --- ### — 2025-08-17T21:56:53+0200 (Aug 17, 2025) Mines a beach so no 3 zone aircon but does have separate screens / settings for front and rear and rear has 2 top vents on the left, 2 top vents on the right (not shown here) and floor vents by the seats.. The rear ac screen shows air coming from the top either side and I think the floor.. ![IMG_1270.jpeg](images/img_1270-jpeg.139719 "IMG_1270.jpeg") ![IMG_1275.jpeg](images/img_1275-jpeg.139720 "IMG_1275.jpeg") ![IMG_1272.jpeg](images/img_1272-jpeg.139721 "IMG_1272.jpeg") ![IMG_1273.jpeg](images/img_1273-jpeg.139722 "IMG_1273.jpeg") ![IMG_1274.jpeg](images/img_1274-jpeg.139723 "IMG_1274.jpeg") --- ### — 2025-08-17T21:57:32+0200 (Aug 17, 2025) No matter what we set it only comes out the vents by the floor.. --- ### — 2025-08-17T22:53:19+0200 (Aug 17, 2025) > [thatsnotmynaim said:](/goto/post?id=757448) > > No matter what we set it only comes out the vents by the floor.. > > Click to expand... I presume you have adjusted the knurled control above the vents? --- ### — 2025-08-17T22:55:25+0200 (Aug 17, 2025) Yes tried all that on all of them, no difference.. ‍![♂️](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/twitter/twemoji@14.0.2/assets/72x72/2642.png "Male sign :male_sign:") --- ### M — 2025-08-18T08:26:07+0200 (Aug 18, 2025) > [WelshGas said:](/goto/post?id=757451) > > I presume you have adjusted the knurled control above the vents? > > Click to expand... We get some airflow from the top but not much - it does cool down in the back eventually but it’s not quick like the front - just unsure what the normal in the back actually is. Setting 7 in the back didn’t really feel like any difference --- ### — 2025-08-18T09:32:25+0200 (Aug 18, 2025) > [thatsnotmynaim said:](/goto/post?id=757452) > > Yes tried all that on all of them, no difference.. ‍![♂️](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/twitter/twemoji@14.0.2/assets/72x72/2642.png "Male sign :male_sign:") > > Click to expand... I don't have a Multivan based California but the Multivan Style with 3 Zone Climatronic so you can have separate temperatures in the cab ,L and R, and the Rear and my system controls are very different to yours. On the more basic Multivan Life the rear system does not include AirCon Cooling just ambient to hot only. The 3 zone Climatronic was a paid for Option. --- ### — 2025-08-18T11:02:02+0200 (Aug 18, 2025) Ok cool, thanks, that may explain it, just also did a search and it seems to suggest as you say the top vents are for heating or ambient air, but it did also suggest the bottom vent by the seat / floor may actually work, but due to it's placement its' not great so you may need to turn the rear fan up quite a bit to get anything usefully cool from it so will have a play next time, cheers again --- ### S — 2025-09-01T10:37:53+0200 (Sep 1, 2025) > [thatsnotmynaim said:](/goto/post?id=757522) > > Ok cool, thanks, that may explain it, just also did a search and it seems to suggest as you say the top vents are for heating or ambient air, but it did also suggest the bottom vent by the seat / floor may actually work, but due to it's placement its' not great so you may need to turn the rear fan up quite a bit to get anything usefully cool from it so will have a play next time, cheers again > > Click to expand... Are you thinking you should have paid the extra for the climatic system to cope with the heat? I know it's very subjective on the T6.1 beach so interested in your experiences, thanks! --- ### — 2025-09-01T10:44:17+0200 (Sep 1, 2025) No I bought a stock vehicle, got it within days etc, so no choice to spec up different, I wanted towbar and anything else was a bonus. The AC thing was unknown to me tbh, but our trip to France the other month with the kids in the back was no real issue and neither have been other hot uk days. It would be nice to have AC in the rear, had I known I may have picked a different van as had the choice of 4 or 5 that had tow bar but hey go, no regrets and loving our trips. --- ### — 2025-09-01T10:49:40+0200 (Sep 1, 2025) My main concern was more was it a fault and did we need to take it to the dealer as I did not know at the time it didn’t have it in the rear. Our other cars have climate, but we never tend to set left and right to different temps as I don’t think it really works that well in practice in such a small space, so not fussed about not having climate for that as the interface is still digital but slightly sad we didn’t realise it would not have it in the rear at all as that is more useful that setting left and right to different temps for us, although as said in practice is probably not the end of the world. ---