cooling systems work very aggressively

[chris77]

I’ve had my new Macan since Monday, and honestly, it’s an amazing car. However, there’s one issue I’ve come across here in Greece, where temperatures can get extremely high — for example, yesterday it went over 44°C.

The cooling systems work very aggressively when you stop the car, especially right after parking. As a result, if you’re near a beach or on a dirt road, the amount of dust that gets kicked up is massive — it creates a cloud that really bothers anyone nearby.

Has anyone else experienced this? Any tips or ideas on how to reduce it?

One thing I discovered on my own that seems to help a bit is not turning on the air conditioning right away. I also noticed that when the battery level passes a certain marker on the gauge — there’s a kind of bar that looks like a little fence — the cooling system seems to kick in, presumably to manage battery temperature.





I’d appreciate any input from someone who understands the system better or has found other ways to deal with this!

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[tmrqs]

If only there was a thread that discussed exactly that just 13 topics down in the General group…

 

[jwatte]

To be fair, the search feature has been spotty lately because of the forum rebuild.
Hopefully it'll get better soon!

 

[masmole]

It happens to me regularly. Not at a beach but inside dry dusty parking garages here in the city, including my own parking garage. It’s usually at its worst right after a drive on a hot day. My Macan blows air from below as if it was a damn hovercraft. I can see all the dust being kicked up and my Macan literally becomes pig-pen from Charlie brown. It really sucks sometimes because I sometimes pull in and my newly washed 911 that was parked there minding its own business becomes instantly covered by a fine layer of dust.

This aggressive thermal management is definitely much more than my previous Taycan. The Taycan never kicked up dust, but it also didn’t keep battery temps below 90°F even when ambient temps are higher. The Macan does. The cost is pig-pen. Frankly, I would rather have my former Taycan’s less aggressive cooling and do without the hovercraft effect.

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