Love the Palisade, but damn these AC vents!

[hertzdonut]

I can't be the only one...if you wish to decrease the amount of the air flow coming from a vent, say the vent on the driver's left, you move the vent handle to the left. But what that does is also change the direction as well as the amount. There is no separate control per vent to increase/decrease air flow independent of other air vents. And of course, if you would like air flow directed full to the left, sorry, the vent is shut off. If you carefully move the handle left and stop short of shutting it off, then minimal air flow will feebly venture to the left. Moving the handle to the left gradually reduces air flow until that final click when it closes completely.

Checking the manual, I read this:
"The instrument panel vent air flow can be directed up/down or left/right using the vent adjustment lever. The outlet vents can be opened or closed separately using the vent control lever. If you move the vent control lever to the left end, the outlet vents can be closed."

They make it sound like two different levers, but my guess is that one lever doing double duty. Which still doesn't change my original gripe: there's no way to reduce air flow on a single vent without also changing its direction.

And no, tapping down the fan speed doesn't count, as that affects airflow for all the vents.

 

[Gene]

Your right about the vents not being able to turn. up and down is fine but there are not separate vertical fins you can angle. Just the slide which changes the inside vent angle to the point of almost turning the flow off.
My last car had the same system as this but with in front fins you could angle, slide was only for air flow.

 

[hertzdonut]

Thanks for corroborating this. Lousy design. (how does the saying go? "It's a feature, not a bug!") Maybe this will be improved in the next/future model year.

 

[G-649352]

I feel like the issue is the driver side is in backward. They both function the same way. You should be able to have full air opening when it’s pointed at you not the opposite seat. They should be going in opposite direction not the same direction pointing to the passenger seat.

 

[toejam]

Fan control? Try lowering output.....