Golf/GTI VI :: Lots Of Exterior Air Entering Cabin
Oct 28, 2013
In the early AM I am driving with the heat on full blast, you can feel it is blowing HOT air and engine is fully warm.
However it feels that through the glove box, shifter, and other spots on the passenger side I am getting lots of cold air entering the cabin.
Thus taking longer for cabin air to overcome the hot heat blowing out. (this is not a thermal test I swear!)
Where the air could be coming in? Is AC somehow on to cool glovebox?
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