As much of the country is now experiencing it is down right cold out there. We are in the northeast in PA and it is regularly in the teens to mid 20s at the moment. With that we are finding the CLA to be a bit lacking in the heat department in the morning. We are finding that if we pre-start the car and let it idle it does little to no good at all if we leave the heat on. The coolant temp needle will not come off 40 (cold peg) after as much as 15 minutes of idling in the driveway.
If we start the car and let it idle with the HVAC off we will get the gauge to go up in 5-8 minutes to as much as 60 degrees. That is not great but it is something. But the moment you turn on the heat the coolant temp will plummet to 40 degrees or below (cold peg).
Needless to say this uncomfortable nature to the car is turning our excitement and euphoria with our new CLA into dred and regret due to how horribly uncomfortable the car is for any reasonable AM commute.
We have an appointment at the dealer to get it checked out but I am not all that confident that we will get much more than a "operating as designed" response.
Any and all feedback is welcome. Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
If we start the car and let it idle with the HVAC off we will get the gauge to go up in 5-8 minutes to as much as 60 degrees. That is not great but it is something. But the moment you turn on the heat the coolant temp will plummet to 40 degrees or below (cold peg).
Needless to say this uncomfortable nature to the car is turning our excitement and euphoria with our new CLA into dred and regret due to how horribly uncomfortable the car is for any reasonable AM commute.
We have an appointment at the dealer to get it checked out but I am not all that confident that we will get much more than a "operating as designed" response.
Any and all feedback is welcome. Thanks in advance for your suggestions.