Weathertech rear floor liner defect

[JonD]

Recently took a 6 hour drive from Maine to NYC and noticed that the center console area was extremely hot and making my passengers seat almost too hot to sit in- just figured out why:

The weather tech floor liner I have is fully blocking the rear air vent.

This is the floor liner I have:

2000 Toyota Land Cruiser | Floor Mats - Laser measured floor mats for a perfect fit | WeatherTech.com

Just a heads up to those who have the rear air option and have kiddos in the back they are trying to keep warm.

Cheers!

-Jon

 

[LEX]

Just checked mine after reading this and my vent is also blocked, but I don't have those symptoms.

 

[JonD]

Just checked mine after reading this and my vent is also blocked, but I don't have those symptoms.

I think you will be fine for short distances but if you have the rear heat on for hours... no bueno

 

[Couvi]

Noticed the same thing with mine a week or so ago -- I may trim it some.

 

[jemsec]

Had the same problem with the Husky Liners, no longer available, and had to trim it to open up the vent. Works great now. Minor issue.

 

[LEX]

I think you will be fine for short distances but if you have the rear heat on for hours... no bueno

Thanks for the heads up. I haven't used it for a long distance drive yet, so I'll keep that in mind.

 

[JonD]

Noticed the same thing with mine a week or so ago -- I may trim it some.

Yeah I will be trimming tomorrow- just glad it was something simple. At first when I felt the temp center console I thought something was really wrong with the car.