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Re: Pre-Conditioning & the mystery of the Parking Heater
Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 8:01 pm
by kirsty_s2k
I also think the marketing has misrepresented this.. I thought as I'd bought the auto that in winter I'd have a toasty warm defrosted car set to a timer each day.
Re: Pre-Conditioning & the mystery of the Parking Heater
Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 11:22 pm
by MichelR
Re: Pre-Conditioning & the mystery of the Parking Heater
Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 11:33 pm
by pjm007
Thanks Michel, but - the fuse box info in the manual isn’t sufficient to help anyone actually find it, and the PH page is only useful if you have got one installed in your car!
Re: Pre-Conditioning & the mystery of the Parking Heater
Posted: Wed May 23, 2018 12:35 am
by MrParkson
Also if you had a parking heater you would find you have warning labels usually by the fuel filler cap to ensure heater is off during refueling ect. Deffinatly not an option in the UK at this point in time.
As mentioned fuel driven heaters are quite noisy and do produce smoke at times, they also have their own exhaust, deffinatly not something easily missed.
I have one installed on my works Defender and it is a god send on winter days, especially as the engine fails to get even remotely luke warm!
Remote starts work just fine for pre warming on the 40 though!
Re: Pre-Conditioning & the mystery of the Parking Heater
Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2018 3:54 pm
by Gherd
Engine electric heater is an accessory available for very cold climate like Scandinavia, RUSSIA, Northen China, Alaska and Canada.
https://accessories.volvocars.com/en-ca ... 10965/2019
Re: Pre-Conditioning & the mystery of the Parking Heater
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2018 8:45 pm
by Balooney
Official response from Volvo UK...... (Which is a load of rubbish as no T8 hybrid exists!!)
‘We would like to advise that Auxiliary Heaters are only fitted to our T8 hybrid vehicles. This is therefore not something that can be retrospectively added to your vehicle.’
Re: Pre-Conditioning & the mystery of the Parking Heater
Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2019 12:08 am
by Gherd
I can confirm you that the heater here in Italy is an accessory available after market from Volvo but is not compatible with UK market cars
https://accessories.volvocars.com/it-it ... 10965/2018
Re: Pre-Conditioning & the mystery of the Parking Heater
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2019 9:42 am
by xc40nz
MrParkson wrote: ↑Wed May 23, 2018 12:35 am
Also if you had a parking heater you would find you have warning labels usually by the fuel filler cap to ensure heater is off during refueling ect. Deffinatly not an option in the UK at this point in time.
Gherd wrote: ↑Thu Nov 29, 2018 3:54 pm
Engine electric heater is an accessory available for very cold climate like Scandinavia, RUSSIA, Northen China, Alaska and Canada.
Parking heater's available here in NZ, where it's not as cold as Alaska or Canada. Haven't used it yet, as it's still summer here. Shall find out in the winter. No Volvo OnCall here though
Re: Pre-Conditioning & the mystery of the Parking Heater
Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2020 6:37 pm
by Moonlight
Hi
Just got my new 2019 Xc40 and having the same fun with working out what I think is called preconditioning - (sorry if I’m going over old ground...) all I would like to do is warm the car inside on cold mornings prior to driving .. do I need to set timers etc or just activate the remote start from the VOC assuming that will start the car with the last known heating / heated seat temp levels..?
Thanks guys
ML
Re: Pre-Conditioning & the mystery of the Parking Heater
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2020 12:16 am
by Moonlight
Moonlight wrote: ↑Fri Nov 06, 2020 6:37 pm
Hi
Just got my new 2019 Xc40 and having the same fun with working out what I think is called preconditioning - (sorry if I’m going over old ground...) all I would like to do is warm the car inside on cold mornings prior to driving .. do I need to set timers etc or just activate the remote start from the VOC assuming that will start the car with the last known heating / heated seat temp levels..?
Thanks guys
ML
Hi
Has anyone got any thoughts on the above..? I would like to have a practice run prior to winter..!
Cheers
ML