[burningalive]

I have my MINI for 7 months. Summer and fall have passed and winter is almost over, but in every season the interior of my MINI always gets overheated as soon as I drive more than 1 hour. If I stop driving after 1 hour and leave the engine off for 30 minutes, the interior can get to 100 degrees depending on the outside temperature. Sometimes it is 40 degrees outside and 70 degrees inside without having turned on the heater system. I have already taken the MINI for inspection, but I was told that nothing is wrong with the air conditioning system, nor with the heater system. In addition, I was told that is the way the MINI is designed. I would immensely appreciate if many people would respond to my post because I don't know what to think or to do. Please note that I am a type of person who is always cold, but not inside of the MINI. I leave in California and rarely need to turn on the heater system inside of the MINI. To the contrary, while I had an old Honda, I often had the heater system on high. Now with the MINI, often I have the air conditioning on during very cold days.

 

[burningalive]

Thank you Jeremy for your input. My MINI stays in the garage most of the time. It is parked outside only when I am using it. When I start driving it, usually, the inside temperature is the same as the one outside, but as soon as I have driven it for more than 1 hour it heats up quickly. The heat comes from below in my feet. Can you add anything else to your comment?

 

[burningalive]

Before I took the MINI to the dealer, I drove it for 1 hour. The lady who prepared the paper work felt that the MINI was very hot, and that day was cold outside. The young lady even said: "it is hot here." What is interesting is that the old models have a vent in the hood. That must be there for a good reason. I am surprised that the new 2015 model doesn't have one. I have asked other MINI owners about the problem, but no one has told me that they have had this type of problem. Unfortunately, none of them owned the 2015 hardtop Cooper MINI. That is why I decided to go to the MINI boggler to ask for help.

Oh! I should say that my MINI does not have a sunroof.

As my background is in the legal field, I have been documenting all my conversations with the dealer, and now I will install a thermometer in the car, which can register the inside and outside temperature and will be saved in the computer.

I truly believe that there is a problem with the car, but as I am a woman and don’t understand much about cars, the dealer will keep telling me that it is the type of the design that makes it hot.

 

[burningalive]

Thank you for all the comments on the issue of my MINI. I'll try to be more specific with the problem that I have had with my MINI. Please forgive my poor vocabulary that I have with cars. I usually I fell more cold than others because I have very low blood pressure. So, I avoid using air conditioning as much as I can. The hot air seems to come from the engine. It's not that I feel in the sole of my feet, but in the top of my feet and in my legs. As an example; 2 months ago, it was 60 degrees outside and inside of my MINI when I started driving. I drove for approximately 45 to 60 minutes; than, I stopped for 30 minutes and by the time I went back to the car to drive back home. Inside of the car was 80 degrees. I did not use the heating while driving, it was not sunny outside, and by the time I parked the car, the outside temperature was 59 degrees. So, it was 20 degrees higher than the outside temperature when I started driving back home.

So, what I have done lately is to turn on the air conditioning in the feet area as soon as I start driving if I will drive longer than 1 hour. Please note that no, the hot air doesn't start exactly after 1 hour driving, but around that time.