Hot spot on driver side of center console
Hi everyone! I’m looking for some guidance in diagnosing a new issue I found yesterday in my Mk6.
It was about 25-30 deg Celsius (77-86 F) yesterday, and started down-pouring rain. I had my air set to cool (18 deg C) with AC off but I still found the car to be really hot. I picked up a passenger and it seemed to be just me experiencing this, almost as if my floor vents were blowing hot, even though my vents were set to front/windshield.
I then realized the plastic (highlighted in the picture) on my side of the center console was really hot, almost to the point where it hurt to touch.
I know the heater core is right here, I just had it replaced in January. The plastic was getting so hot it started feeling tacky.
It only recently has become hot here again (Canada) so I’m not sure if this is a brand new issue or if I’m just discovering it.
Side note in case it relates - I have an AC refrigerant leak that I haven’t yet fixed, so my cool air currently is just cool air, not AC cold. This is initially why I thought I was still warm, since I have no AC haha. The air from the vents was blowing cool. No issues with air flow!
If anyone has any thoughts please let me know!