That qualifies as a bonified design defect. It seems like wrapping the HVAC ducting would solve it, though. No idea how you take all of that apart to get to it...Not just the cup holders but if you put your phone on the charger it will overheat and go into safety mode
Folowup on this: Mine has been doing this (I noticed it day one, but thought it was just because the rear seat heat was cranked). Mine blows no air volume at all through the second row console vents. My console cubby shows 122 degrees F on the laser temp gun, and only 68 degrees at the vent outlets. They made a number of these without putting the HVAC together properly. When it's really cold (I'm in Wyoming, it's winter) the cabin also has weird cool air swirling around, and the defrost is totally ineffective unless you set it to 'max defrost' via the dash button, at which point it turns into a sweat-inducing blast furnace up front.
They're going to tear into mine finally next week (going into two months of ownership like this).
I am going through the same issue. Hot cup holder, and ridiculously foggy windows and windshield. I’m really disappointed with Stellantis. I have driven Jeep trucks all my life. 3 limited versions without issues and finally an overland L and that’s given more headaches than I could bare.Anybody else having issues with their forward console cup holder getting ridiculously hot when the back seat has beat on? Seems like a line is disconnected or something. We have the Summit.
What did you learn when you got your L back from the dealer after your post above from January 26th?That’s a bummer. I can’t imagine it’s just heat soak from the plastic ducting. To get the console that hot I would think there has to be some kind of problem with an air leak somewhere.
My various vents don't blow as much air volume as you'd expect from the amount of sound they make, either, but the dealer has taken apart my whole center console, and while they did find that the second row center vents were disconnected early on (there was almost no air coming out the second row console vents so it was obvious), they couldn't find anything else, and the cupholders and center console were still almost as hot after reconnecting the ducting. There's clearly some other leak, as even with the second row vents connected, the cupholders/charger/console still get just as hot. I can't believe Jeep hasn't solved this.On the flip side, I’ve noticed that now the cup holders, center console and charging pad are really cold with the AC blasting. It’s crazy everyone has the same problem and Jeep has not come up for a fix yet. During winter the charging pad overheats my phone. Not an issue this time of year but it will be back.