Cup holders in 2nd gen scorching hot

I know this is first world problems, but anyone notice the cup holders in this truck are hot to touch? If I put an iced drink in the cup holder, the ice is melted in 5 mins. I purchased one of those high dollar double insulated cups and that helped a bit, but that is hot to pick up on longer drives.

Is there suppose to be some sort of heat shield under the center console? Has anyone had this issue? Anyone attempt to fix the problem with a product such as a lizard skin or stick on heat shields?

Thanks

 

you live in Texas. Isnt everything down there too hot to touch..?

 

In the 2+ years I've owned my Taco I haven't noticed it.

 

Had my 2007 about 6years. Not a problem for me...

 

Mine is that bad. I don't use the center console cup holders unless I have an insulated cup there. I will have to pull up the console and have a look around. Maybe go buy some sort of insulated product to put around the cup holders.

 

Might be unique to your truck. Before masking the symptoms by insulating the cup holders, might want to investigate the underlying cause further. (unfortunately I have no idea what that would be...)

 

Bottles of water have frozen in my cup holder before. This was in winter after the temperature had fallen below thirty-two degrees fahrenheit.

 

Is there some sort of after market electronic device (speaker amp, inverter etc...) stuffed in there that might be making extra heat? Thats the only thing I can think of..

or maybe colder ice

 

Do you have transmission fluid in your tranny?

 

Are your heater ducts plugged into the box?

Heater core is still warm even in cold mode.

 

My cupholder behind the shifter gets warm, and the 2 infront of the shifter get kinda warm. My tans temps are not too high, I have an aftermarket cooler and watch temps. I never saw it as a huge issue, no exhaust gasses are coming inside or anything like that. I've had the console out and know that all of the boots are in good shape, I even have new ones on the parking brake cables. While the console was out I drove around a couple times, heat was not blowing under mine. Maybe worth trying to insulate the tunnel rather than just the cup holder?

 

None of the NINE cup holders in my MT AC act as you describe.

Are you AT?

 

This. Haha

 

Ummmmm you mean 11. Get it right!! Lol

Two under stereo....one behind shifter.... two at the back of the console....two in each front door and one in each rear door!! Crazy. Lol

 

You must be an auto. Hahaha

Powersville....y need to hit Greenville Pickens Motorsports tomorrow morning. Lol

 

Yep she’s auto lol wanted a manual
But didn’t want to wait through the whole custom order waiting period.

And yep Powdersville! Well I used to live there but moved up the street to Easley a couple years ago.

I’ve been wanting to go visit the park, just haven’t had time yet. Was thinking about going Possibly tomorrow or Sunday. It is Fathers Day after all I get to do what I want right?? Lol

 

mine have no heat issue. I would get that checked.

 

They're giving out $10 coupons for the park tomorrow morning. I'll be headed out there. Maybe a few more guys if I can stir them up in the SC BS thread. Lol

 

The inverter is housed in the console.

 

Scorching hot? That obviously is not normal. If it’s scorching hot sounds like you have potential for a fire to start in your truck. I don’t know what the problem is but I’d get that checked by a good mechanic or a dealer . I’d get it checked now!​