My wife hates that our Model 3 doesn’t allow her to turn off her vents on the passenger side independently like 99% of other cars. I agree with her, this is a big design oversight.

Does the Model Y allow you to turn off the face-level vents on the passenger side while remaining open on the driver’s side?

The manual on page 125 says “When Model Y detects that there are no passengers sitting in the passenger seat, the passenger vent and controls automatically turn off. Adjust the climate settings to enable passenger air flow”. The Model 3’s manual does not have this sentence which gives me hope that you can turn off the passenger side vent.

Can any current owners let me know about this? It’s a major factor in us deciding to buy a Model Y.

Thanks!