Re: a4 auto climate control

[Jerry Pretti <jpretti@mariners.com>]

At 05:31 PM 11/11/96 -0500, drobbins@net2net.com (David Robbins) wrote:
>
>At 02:38 PM 11/11/96 -0500, pk001c@uhura.cc.rochester.edu wrote:
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>>Hi, 
>>I had a question about the climate control on my 97 a4.  What does the snow
>>flake mean, that the compressor is working?  If I leave it in auto it is on
>>soemtimes off at others, soemtimes it wont go on even if I push it , and
>>also re cirrculation deoesnt stay on either unless the flake is there.  this
>>is confusing!  It is about 30 degrees  here.
>
>It sounds to me like you have a problem.  When you hit auto, the snowflake
>should default to on (don't ask me why).  This means the compressor (A/C) is
>active.  Recirculation mode can only be on when the compressor is active
>(again don't ask me about the logic behind these defaults).  You can
>manually turn off the compressor by pushing the snowflake button and it
>should stay off.
>
>-DMR.
>
>
the fine print in the climate control section of the a4 owners manual says
the ac compressor is automatically turned off at temps below about 41 deg f,
and can't be turned on w/ the snowflake button...