DBunX
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This is a bit of a weird one, as its working. Kind of.
I use the air con every day pretty much and its almost always on. My startup procedure goes a bit like this: Demist for 2-3 until clear, than the button immediately to its left (the one where you can force it to also blow air out of the top outlets or the footwell along with the middle) for a few more mins until its nice and warm. I'm normally hitting the motorway just at this point so I hit the AC button far left which should then take over and stop the hot air blow and settle down to a nice 22-23 degrees.
Over the last day or so, hitting the AC button seems to do nothing at all, even if its set to 16 degress. If I manually use the button to set it to LOW than it suddenly blows out really cold air. Sometimes it stays cold, but I can set it to a number (16-18 etc. which should still be cold) and you can then feel it starting to get warm and back to blowing hot air back out. I should not have very hot air blowing in my face when the air con is set to 17!
It's like it has no idea what temp is anymore and can only do HOT or COLD and nothing in-between. This is my first car with Air-Con so I have no idea about the technicalities of the thing. I'm guessing a sensor somewhere has got covered in much or broke or something?
I'm into the 3rd year of the bolt-on warranty according to Perry's, hoping this isn't a pricy thing to resolve. It's been fine until now, car has around 16700 miles on it and it had its last full service in October.
I use the air con every day pretty much and its almost always on. My startup procedure goes a bit like this: Demist for 2-3 until clear, than the button immediately to its left (the one where you can force it to also blow air out of the top outlets or the footwell along with the middle) for a few more mins until its nice and warm. I'm normally hitting the motorway just at this point so I hit the AC button far left which should then take over and stop the hot air blow and settle down to a nice 22-23 degrees.
Over the last day or so, hitting the AC button seems to do nothing at all, even if its set to 16 degress. If I manually use the button to set it to LOW than it suddenly blows out really cold air. Sometimes it stays cold, but I can set it to a number (16-18 etc. which should still be cold) and you can then feel it starting to get warm and back to blowing hot air back out. I should not have very hot air blowing in my face when the air con is set to 17!
It's like it has no idea what temp is anymore and can only do HOT or COLD and nothing in-between. This is my first car with Air-Con so I have no idea about the technicalities of the thing. I'm guessing a sensor somewhere has got covered in much or broke or something?
I'm into the 3rd year of the bolt-on warranty according to Perry's, hoping this isn't a pricy thing to resolve. It's been fine until now, car has around 16700 miles on it and it had its last full service in October.