General Defroster sign above the AC button?
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General Defroster sign above the AC button?
sure its not a windscreen deforst option?
SGThirkell
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im at work so i cant see the picture
But there is two small fiels below the fan knob one to the left (thats blank) and one to the right(where the defrost sign is) its no button its just a field with the defrost sign, its right above the AC on/off button.
There is defrost recomendation signs on the heating knob the fan knob and the direction of the air knob. And there are this sign thats not really connected to something. Or maybe its a recommendation to use the AC to get the best defrost?
But there is two small fiels below the fan knob one to the left (thats blank) and one to the right(where the defrost sign is) its no button its just a field with the defrost sign, its right above the AC on/off button.
There is defrost recomendation signs on the heating knob the fan knob and the direction of the air knob. And there are this sign thats not really connected to something. Or maybe its a recommendation to use the AC to get the best defrost?
It's not on mine either, but it is almost certainly showing the settings for maximum defrost:
Air distribution directed towards screen
Maximum temperature
Maximum blower speed
Fresh air intake (so moist air is not recirculated)
AC on (cools the air before it's heated, so it is drier when it comes out of the vent)
Do you have a Max Def position on your Air Distribution knob ?
Then again, the Max Def setting is useless. Fiat (or Magneti Marelli) decided that the defrost function is not very efficient at low ambient temperature, so the Max Def function gets disabled. Unfortunately this is the very time we need it in the UK. I've lost count of the number of mornings when it is, perhaps, 5 degrees outside, the windscreen is steaming up and Max Def is disabled, so I have to select the above settings individually.
I did raise this with the HVAC design engineers in Turin, about a year and a half ago. They were surprised, but they said that some changes had been made in the more recent HVAC software.
The other really annoying feature on the semi-automatic climate control is the "winter warm up". This means that below a certain temperature, the climate control enters this mode for about half an hour and, even though the car is warm enough, a temperature selection of anything but 'cold' results in maximum (?) heating. On longer journeys, it is noticeable when the half hour is up, and the climate control starts to work properly.
To me, these are the most annoying features of the car - maybe I worked in climate control for too long.
Air distribution directed towards screen
Maximum temperature
Maximum blower speed
Fresh air intake (so moist air is not recirculated)
AC on (cools the air before it's heated, so it is drier when it comes out of the vent)
Do you have a Max Def position on your Air Distribution knob ?
Then again, the Max Def setting is useless. Fiat (or Magneti Marelli) decided that the defrost function is not very efficient at low ambient temperature, so the Max Def function gets disabled. Unfortunately this is the very time we need it in the UK. I've lost count of the number of mornings when it is, perhaps, 5 degrees outside, the windscreen is steaming up and Max Def is disabled, so I have to select the above settings individually.
I did raise this with the HVAC design engineers in Turin, about a year and a half ago. They were surprised, but they said that some changes had been made in the more recent HVAC software.
The other really annoying feature on the semi-automatic climate control is the "winter warm up". This means that below a certain temperature, the climate control enters this mode for about half an hour and, even though the car is warm enough, a temperature selection of anything but 'cold' results in maximum (?) heating. On longer journeys, it is noticeable when the half hour is up, and the climate control starts to work properly.
To me, these are the most annoying features of the car - maybe I worked in climate control for too long.
demag
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Not wanting to hijack this thread but I find the h/v very stuffy at anything above the minimum setting. This is with a/c turned off. It seems almost impossible to get a nice ambient temperature without fiddling with the temperature knob and having the windows slightly open.
