Heating and air conditioning system › Climatronic automatic air conditioning system 51
Overview of the controls for the manual air
conditioning
Troubleshooting
Water under the vehicle
When the cooling system is switched on, water can
drip off the air conditioning system. This is not a leak.
Fogging
Increase the blower speed, switch on the cooling
system, and set the air distribution to the wind-
screen.
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Automatic switch-off of the cooling system
If the coolant temperature is too high, the cooling
system may switch off automatically. This ensures
sufficient engine cooling.
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B
C
Set the temperature
Set the blower speed
Set the direction of the air outlet
Switch the cooling system on/off
Switch recirculated air mode on/off
Climatronic automatic air conditioning
system
Switch on/off the windscreen heat-
ing » page 53, Operation
What you should be mindful of
Switch the seat heating on/off » page 53, Oper-
ation
We recommend keeping the interior temperature
no more than 5 ° C lower than the outdoor tem-
perature.
We recommend switching the cooling system off
about 10 minutes before the end of the journey to
prevent odour formation.
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Cooling system
When the cooling system is switched on, the tem-
perature and humidity in the vehicle will drop.
Switching on the cooling system prevents the win-
dows from misting up.
Annual disinfection of the air conditioning is rec-
ommended.
After pressing the
button, the indicator light
WARNING
Danger of misting!
Always keep the fan on.
in the button illuminates, even if the conditions for
switching on the cooling system are not met. The
cooling system switches on when the conditions for
switching on the cooling system are met.
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WARNING
Risk of accident!
Automatic activation of the cooling system
Automatic activation of the cooling system prevents
the windows from misting up. The system switches
on in the following cases.
In recirculation mode, there is no fresh air supply
from the outside. This can result in loss of driver at-
tention and fogging up of windows.
Keep the recirculation mode switched on for a
short time only.
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When the fan is on and the air distribution control-
ler is in the position.
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In this case, the recirculation mode is switched off
and cannot be switched on.
Operating conditions for the cooling system
▶ When the air distribution controller is not in the
position, and recirculated air mode is switched on.
✓ Outside temperature above 2 ° C
✓ Running engine
✓ Fan switched on
Recirculated air mode
The recirculation mode prevents contaminated out-
side air getting into the interior of the vehicle.
Operation
Briefly switching on recirculation mode can increase
the cooling effect.
Under certain circumstances, the recirculation
mode may be switched on or off automatically.
When the air conditioner is operating, the engine
idle speed may increase automatically.
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