Heating and air conditioning -> Air vents for Your Volkswagen Passat SUV Seventh Generation (2010-2014)

Air vents  
Fig. 159 In the instrument panel: Air vents.  
¤ Please first read and note the introductory information and  
heed the WARNINGS  
Air vents  
To help ensure sufficient heating, cooling and ventilation in the pas-  
senger compartment, never close the air vents completely fig. 159  
(1).  
To open and close the air vents, turn the respective thumbwheel  
(magnified view) in the desired direction. When the thumbwheel is in  
the ` position, the air vent is closed.  
Use the lever on the vent grille to adjust the airflow direction.  
Additional, non-adjustable air vents are located in the front door pil-  
lars and the instrument panel (2), in the footwells, as well as in the  
rear area of the passenger compartment.  
Indirect ventilation  
When Climatronic is set to the automatic mode, indirect ventilation is  
controlled automatically to provide ventilation without drafts. In this  
setting, the air flows through a ventilation surface that cannot be  
closed (3).  
NOTICE  
Do not place food, medications, or other heat-sensitive things in  
front of the air vents. Food, medications, and other things that  
are sensitive to heat or cold can be damaged or made unusable  
by the air flow from the vents.  
The air coming out of the vents flows through the passenger  
compartment and out through vents below the rear window. Do not  
cover these slots with clothing or other things.  
Air recirculation  
¤ Please first read and note the introductory information and  
heed the WARNINGS  
General information  
There are different types of air recirculation:  
ž
The left indicator light under the button comes on: manual  
air recirculation is switched on.  
The right indicator light under the button comes on: auto-  
matic air recirculation is switched on.  
The air recirculation mode ž helps prevent outside air from entering  
the vehicle interior.  
In very hot outside temperatures, temporarily switch to air recircula-  
tion in order to cool the vehicle interior faster.  
For safety reasons, air recirculation is switched off if you push the  
button ꢀ  
.
Switching manual air recirculation on and off ž  
Switching on: Press the ž button repeatedly until the left indicator  
light under the button comes on.  
Switching off: Press the ž button repeatedly until the indicator light  
under the button goes out.  
Automatic air recirculation ž  
In the ž setting, fresh air enters the passenger compartment. If the  
system detects an increased concentration of pollutants in the outside  
air, it automatically switches to air recirculation. As soon as the pollu-  
tant level is back in the normal range, air recirculation is switched off.  
Unpleasant odors cannot be detected by the system.