There are different types of air recirculation:
The right indicator light under the button lights up: automatic air recirculation is
switched on (Climatronic).
The air recirculation mode helps prevent outside air from entering the vehicle interior.
In very hot or cold outside temperatures, temporarily switch to manual air recirculation in order to cool
or heat the vehicle interior faster.
For safety reasons, air recirculation is switched off when the ꢀ button is pressed, and the air
distribution switch is turned to ꢁ ⇒ꢀ
.
Switching manual air recirculation on and off ꢀ
Switching on: Press the button ꢀ repeatedly until the indicator light in the button lights up.
Switching off: Press the button ꢀ repeatedly until the indicator light in the button goes out.
Switching manual air recirculation on and off ꢀ
Switching on: Press the ꢀ button repeatedly until the left indicator light under the button lights up.
Switching off: Press the ꢀ button repeatedly until the indicator light under the button goes out.
Automatic air recirculation ꢀ
In the ꢀ 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 pollutant level is back in the normal range, air recirculation is switched off.
Unpleasant odors cannot be detected by the system.
Air recirculation is not automatically activated under the following outside temperatures and
conditions:
ꢀ
The air conditioning is on (indicated by the light in the ꢂꢃꢄ button) and the outside air temperature
is colder than about +38 °F (+3 °C).
The cooling system and the windshield wiper are switched off and the outside air temperature is
cooler than about +50 °F (+10 °C).
The cooling system is switched off, the outside air temperature is cooler than about +59 °F
ꢀ
ꢀ
(+15 °C), and the windshield wiper is switched on.
Switching automatic air recirculation on and off
Switching on: Press the ꢀ button repeatedly until the right indicator light under the button lights up.
Switching off: Press the ꢀ button repeatedly until no indicator light under the button is on.
It is not possible to activate automatic air recirculation when the outside air temperature is colder than
about +38 °F (+3 °C).
Temporarily deactivating the automatic air recirculation ꢀ
ꢀ
Press the ꢀ button once to switch to air recirculation temporarily in the event of unpleasant
odors. The left indicator light lights up.
Press the ꢀ button again after more than 2 seconds to resume automatic air recirculation. The
right indicator light lights up.
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