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Note
The air inlet in front of the windscreen must be free of e.g. ice, snow or
■
leaves to ensure that the heating and cooling system operates properly.
After switching on the cooling Condensation from the evaporator of the air
■
conditioning may drip down and form a puddle below the vehicle. This is not a
leak!
If the coolant temperature is too high, the cooling system is switched off to
■
ensure that the engine cools down.
Heating and manual air conditioning
Fig. 166 Controls of the heating / air conditioning
Read and observe
on page 120 first.
Individual functions can be set or switched on by turning the dial or pressing
the corresponding button
» Fig.
166.
Setting temperature
A
Reduce the
temperature/
▶
Set the blower speed (Level 0: Adjust the fan speed (level 0: fan off; level
B
6: highest speed)
Set the direction of the air outlet
C
Depending on equipment fitted:
D
Auxiliary heating and ventilation on / switch off
▶
▶
Switching the windscreen heater on/off
Switch the cooling system on/off
Switch the rear window heating on/off
Switch recirculation on/off
» page 124
Increase the temperature
» page 125
» page 126
» page 81
» page 81
When the function is switched on, the indicator lamp below the button lights
up.
Information on the cooling system
After pressing the button , the warning light underneath the button illumi-
nates even if not all conditions are met for the cooling system. The cooling
system starts to work as soon as the following conditions have been met
» page
120.
When the air distribution control is turned to position the cooling system is
activated.
Note
To ensure adequate thermal comfort, during operation of the manual air condi-
tioning there could be an increase in the engine idle speed in some circumstan-
ces.
Climatronic (automatic air conditioning)
Fig. 167 Front operating elements
121
Heating and ventilation
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