Fiat Stilo 2006 Owner's Handbook Manual page 55

INSIDE AIR RECIRCULATION
ON/OFF AND AQS FUNCTION
(Air Quality System)
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Press button .
Inside air recirculation is controlled by
three operating logics:
❒ automatic control, indicated by message
AQS on the display and button led
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off;
❒ forced switching off (inside air recircu-
lation always off with air inlet from out-
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side), button led
❒ forced switching on (inside air recircu-
lation always on with air inlet from out-
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side), button led
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Pressing button OFF, the climate control
system turns on automatically the inside
air recirculation function (button led
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on). In these conditions it is how-
ever possible to take air from the outside
(and vice versa) pressing button
(button led off).
With button OFF pressed (button led on),
the AQS (Air Quality System) function
cannot be activated.
IMPORTANT The inside air recirculation
system makes it possible to reach the re-
quired "heating" or "cooling" conditions
off;
faster. It is however inadvisable to use it
on rainy/cold days as it would consider-
ably increase the possibility of the win-
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dows misting inside, especially if the cli-
mate control system is off. It is advisable
to turn on the inside air recirculation sys-
tem in queues or tunnels to avoid admit-
ting polluted air from outside. The pro-
longed use of this function should how-
ever be avoided, especially with several
persons on board, to avoid the possibili-
ty of the windows misting inside.
AQS (Air Quality System)
function activation
The AQS function, (message AQS on the
display), turns on air recirculation auto-
matically when it detects the presence of
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outside polluted air (for example when
driving in the city, queues and tunnels).
IMPORTANT When the AQS function is
active, after 15 minutes of consecutive in-
ternal air recirculation, the climate con-
trol system enables outside air inlet (re-
gardless of air pollution level) for approx.
1 minute to change air inside the passen-
ger compartment.