Audi Q3 2017 Owner's Manual page 58

Warm and cold
Automatic climate control system
Applies to: vehicles with automatic climate contro l
Pressing the
IAU T O
I
button and setting the temperature to +72 °F (22 °C) is recommended.
Fig. 67 Automat ic climate cont rol system contro ls
Press the buttons to turn the functions on or off .
The LED in a button will light up when the func-
tion is sw itched on.
IO FF !
Switching the climate cont rol system
on and off
The
IO F FI
button switches the climate contro l
system on or off. Airflow from outside is blocked
when the climate con t rol system is switched off .
IA/C l
Switching the cooling mode on and off
The air is not cooled and humidity is not removed
when cooling mode is switched off. This can
cause fog on the windows . The cooling mode
sw itches off automatically when the re are cold
out side temperat ures .
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Switching recirculation mode on and off
To switch on the rec irculat ion mode, press the
ldb • I
but t on . The lower LED in the button t urns on .
In recirculation mode, the a ir inside the vehicle is
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circulated and filtered . This prevents the unf il-
te red air outs ide the veh icle from entering the
vehicle inte rior. We recommend sw itching re cir-
culation mode on when d riving through a t unnel
o r when sitt ing in traffic ~ .&..
The
!AUTO
I
button or~ but ton switches rec i rcu-
lat ion mode off.
To switc h on the automat ic recirculation mode,
press the
ldbA I
button again . The upper LED in the
button turns on . Recirculation mode sw itches on
automat ically when the eng ine is cold, if you are
dr iving in reverse. The a ir quality sensor that is
designed for d iesel and gasoline exhaust auto-
matically sw itches the recircu lation mode on or
off depend ing on the level of pollutants in t he
outside air. Automatic recircu lation mode is time
restricted when cooling mode (A/C) is switched
off and frost t emperatures are iden t ified.
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