Alfa Romeo Giulietta Owner's Handbook Manual page 74

AIR RECIRCULATION AND AQS
GETTING (Air Quality System) FUNCTION
TO KNOW
The air recirculation is managed according to the following oper-
YOUR CAR
ating logics:
❍ automatic engagement: A word on B button on;
❍ forced engagement (air recirculation always on): LED on v
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A button on and A word off;
❍ forced disengagement (air recirculation always off, air taken
from the outside): the LED on v A buttons will switch off
and the A word on B button will switch off.
STARTING
Forced on/off mode can be selected by pressing button v A..
AND DRIVING
g
When (E button off ) is pressed, the climate control system
automatically activates air recirculation (the LED on v A but-
ton should be on). Press v A button to turn external air recir-
culation on (LED on button lit) and vice versa.
IN AN
EMERGENCY
AQS (Air Quality System) function cannot be operated when
button is pressed (LED on button off).
SERVICING AND
MAINTENANCE
TECHNICAL
SPECIFICATIONS
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Turning the AQS (Air Quality System)
function on
The AQS function automatically activates internal air recirculation
when the outside air is polluted (e.g. in traffic queues and tunnels).
IMPORTANT With the AQS function active, after the internal air
recirculation system has been running for a certain time, the cli-
mate control system enables the intake of outside air for approx-
imately 1 minute. This takes place regardless of the pollution lev-
el of the outside air.
IMPORTANT The air recirculation system makes it possible to reach
the required heating/cooling conditions faster. It is, however, in-
advisable to use it on rainy/cold days as it would considerably in-
crease the possibility of the windows misting up inside (especially
if the climate control system is off). When the outside tempera-
ture is low, recirculation is forced off (air drawn from the outside)
g
to prevent the windows misting up.
In automatic operation inside air recirculation will be controlled auto-
matically by the system according to outside environmental condi-
tions.
It is advisable not to use the air recirculation func-
tion when the outside temperature is low to pre-
vent the windows from rapidly misting up.