88 Warm and cold
If the climate control is operating in cool-
ing mode, a ir flows primarily from the
vents in the center console. To achieve ad-
equate cooling, you should never close
these vents completely.
Economical use of the climate control
system
Appl ies to vehicles: with Deluxe au toma t ic clima te con-
tro l plus
Economical use of the climate control system
helps save fuel.
When the climate contro l system is working in
coo ling mode, engine performance is reduced
and fuel consumption is affected. To keep the
time the climate control system is on as short
as possible, you should do the follow ing:
.. To save fuel, turn off cooling mode by press-
ing the AC button (indicator light goes out) .
.. In add ition, if you open the window or the
panoramic sliding/tilt ing sunroof* while
dr iving, turn off cooling mode by pressing
the AC button (indicator light goes out) .
.. If the vehicle is extremely hot due to the
heat of the sun, briefly open doors and win-
dows.
@ For the sake of the environment
When you save fuel, you reduce em iss ions
from the vehicle.
Deluxe automatic
climate control plus -
basic settings
General information
Applies to veh icles: wit h Deluxe automat ic climate con-
tro l plus
The basic climate control settings can be ad-
justed in the radio or MM!*.
.. Select: Funct ion button ICARI > Control but-
ton AC.
The follow ing funct ions can be selected:
- Auto recirculat .
q page 88
- Synchronization q page 88
Automatic recirculation
Applies to vehicles : with Deluxe auto mat ic clima t e con-
tro l pl us
An air quality sensor detects increased con-
centrations of pollutants in the outside air
and automatically switches to recirculation
mode.
We recommend that you always keep auto-
matic recirculation ON to prevent polluted
outside air from entering the vehicle interior.
If the
air quality sensor located in the climate
control system detects polluted outside air,
the sensor dec ides whether the air pollut io n
can be reduced by the factory-installed pollu-
tant filter or whether it is necessary to switc h
to recirculation. With heavy concentr ati ons of
po llutants, the climate control system is
switched automatica lly to recirc ulation mode
and the supply of outside air is blocked . As
soon as the concentration of pollutants in the
outside air drops, fresh air is supplied to the
vehicle interior aga in .
In the event that the windows fog up during
automatic recircu lation, press the ~ button
immediately .
Under certain operating conditions, automatic
recirculation is switched off automatically.
When outside temperatures are below about
SO °F (+10 °C), automatic recirculat ion is lim-
ited to 30 seconds. When outside tempera-
tures are be low about 30 °F (-1 °C), automatic
recirculation is lim ited to 15 seconds .
Synchronization
Applies to veh icles : with Deluxe auto mat ic climate con -
tr ol plus
One climate control setting for all seats.
After Synchronization is set to On, all of the
subsequent climate control settings (except
for seat heating *) for the driver are transfer-
red to the front passenger. ..,.
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