I've seen other posts complaining about it, but it seems to me that at least on my car it's not just "poor", it's actually broken. The A/C is always on.
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05-10-2009, 08:37 PM | #1 (permalink) |
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Is my climate control broken?
I've seen other posts complaining about it, but it seems to me that at least on my car it's not just "poor", it's actually broken. The A/C is always on. Hitting the button for A/C doesn't turn it off. Moving the dial to "off" doesn't turn it off. Moving the fan down to minimum doesn't slow down the fan. Changing the temperature to 90 and the A/C continues on at full blast. Push any of the buttons and none of the lights change.
It seems like it's completely defective, just curious if I am missing something before I take it in for service. It feels like there is some lock active preventing me from changing any of the climate settings, but as far as I can tell there is no lock of that sort. I just got this car yesterday. What sucks is I test drove a similar car but decided to switch because of color, so I didn't get a chance to test drive this car. Otherwise, I have been very happy with the car- but since I don't normally use A/C it really bothers me having it run non-stop the entire time I am driving the car. It's a big distraction and very annoying. |
05-10-2009, 10:47 PM | #3 (permalink) |
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Do you have it set on auto? I rarely use the auto function, but I think it's the other round knob that controls the fan. If you push it it turns the auto climate on or off. Whenever the auto is on, the A/C is on too.
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05-10-2009, 11:13 PM | #5 (permalink) |
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Everytime I start my car the air recirculation button turns on. Does anyone know how I can disable it so that it doesnt automatically come on? I've tried holding it down for a few seconds until it blinks and lights up again but it's always activated when I turn the car back on... (this is with the nav)
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05-10-2009, 11:41 PM | #6 (permalink) | |
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When the car is shut off the A/C stops, and there is a few seconds delay after starting it, but other than shutting off the engine it doesn't seem to be anything I can do to change it. I'll see about trying the fuse tomorrow. |
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06-11-2009, 10:53 PM | #9 (permalink) |
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Well, it's now fixed. It wasn't easy.
Had to take it to the dealer, which was initially a waste of time... called up, made an appointment and brought it in on a Saturday, when I got there the service advisor told me they couldn't do this kind of work on a weekend. So he told me he would contact nissan re: my problem and call me back to schedule an appointment. I didn't get a call back, so a week later I called him and he had me come in this week on Wednesday. Brought the car in, Wednesday evening I got a call that it was done. Instead of waiting for the part to arrive they ordered they took it from an unsold new 370z. The dealer did pay for a rental car for me, so that wasn't too bad. I got my car back this morning and now the climate control is all working as expected |
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06-12-2009, 12:47 AM | #12 (permalink) | |
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Thanks for the update, and glad that they gave you a loaner. What was the problem? |
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06-12-2009, 09:20 AM | #13 (permalink) |
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At least on the Nissan/Infiniti cars you can subsequently turn the A/C off once you activate "Auto Mode", on some cars the A/C is forced on when in defrost mode.
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06-12-2009, 09:01 PM | #14 (permalink) |
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The A/C always ran, full blast, fans on high. Couldn't turn off the A/C or the fans or switch to heat or even use the defrost functions. It was just always on prior to being fixed.
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