A/C mode

FricFrac · 07-15-2009, 05:08 PM

I keep forgetting to ask this until I go to use the A/C and recycle then it starts driving me crazy again...

....anyhow when I select recycle it automatically turns the A/C on. When I turn the A/C off it turns the recycle off. WTF I want to turn the recycle and no A/C on because fresh air comes through warmer than the outside air so I'm blasting hot air in the car when cool outside air from the windows is what I want blowing around instead of running the A/C constantly....

Is this a normal function of the A/C and can it be turned off/modified?

bluzman · 07-15-2009, 05:46 PM

This was asked and answered somewhere here once before. IIRC, the answer is that what you're experiencing is the way it works - i.e., no recycle with A/C off.

Sashimi · 07-15-2009, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by bluzman

This was asked and answered somewhere here once before. IIRC, the answer is that what you're experiencing is the way it works - i.e., no recycle with A/C off.

Really? i remember I was trying to figure this out for a while, I thought I did it, maybe I entered a cheat code or something LOL

or maybe I was just tired of trying and I pretended it was working

FricFrac · 07-16-2009, 01:51 AM

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Originally Posted by bluzman

This was asked and answered somewhere here once before. IIRC, the answer is that what you're experiencing is the way it works - i.e., no recycle with A/C off.

Yea I was searching around and didn't find it. Do you have a link?

It seems so odd to me that you don't have control over those functions - why have one or other if they are tied together...

AK370Z · 07-16-2009, 03:01 AM

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Originally Posted by FricFrac

I keep forgetting to ask this until I go to use the A/C and recycle then it starts driving me crazy again...

....anyhow when I select recycle it automatically turns the A/C on. When I turn the A/C off it turns the recycle off. WTF I want to turn the recycle and no A/C on because fresh air comes through warmer than the outside air so I'm blasting hot air in the car when cool outside air from the windows is what I want blowing around instead of running the A/C constantly....

Is this a normal function of the A/C and can it be turned off/modified?

I turn off recirculation all the time without having A/C on. YOu just have to make sure a. fan is off. b. vent selection is on "just front dash vents". If floor or the windshield is selected, I don't think you can select recirculation.

Sashimi · 07-16-2009, 04:40 AM

[QUOTE=AK370Z;115544]I turn off recirculation all the time without having A/C on. YOu just have to make sure a. fan is off. b. vent selection is on "just front dash vents". If floor or the windshield is selected, I don't think you can select recirculation.
[QUOTE]

yea I knew I wasn't crazy and I did it. I just did it before I got on the computer.

FricFrac · 07-16-2009, 12:17 PM

Thanks for the info - looks like the manual was missing the fan/front vents details

I'll give it a try after work

kannibul · 07-16-2009, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by FricFrac

I keep forgetting to ask this until I go to use the A/C and recycle then it starts driving me crazy again...

....anyhow when I select recycle it automatically turns the A/C on. When I turn the A/C off it turns the recycle off. WTF I want to turn the recycle and no A/C on because fresh air comes through warmer than the outside air so I'm blasting hot air in the car when cool outside air from the windows is what I want blowing around instead of running the A/C constantly....

Is this a normal function of the A/C and can it be turned off/modified?

Set it to auto on the fan. Set the temp a few notches off 75F, and set it to auto on where it blows.

I don't worry about it. I just turn it off when I take the windows down.

FricFrac · 07-17-2009, 12:38 AM

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Originally Posted by AK370Z

I turn off recirculation all the time without having A/C on. YOu just have to make sure a. fan is off. b. vent selection is on "just front dash vents". If floor or the windshield is selected, I don't think you can select recirculation.

OK I can get it to do that but what I want is to have recirculate ON and the A/C OFF and have the fans blowing.... That way I can have the fans blowing air but not sucking in hot air from the engine bay or wherever the air gets sucked in because its hotter than it is outside...

No matter what buttons I push in what order I can't turn on recirculate without the A/C automatically coming on. Is there a way to have Recirculate but no A/C?

NXTAZEE · 07-17-2009, 01:04 AM

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Originally Posted by FricFrac

OK I can get it to do that but what I want is to have recirculate ON and the A/C OFF and have the fans blowing.... That way I can have the fans blowing air but not sucking in hot air from the engine bay or wherever the air gets sucked in because its hotter than it is outside...

No matter what buttons I push in what order I can't turn on recirculate without the A/C automatically coming on. Is there a way to have Recirculate but no A/C?

Quit crying about driving around in your new Z, I can't take it

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AK370Z · 07-17-2009, 01:13 AM

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Originally Posted by FricFrac

OK I can get it to do that but what I want is to have recirculate ON and the A/C OFF and have the fans blowing.... That way I can have the fans blowing air but not sucking in hot air from the engine bay or wherever the air gets sucked in because its hotter than it is outside...

No matter what buttons I push in what order I can't turn on recirculate without the A/C automatically coming on. Is there a way to have Recirculate but no A/C?

I don't think you can have the fan and recirculate on at the same time. Sorry

FricFrac · 07-17-2009, 03:32 AM

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Originally Posted by NXTAZEE

Quit crying about driving around in your new Z, I can't take it

.

It sucks - I sat in my car for an hour trying to figure out how to get the fan/recycle working..... well OK 5 minutes and the other 55 minutes driving aimlessly around. I guess next time I'll have to drive up to Nanaimo and do a few drive bys under that sweet tunnel

...but seriously hear anything about the car with that web page you got?

NXTAZEE · 07-17-2009, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by FricFrac

It sucks - I sat in my car for an hour trying to figure out how to get the fan/recycle working..... well OK 5 minutes and the other 55 minutes driving aimlessly around. I guess next time I'll have to drive up to Nanaimo and do a few drive bys under that sweet tunnel

...but seriously hear anything about the car with that web page you got?

Just got off the phone with the dealer, it looks like it's going to be a Xmas present. Production has stopped on 2009 models with 2010 models to commence in October.

07-15-2009, 05:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
FricFrac A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Victoria, BC Posts: 1,481 Drives: 370Z 300ZX 280ZX 240 Rep Power: 228	A/C mode I keep forgetting to ask this until I go to use the A/C and recycle then it starts driving me crazy again... ....anyhow when I select recycle it automatically turns the A/C on. When I turn the A/C off it turns the recycle off. WTF I want to turn the recycle and no A/C on because fresh air comes through warmer than the outside air so I'm blasting hot air in the car when cool outside air from the windows is what I want blowing around instead of running the A/C constantly.... Is this a normal function of the A/C and can it be turned off/modified? __________________ '09 370Z - '93 300ZX Vert - '83 280ZX - '83 280ZXT -'81 280ZXT stroker - '72 240Z - Stillen CBE, HFC, G3, Grounding Kit, Sways // Swift Spring // H&R 15mm // 5% Tint // Clear Bra //

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Sashimi Base Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Pleasanton, CA Posts: 120 Drives: Pearl White 370z Rep Power: 401	[QUOTE=AK370Z;115544]I turn off recirculation all the time without having A/C on. YOu just have to make sure a. fan is off. b. vent selection is on "just front dash vents". If floor or the windshield is selected, I don't think you can select recirculation. [QUOTE] yea I knew I wasn't crazy and I did it. I just did it before I got on the computer. __________________ ----------------- www.lightupmedia.com

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FricFrac A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Victoria, BC Posts: 1,481 Drives: 370Z 300ZX 280ZX 240 Rep Power: 228	Thanks for the info - looks like the manual was missing the fan/front vents details I'll give it a try after work __________________ '09 370Z - '93 300ZX Vert - '83 280ZX - '83 280ZXT -'81 280ZXT stroker - '72 240Z - Stillen CBE, HFC, G3, Grounding Kit, Sways // Swift Spring // H&R 15mm // 5% Tint // Clear Bra //

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