Leon climate control

[LEE69]

No can do it as soon as the car starts tried every combination this morning and mine works even when it is all off i hold the screen one for a few second then let go and it works

 

[oldman]

yep, ditto to anydcupra.
no amount of button pressing tweakery will get it to come on and stay on.
might be a petrol working only thing

 

[ScoobyJawa]

same here - won't stay on without holding - both mine and the wifes cupras the same....

 

[matt-tsi]

good tips here!

 

[mjt]

good tips here!

i meant mine as a joke, but it seems it's the only way around the problem

 

[AntneeUK]

There's another for sale on eBay now, same seller as mine, item 320470809511

 

[MarkWales]

mine also does not stay on - maybe the earlie ones had an overide later ones did not

 

[AntneeUK]

So I'm understanding this right, and I've read it a few places now, you're saying that the air-con cooling doesn't work when the outside temperature is too cold? Forgive me for being a bit dumb, but isn't the primary function of air-con the ability to cool the air? I only ever find the need to use it when the outside air is too warm to have a cooling effect on me, so not having it while we've got snow on the ground is no big deal.

Have I misunderstood something?

 

[LEE69]

It is used as a de-mister

 

[MarkWales]

air con also has a drying effect on the air so removes the moistyre from the cab on cold days

 

[AntneeUK]

Fair enough, thanks guys. Must admit that a combination of a micro-fibre and just making do with what I've got seems a bit faster and perfectly acceptable for me, but that's just me

 

[MarkWales]

I also use a large microfibre to clear the windows also gives them a clean

oh well im going back to bed now see you all later

 

[Muttley]

Air-conditioning in cars means that you have both heating and cooling systems in the cabin air feed.

There is no separate magic "drying" system. It's the cooling that does the drying. Warm air can hold a lot more moisture than cool air, so on a wet spring day, cooling the incoming air gets a lot of moisture out, which condenses on the cooler matrix then drops out underneath the car. That leaves you with cool air, but it's still saturated with moisture. You can then warm it up again to get your required cabin temperature, which means it can hold a lot more moisture, i.e. it's dry, and demists the screen much faster.

If the outside air is already cold then there isn't a lot of point in trying to cool it down further. Just heating it up will dry it out.