Interior Fan goes faster in reverse?

[mudcow007]

right this is weird an doesnt really effect the car but thought i will post it anyways......if you turn the fan on say 1 and drive the fan is a constant speed, put the car in reverse an the fan goes mental!

it does it what ever setting the fan is at aswell?!

im think its getting a additional voltage from the reverse switch?

or is it a Seat quirk!?

 

[markmeus]

Apparently its by design - something to do with exhaust fumes etc. However I can't confirm as I don't have a mk4 and it doesn't happen on the mk3

 

[Damoegan]

Its a SEAT qiurk mate.

It goes into recirc mode (recirculates the air inside the cabin) so that the exhaust fumes are not sucked into the cabin.

 

[Ad Lav]

Does it on my vRS too

 

[Breezapom]

ahh so its not just mine that does it haha

 

[great_kahn]

I would like to thank my car for not gassing me.

 

[markmeus]

Nice to know my mk3 cares so much for my health

 

[mudcow007]

ha those crazy spaniards!

thanks all

 

[krussel]

Yeah this freaked me when i first got the car as i thought it was fooked.

 

[RUM4MO]

ha those crazy spaniards!

thanks all

No its these smart VAG folk, all new VAG models after 2000 or 2001 have this feature. (remember that is new VAG models launched - not new cars)

 

[DScape]

LOL, cheers for asking this! It's been playing on my mind since I bought the car and I couldn't work out whether it was a fault or by design.

 

[Aimez]

Am I being dim I always knew this but why when you are in reverse? Why does that make any difference cos you are reversing into the exhaust fumes? Surely it should then really do it when doing below 5mph ie manovereing for this to be worthwhile?

 

[DScape]

Am I being dim I always knew this but why when you are in reverse? Why does that make any difference cos you are reversing into the exhaust fumes? Surely it should then really do it when doing below 5mph ie manovereing for this to be worthwhile?

I'm only presuming this, but when you're reversing in affect you'll be driving over the fumes (i.e. they'll go under the car), whereas when you're going forward, essentially you're driving away from them...if that makes sense?

I've probably got this totally wrong, but that's what I've come up within the past 5mins from reading this thread

 

[Aimez]

Well yeh that is what I meant by reversing into exhaust fumes but when I said this to a friend ages ago when he asked why it did that he said er but when manoeuvring at low speed fumes as under the car. Just a thought it all not fussed I breathe in truck diesel fumes all day at work our office is always thick with black dust!

 

[DScape]

Well yeh that is what I meant by reversing into exhaust fumes but when I said this to a friend ages ago when he asked why it did that he said er but when manoeuvring at low speed fumes as under the car. Just a thought it all not fussed I breathe in truck diesel fumes all day at work our office is always thick with black dust!

Haha sorry, I kinda read the first sentence and then went off on a typing rampage

TBH, I'd rather it just didn't...not that I'm suicidal, it's just a minor thing that annoys me, like the ice warning.

 

[Aimez]

lol rampage! The ice warning just makes you jump in the morning, still tired and quiet and that noise comes out! Alot of things annoy me about the car but I love it still!

 

[great_kahn]

Diesel fumes are good for you, that **** will put hairs on your chest.

 

[Aimez]

hmmm you like women with hairy chests lol!
I have had a cough for 3 weeks and the fumes are NOT helping!

 

[RUM4MO]

I'm only presuming this, but when you're reversing in affect you'll be driving over the fumes (i.e. they'll go under the car), whereas when you're going forward, essentially you're driving away from them...if that makes sense?

I've probably got this totally wrong, but that's what I've come up within the past 5mins from reading this thread

I'd say that you have put that "spot on" !

 

[jnc90]

I was wondering about this the other day and I just assumed it was one of those weird quirky faults that car manafacturers seem to miss when thier testing thier cars! lol