What does the ECON button mean on the heaters?

[L8RNS]

Hi,

may sound silly but Im still getting used to having the seat and i cannot work out if the ECON button means the aircons off or on lol

so please could someone help me

thanks

 

[GlanzaV]

ECON = Economy = A/C off

 

[L8RNS]

Lol Thanks!

so when on the display it says ECON it means the A/C is off? and if it doesnt ECON on the display it means its on?

 

[GlanzaV]

Yep

 

[L8RNS]

cheers for tha

 

[Daniel M]

Am I right in thinking the air con wont be on unless the temp is low too? As I always have the ECON off no matter what temp the heater is at.

 

[cooperdj]

took me a while to find this one out... think someone's explanation of it to me was that basically "ECON" is like how the heater would be in an older car, cooling using the air outside and warming using the engine heat. It means you're not using the aircon unit and potentially improving your fuel economy.

 

[Daniel M]

took me a while to find this one out... think someone's explanation of it to me was that basically "ECON" is like how the heater would be in an older car, cooling using the air outside and warming using the engine heat. It means you're not using the aircon unit and potentially improving your fuel economy.

So having it on is better than not? Sure I was told not to have it on by someone?

 

[vroomtshh]

So having it on is better than not? Sure I was told not to have it on by someone?

Define better? You'll notice no real difference to MPG either way. I'd say its better to always have ECON off, so that the aircon pump is constantly lubricated

 

[J400uk]

Yes I agree you should always leave the AC turned on, otherwise the system may become clogged up and that can be expensive to fix. I don't think there is a notable MPG difference.

They changed the labelling sometime in 2007/ 2008 as newer Leons don't have an ECON button and instead its an AC button.

 

[cooperdj]

Define better? You'll notice no real difference to MPG either way. I'd say its better to always have ECON off, so that the aircon pump is constantly lubricated

Is that the case? I know on older cars the quoted mpg was affected by 5 or so mpg by having the aircon on.

 

[L8RNS]

mine is a 57 Reg and has the ECON button still so must be in 2008 that they changed it over

 

[vroomtshh]

Is that the case? I know on older cars the quoted mpg was affected by 5 or so mpg by having the aircon on.

In my LCR or my Ibiza Cupra TDi, there was no appreciable difference with it on or off

 

[rik_t]

I always have ECON on. Just make sure you turn it off sometimes to get the air con working.

 

[Daniel M]

mine is a 57 Reg and has the ECON button still so must be in 2008 that they changed it over

Mines an 08 and it still says ECON.

 

[J400uk]

My 08 says AC, must be one of the first!

 

[CHR15B]

My 08 says AC, must be one of the first!

I think the others are talking about the climate unit, not the manual unit.

 

[kazand]

I think the others are talking about the climate unit, not the poverty unit.

OW!

 

[CHR15B]

Sorry, was rude. Amended.

 

[J400uk]

OW!

Haha! Yes after researching it seems the "poverty unit" has always just had an AC button regardless of year ... but they did change the labelling on the facelift climate unit to say AC:

I got confused because on the Golf MK5 they used to have an ECON button on the manual unit up until sometime in 2007 when it changed to AC.