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3-zone automatic climate control
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Adjusting air volume
USA only
X
Decrease/increase: Press button · or
Q.
The automatic mode is switched off. The
selected blower speed is shown in air
volume display b (Y page 186).
Canada only
X
Decrease/increase: Press button · or
Q.
The automatic mode is switched off. The
selected blower speed appears in display
e (Y page 189).
Front defroster
You can use this setting to defrost the
windshield, for example if it is iced up.
You can also defog the windshield and the
side windows.
i
Keep this setting selected only until the
windshield or the side windows are clear
again.
Activating
X
Press button |.
The indicator lamp in the button comes on.
The climate control switches to the
following functions automatically:
R
most efficient blower speed and heating
power, depending on outside
temperature
R
air flows onto the windshield and the
front door windows (side air vents must
be open)
R
the air conditioning compressor
switches on at outside temperatures
above approximately 41‡ (5†) for air-
drying
Adjustments
You can adjust the air volume and the
temperature when the front defroster is
switched on. The air flow will remain on the
windshield and front door windows.
X
Press button Ï to decrease or button
Q to increase air volume to the desired
level.
The air volume decreases/increases to the
next lower/higher blower speed and
heating switches to the temperature that
was set before the front defroster was
switched on.
The indicator lamp in button | goes out.
The indicator lamp in button 9 comes
on.
or
X
Turn temperature control 1 and/or 7
(USA only) (Y page 186) or 1 and/or 9
(Canada only) (Y page 189) slightly in any
direction.
Heating switches to the temperature that
was set before the front defroster was
switched on.
The indicator lamp in button | goes out.
The indicator lamp in button 9 comes
on.
i
The air conditioning compressor remains
on even if the indicator lamp in button
| goes out. This helps to prevent the
windshield from fogging.
Deactivating
X
Press button | once more.
The indicator lamp in the button goes out.
Defrosting is turned off.
Controls in detail
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