Has Anyone Else Experienced This?

[davewill]

The heater in my Gal has a mind of its own.

 

When i drive and have the heater (AC) on, i usually have the direction of air flow to the windscreen or on my feet, and the heat control somewhere in the middle.

 

If i stop the car, and then return to it shortly after, and start up, the airflow immediately starts coming out of the dashboard vents, and the air it blows out is hot - why? ;)

 

To stop this i have to turn the temp control to hot, turn the air flow direction to the vents, and put the fan speed to max. I then get very hot air blowing in my face for 10 seconds or so, but after this short time i can turn the temp control back down to medium, and the direction back to my feet or the winscreen, and everything is then fine

 

Has anyone else had or is having a similar experience, and if so whats causing it ;)

 

ps Gal 1.9tdi Zetec

[Guest gooner52]

do you have climate control or not ;)

[JohnR]

do you have climate control or not ;)

 

I have similar quirky control from mine (with CC). It works but seems to have a mind of its own. It changes the fan speed too! Still haven't figured out its logic!

[Guest gooner52]

do you have climate control or not ;)

 

I have similar quirky control from mine (with CC). It works but seems to have a mind of its own. It changes the fan speed too! Still haven't figured out its logic!

 

 

set it to 22c and hold the auto button 4 about 5 secs see how you get on

 

;)

[davewill]

do you have climate control or not ;)

 

No i don't have climate control, just the standard air con that comes on the 2002 TDI Zetec model

[Guest gooner52]

makes sure all cables and clips are in place nice and tight ;)

[richaber]

The heater in my Gal has a mind of its own.

 

When i drive and have the heater (AC) on, i usually have the direction of air flow to the windscreen or on my feet, and the heat control somewhere in the middle.

 

If i stop the car, and then return to it shortly after, and start up, the airflow immediately starts coming out of the dashboard vents, and the air it blows out is hot - why? :(

 

To stop this i have to turn the temp control to hot, turn the air flow direction to the vents, and put the fan speed to max. I then get very hot air blowing in my face for 10 seconds or so, but after this short time i can turn the temp control back down to medium, and the direction back to my feet or the winscreen, and everything is then fine

 

Has anyone else had or is having a similar experience, and if so whats causing it :lol:

 

ps Gal 1.9tdi Zetec

Could it be problem with loss of vacuum to the heater controls? I assume they use vacuum to operate the flaps etc.

[Jimbo73]

I dont know why it does it, but in my VW Passat it does this for a reason and tells you in the manual. I cant find the manual to tell you why it does, but when turned on it always blows air away from the windscreen, and it blasts automatically and should be left for a few seconds till it has done what its done..

[DubDriver]

I dont know why it does it, but in my VW Passat it does this for a reason and tells you in the manual. I cant find the manual to tell you why it does, but when turned on it always blows air away from the windscreen, and it blasts automatically and should be left for a few seconds till it has done what its done..

 

This is usually a funtion of vehicles with CC and as far as I am aware not standard AC. It is so that the warm moist air is not directed onto the windscreen when the car is first started which would cause the windscreen to mist up.

 

VW have a sensor fitted somewhere close to the windscreen vents for this reason.

 

However, to answer the original question in the post, yes is the answer. This is yet one more thing that irritates me about the car that the dealer has no clue how to resolve and from the work carried out so far by the dealer it is a problem that I would not want them to investigate.

 

The dashboard rattles enough already!!!