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SAFETY
ST
AR
TING
AND DRIVING
W
A
RNING
LIGHTS AND
MESSAGES
IN AN
EMERGENCY
MAINTENANCE
AND CARE
TECHNICAL
SPECIFICA-
TIONS
INDEX
DASHBOARD
AND
CONTROLS
IMPORTANT The fast demist/defrost
function will remain on for approxi-
mately 3 minutes, from when the en-
gine coolant reaches a temperature of
50°C (petrol versions) or 35°C (Mul-
tijet versions).
When this function is on, the LED of
the corresponding button switches on
and that of the rear window demister.
The message
FULL AUTO
goes off on
the display.
You can only adjust the fan speed and
switch the rear window demister off
manually when this function is active.
To restore running operations before
this function was activated, press ei-
ther button
F
, air recirculation button
C
, compressor button
B
or button
AUTO N
or
H
.
Fast window
demisting/
defrosting
button F
Press this button: the
climate control system will automati-
cally switch on all the functions re-
quired for fast windscreen and front
side window demisting/defrosting,
that is:
❒
climate control compressor on
when weather conditions are suit-
able;
❒
air recycle off;
❒
maximum air temperature
HI
on
both areas;
❒
proper fan speed according to en-
gine coolant temperature to limit
the flow of not sufficiently warm air
to demist the windows into the pas-
senger compartment;
❒
air flow to the windscreen and
front side windows vents;
❒
the heated rear window on
The switching off of the climate con-
trol compressor remains in storage
even when the engine has been
stopped.
To restore automatic compressor con-
trol, press
√
again (in this case, the
system will only work as a heater) or
press
AUTO
.
When the compressor is off, if the ex-
ternal temperature is hotter than the
set temperature and the system can-
not satisfy the request, the digits of
the set temperature will blink for a
few seconds and the message
AUTO
will go out.
With climate control compressor off,
the fan speed can be set to zero man-
ually (no bar shown).
With the compressor on and the en-
gine started, the fan speed may be re-
duced to the minimum setting (only
one bar shown).