Air vents
To help ensure sufficient heating, cooling and ventilation in the passenger compartment, never close
the air vents completely
⇒
fig. 159
(1)
.
x
To open and close the air vents, turn the thumbwheel in the desired direction. When the
thumbwheel is in the
¡
position, the air vent is closed.
x
Use the lever on the vent grille to adjust the airflow direction.
Additional air vents are located in the instrument panel
(2)
, in the footwells as well as in the rear area
of the passenger compartment.
NOTICE
Do not place food, medications, or other heat-sensitive things in front of the air vents. Food,
medications, and other things that are sensitive to heat or cold can be damaged or made
unusable by the air flow from the vents.
The air coming out of the vents flows through the passenger compartment and out through vents
below the rear window. Do not cover these slots with clothing or other things.
Air recirculation
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Please first read and note the introductory information and heed the WARNINGS
.
General information
There are different types of air recirculation:
3
Manual air recirculation (
manual AC
).
3
!
The left indicator light under the button comes on: manual air recirculation
(
Climatronic
).
The right indicator light under the button comes on: automatic air recirculation
(
Climatronic
).
The air recirculation mode
helps prevent outside air from entering the vehicle interior.
In very hot or cold outside temperatures, temporarily switch to manual air recirculation in order to cool
or heat the vehicle interior faster.
For safety reasons, air recirculation is switched off if you push the
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-!8
button
⇒
.
Switching air recirculation on and off manually: manual AC
3
Switching on
: Press the
3
button. The indicator light under the button comes on.
Switching off
: Press the
3
button. The indicator light under the button goes out.
Switching air recirculation on and off manually: Climatronic
Switching on
: Press the
button repeatedly until the left indicator light under the button comes on.
Switching off
: Press the
button repeatedly until the indicator light under the button goes out.