Sturge
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Hi
I have a week old brand new Disco and when using the fully automatic climate control setting no air comes from the dash vents. If I manually turn on the vents on the buttons to the left of the vents I get hot air blowing from the face vents.
On fully auto most of the heat seems to be going to the footwells.
How do I overcome this or is this a fault?
Thanks
Paul
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Winger
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| Re: Air Vents closed on fully auto climate control |
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Sturge wrote:Hi
I have a week old brand new Disco and when using the fully automatic climate control setting no air comes from the dash vents. If I manually turn on the vents on the buttons to the left of the vents I get hot air blowing from the face vents.
On fully auto most of the heat seems to be going to the footwells.
How do I overcome this or is this a fault?
Thanks
Paul
Have the HEVAC mappings checked.
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| 5th Jan 2006 11:18 pm |
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grommet
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Location: Northern California
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Maybe I'm confused, but in my LR3... the "auto" vent mode rarely tends to use the front "in your face" dash vents. I thought this was by design. The temperature seems to still be adjusted correctly. (And isn't that why there are manual switches for the vent, too?)
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| 6th Jan 2006 12:01 am |
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Sturge
Member Since: 02 Nov 2005
Location: West Chiltington, West Sussex
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I assume , as on my previous Volvo V70, that the auto setting balances feet, face and windscreen. As soon as I hit the auto button I hear the vents shut behind the dash and I no longer get a warm body.
Hopefully I haven't got one of the special features on these cars...!
I'll have to ask the dealer I guess.
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| 6th Jan 2006 12:14 am |
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Slimer
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It's very biased towards feet! I know hot air rises but the D3 takes that concept to extremes  The End
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| 6th Jan 2006 12:15 am |
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Winger
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Ask your dealer to check the HEVAC mappings; it is quite a common problem.
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| 6th Jan 2006 12:16 am |
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Slimer
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Winger wrote:Ask your dealer to check the HEVAC mappings; it is quite a common problem.
I did but they said they were okay, have you any details on what they should be that I could use to persuade them? The End
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| 6th Jan 2006 12:21 am |
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10forcash
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you can ask them to remap to whatever you want, mine had the square root of  all coming out of the footwell vents, now it's a good balance... took two trips to dealer though 
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| 6th Jan 2006 12:37 am |
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Slimer
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Problem is finding a dealer that knows what he's doing, if I've got some details I can give them they'll probably do it but trying to get them to work out how to do it is another matter The End
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| 6th Jan 2006 12:40 am |
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10forcash
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I just went down to mine and said " no hot air from here - please fix" - and repeated the same a day later, but more forcefully
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| 6th Jan 2006 12:43 am |
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carl
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One complaint is that lack of "fresh" air from face vents. Apparently they are only on the Range Rover from BMW days.???
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| 6th Jan 2006 12:43 am |
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10forcash
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alternatively, tell them to ring Hunters LandRover in Derby.... they sorted mine so they obviously know how to do it 
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| 6th Jan 2006 12:44 am |
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Slimer
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Right I shall put my Mr Angry head on and have a word tomorrow! The End
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| 6th Jan 2006 12:45 am |
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Slimer
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10forcash wrote:alternatively, tell them to ring Hunters LandRover in Derby.... they sorted mine so they obviously know how to do it
Good idea, I'll try that approach before Mr Angry  The End
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