R50/53 Automatic climate control gremlin finally killed (well, at least I hope it is...)
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Automatic climate control gremlin finally killed (well, at least I hope it is...)
So, back a few months ago I reported that I had a wonderful little gremlin living in the automatic climate control unit. Occasionally when I started my car, the automatic climate control unit would not get any power. I brought it in back in December and I thought this issue had been fixed, but it turns out it was just wishful thinking.
Well, I just went to my friendly MINI dealer this morning to have it checked out again (along with a couple other issues) and there is actually a service bulletin out for this specific problem. I was elated to hear this and that there is an actual remedy to repair it. There seems to be a ground issue so they put in an additional ground wire, from what I understand.
Well, I just went to my friendly MINI dealer this morning to have it checked out again (along with a couple other issues) and there is actually a service bulletin out for this specific problem. I was elated to hear this and that there is an actual remedy to repair it. There seems to be a ground issue so they put in an additional ground wire, from what I understand.
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Question to you Auto A/C folks....
Can you get decent outside air flow (say when moving >50mph) through dash vents if your fan is turned off? I tried turning the fan off on a dealer demo on the highway and it killed the airflow completely... don't know if he had the recirc button pushed, though.
Can you get decent outside air flow (say when moving >50mph) through dash vents if your fan is turned off? I tried turning the fan off on a dealer demo on the highway and it killed the airflow completely... don't know if he had the recirc button pushed, though.
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Originally Posted by BostonMarkC
... If you shut it off, the car is sealed up like Tupperware!
I ordered the Prem package a-la-carte, just to get the manual A/C. With manual, you do get fresh outside air (heated even) with the fan/system turned off... I really missed that from the old manual A/C cars.
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Question to you Auto A/C folks....
Can you get decent outside air flow (say when moving >50mph) through dash vents if your fan is turned off? I tried turning the fan off on a dealer demo on the highway and it killed the airflow completely... don't know if he had the recirc button pushed, though.
Can you get decent outside air flow (say when moving >50mph) through dash vents if your fan is turned off? I tried turning the fan off on a dealer demo on the highway and it killed the airflow completely... don't know if he had the recirc button pushed, though.
On '05 and '06's, you can't. There doesn't seem to be any way to turn the fan off without turning the whole unit off, witch as noted above, causes the whole system to seal up.
-Paul!
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