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Greetings,
I try to run my heat without my compressor (AC light) to improve gas mileage. (Most of my trips are short at slow speed, so unless I'm on a highway I can only get in the high 30s MPG).
1. I know there MUST be a trick to turning on the heat with the compressor (AC light). Sometimes I click the vent icon (foot/front, etc) and speed (low to high) and the heat comes on without the compressor (AC light), but most of the time the compressor comes on automatically and I have to turn it off. What's the catch? Why does it only come on some times? Is there a certain temperature it needs not to turn the compressor (AC light) on?
2. To turn the heat off from the steering wheel, I have to hit the AC button twice. The first time the AC (compressor) goes on, the 2nd time it goes off.
3. The same happens with the front defroster. If I turn it on from the wheel (or climate console) and turn it off from the steering wheel, it turns on the AC (compressor) first. Again I have to press the button again, a 2nd time to turn it off. Isn't there an easier way?
I try to run my heat without my compressor (AC light) to improve gas mileage. (Most of my trips are short at slow speed, so unless I'm on a highway I can only get in the high 30s MPG).
1. I know there MUST be a trick to turning on the heat with the compressor (AC light). Sometimes I click the vent icon (foot/front, etc) and speed (low to high) and the heat comes on without the compressor (AC light), but most of the time the compressor comes on automatically and I have to turn it off. What's the catch? Why does it only come on some times? Is there a certain temperature it needs not to turn the compressor (AC light) on?
2. To turn the heat off from the steering wheel, I have to hit the AC button twice. The first time the AC (compressor) goes on, the 2nd time it goes off.
3. The same happens with the front defroster. If I turn it on from the wheel (or climate console) and turn it off from the steering wheel, it turns on the AC (compressor) first. Again I have to press the button again, a 2nd time to turn it off. Isn't there an easier way?