Why do vents default to outside air?

What does "RFT!!!" mean?

Well, I double checked the manuals for the 15 years of cars my immediate
family currently uses. The '91 240SX, '96 I30, '96 Odyssey, '97 I30t, '98
Maxima, and '02 Pathfinder all say what I said they say.

The '00 TL manual doesn't address it. That book says "The system
automatically selects the proper mix of conditioned and/or heated air that
will, as quickly as possible, raise or lower the interior temperature from
its current level to the set temperature." In practice, that car always
turns on recirc mode when it first engages on a hot day.

So, pal - which books are you reading? I don't doubt that there will be
differences from one car's manual to another, but I didn't misread anything.

Another interesting side-light - the mid-'90s Nissans with automatic systems
(the two I30s) ignore the recirc button when they are in automatic mode and
you select a temperature at least 10-15 degrees below ambient (which is most
of the time here in Texas). They go into recirc and you can't switch it
off. The light goes on and off when you push the button, but nothing
changes.

 

It means "Roll Tide" (the teams of the athletic department of the
University of Alabama).

Yes. Well, if you look at the message I typed, I was responding to
Elmo. He has some unusual ideas at times, but he's not an idiot, so I
figured that perhaps he had misread your message and thought that you
were saying the opposite of what you were actually saying. Sorta like
you just thought about my message.

I agree with you, and so do the manuals of my automobiles.

RFT!!!
Dave Kelsen

 

It means "Roll Tide" (the teams of the athletic department of the
University of Alabama).

Yes. Well, if you look at the message I typed, I was responding to
Elmo. He has some unusual ideas at times, but he's not an idiot, so I
figured that perhaps he had misread your message and thought that you
were saying the opposite of what you were actually saying. Sorta like
you just thought about my message.

I agree with you, and so do the manuals of my automobiles.

RFT!!!
Dave Kelsen

 

My '04 Acura TL runs this way:

If you run in manual mode, it runs on outside air unless you
press the recirculate button.

If you run in Auto mode where it controls everything as required
to maintain temperature, it (of course) does what it wants to.
But it's automatic behavior is to start in recirculate mode until
the internal temperature stabilizes and then turns the
recirculate button off.

 

Upon re-reading the original post, I do believe that was the case, yes.

 

Upon re-reading the original post, I do believe that was the case, yes.

 

<grin> One moment in a great movie.
Has anyone seen my cucumber?

 

(E. Meyer)
wrote:

This is true in my '99 G20T. But, this little thing has an a/c like no
other. If it used recirc in auto mode, I'd prolly freeze to death before
I could change it over. This car has the best a/c and seating comfort of
any car I've owned.

I'll have to test mine to see what happens. Seriously, the outside
settings blow so hard, I've never had a need to use the recirc and since
it's not part of the auto climate system, it will get used only when I
want to block outside air that's icky.

I wonder why Nissan chose to leave the recirc function out of their
system's auto mode?

 

You get better fuel economy on recirculate. On a long highway journey
with the cruise on and nothing else to do, I timed the time the
compressor was ON/OFF while on recirculate and while on fresh. It was
ON for about 30 seconds on Recirc but more than a minute on Fresh (the
car's interior had already cooled down completely). Also, OFF times
were higher for recirc but don't remember them.

If it's extremely humid outside I would expect the compressor to stay
ON all the time on fresh. Air "quality" (temperature? humidity?) is
always better on fresh instead of hours on recirculate.

Bye,
Leon

 

You get better fuel economy on recirculate. On a long highway journey
with the cruise on and nothing else to do, I timed the time the
compressor was ON/OFF while on recirculate and while on fresh. It was
ON for about 30 seconds on Recirc but more than a minute on Fresh (the
car's interior had already cooled down completely). Also, OFF times
were higher for recirc but don't remember them.

If it's extremely humid outside I would expect the compressor to stay
ON all the time on fresh. Air "quality" (temperature? humidity?) is
always better on fresh instead of hours on recirculate.

Bye,
Leon

 

Sorry. I missed Elmo completely - he went into my kill file a year ago when
he was advocating feeding false and possibly dangerous answers to anyone who
had the audacity to ask how to turn off the maintenance light. Apparently
my news reader is doing a good job of filtering him out.

 

Sorry. I missed Elmo completely - he went into my kill file a year ago when
he was advocating feeding false and possibly dangerous answers to anyone who
had the audacity to ask how to turn off the maintenance light. Apparently
my news reader is doing a good job of filtering him out.

 

This sounds like an experiment I need to try on the trip to Houston next
week.

 

This sounds like an experiment I need to try on the trip to Houston next
week.

 

Ooooooo. <snort>

Obviously, you have no sense of reality.

 

Ooooooo. <snort>

Obviously, you have no sense of reality.

 

Says you.
*You're* replying to someone you know has you killfiled!

 

Says you.
*You're* replying to someone you know has you killfiled!

 

no, I'm replying to someone who SAYS he has me killfiled.

 

no, I'm replying to someone who SAYS he has me killfiled.