Annyoing A/C on in most modes fix
06-06-2006, 07:52 PM
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Originally Posted by alcimedes
Love the idea, let me know how it works. Cycling the AC to keep the seals happy is easy enough, and being able to turn it off would make me happy. I hate running the AC when it doesn't need to run, and not being able to turn it off drives me nuts.
Gah! I hate it. It changes how my car sounds randomly which drives me batty.
I don't like the AC coming on unless I want it on.
Gah! I hate it. It changes how my car sounds randomly which drives me batty.
I don't like the AC coming on unless I want it on.
My last car (Scion tC) did this at the defrost mode as stated in this thread, but I couldn't figure out why just having the vent set to 'floor' would kick it on!
In both the Scion and the Mazda, the A/C light does NOT come on when it is doing it's 'secret' on mode....I think that is BS. If your going to come on automatically per mode, at least give us a on/off status light! I am smart enough to determine when I need to de-humidify!!! Living in AZ, that is NOT very often... but a nice floor breeze to supplant windows down driving (day cool air or night warm air) is all I want. I rarely use A/C even when 100+ deg out...
Thanks for the work around..
-C
06-11-2006, 10:16 PM
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Originally Posted by dsmdriver
Okay- I have an idea for auto-cycling of the seals. What if I make the mod such that it runs the A/C compressor while the engine is cranking? I've seen in various tech manuals that this is common nowadays, and would be really easy to implement.
06-13-2006, 12:58 PM
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in my 2001 honda i did someting very similar and about 2 years later a tech told me to hold down a few buttons and turn the key on and off and the defroster light blinked, and voila it made the ac not run when the defroster was on.. I'll bet there's an option to do it on the mazda somehow too.
06-13-2006, 02:18 PM
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Whoa !! I am glad this thread got started, because until I read it I had no idea that the AC on/off control was so complex, worse still the indicator light does not come on when the AC is on !! How daft is that??
Having read through every post and gone from disbelief to understanding, then back to confused I checked my 2004 AT and distilled it all down to the following:
1) Air to windscreen in any combination = AC ON like it or not. That's pretty standard and what most of us are used to, doesn't need the AC light IMHO. (But would be nice).
2) Air to floor ONLY = AC on like it or not. That's a new one on me, I assume there is a reason but I don't get it yet.
3) Air to anything other than listed above can be with or without AC, drivers choice by pressing the AC button to illuminate it.
If I got this right then the only NEW / UNUSUAL thing I have to worry about is that air to floor will kick in the AC, Did I get that right ??
I can live with that.
Having read through every post and gone from disbelief to understanding, then back to confused I checked my 2004 AT and distilled it all down to the following:
1) Air to windscreen in any combination = AC ON like it or not. That's pretty standard and what most of us are used to, doesn't need the AC light IMHO. (But would be nice).
2) Air to floor ONLY = AC on like it or not. That's a new one on me, I assume there is a reason but I don't get it yet.
3) Air to anything other than listed above can be with or without AC, drivers choice by pressing the AC button to illuminate it.
If I got this right then the only NEW / UNUSUAL thing I have to worry about is that air to floor will kick in the AC, Did I get that right ??
I can live with that.
06-13-2006, 02:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Aseras
in my 2001 honda i did someting very similar and about 2 years later a tech told me to hold down a few buttons and turn the key on and off and the defroster light blinked, and voila it made the ac not run when the defroster was on.. I'll bet there's an option to do it on the mazda somehow too.
11-07-2007, 09:15 PM
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Bump to this thread.
I know it's old and perhaps the answer lies in another thread (I couldn't find it).
Is there a way to defeat the automatic A/C and only have it come on when the A/C button is toggled?
I know it's old and perhaps the answer lies in another thread (I couldn't find it).
Is there a way to defeat the automatic A/C and only have it come on when the A/C button is toggled?
11-07-2007, 09:37 PM
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No way to turn it off, that I know of.
You could do what I do, pull the underhood fuse marked "a/c clutch" then it thinks it's still in control.
I still cycle the a/c once a month in winter, to lube the seals.
S
You could do what I do, pull the underhood fuse marked "a/c clutch" then it thinks it's still in control.
I still cycle the a/c once a month in winter, to lube the seals.
S
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